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SLANDERED: France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon was abused at a rally honouring murdered octogenarian Mireille Knoll
FRENCH socialists hit back yesterday at slurs suggesting the left shares the anti-semitic prejudices of the right, after zionist groups forced France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon out of a march against anti-semitism on Wednesday.
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (Crif) had said Mr Melenchon was as unwelcome at the event as National Front leader Marine Le Pen because of the supposed prevalence of anti-semitic views on the left and far right.
The march was called in honour of murdered 85-year-old Mireille Knoll, who police believe was killed because she was Jewish.
While millions face poverty and public services are squeezed, France is committing billions to defence spending and weapons production, in a dangerous shift towards permanent preparation for war, says CONOR BOLLINS
In search of political understanding, MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes a critique of anti-semitism as codified by the Israeli state
