“Everything is being done to find the author of this unspeakable act,” wrote Gerald Darmanin, the French Interior Minister, on X.
The Jewish artists was forced to sell the artwork in 1939 for 900 Reichsmarks (360) to obtain a visa and flee Germany, but was never paid.
Anti-Israel graffiti appears on the walls of the Aliyah fair in Lyon, France, and leads to anti-Israel protests.
“You’re Jewish, you’re a Zionist. We will rape you, cut you up as they do in Gaza."
The prize is awarded to personalities who have shown exemplary support for European Jewry, defended their religious rights, and combatted antisemitism.
Deeply concerned about the spread of antisemitism on national territory, the chairman of the supervisory board of Publicis Groupe calls on everyone "to face this danger head-on."
French Jews, who have been suffering from a huge wave of antisemitism, added: "The CRIF would like to remind everyone of Hamas's responsibility for the deaths of Palestinian civilians."
"Antisemitism is resurfacing, in words, on the walls," Macron said in a speech. "The Republic does not and will not compromise, and we will be ruthless against those who carry that hatred."
According to senior sources in the organized Jewish community, who spoke to The Jerusalem Post, "there was a bomb threat towards many Jewish schools."
"Israel, a democracy, has been attacked. It has now the right, even the obligation, to defend itself and its citizens.”
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