PARIS—Antisemitic slogans were daubed on the front door of an apartment building in the 18th district of Paris.
‘’Here live Jewish garbage,’’ was written on one side of the door. On the other side, the words “especially on the third” were accompanied by a Celtic cross — a symbol frequently used by neo-Nazi groups.
According to French media, during the last three months, two attempts to set the apartment building’s front door on fire.
Paris Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, condemned the antisemitic vandalism. “This abject act reminds us that antisemitism still continues, right here, in the very heart of Paris,” she said in a tweet. “Let’s all mobilize to fight it.”
Crif, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish institutions, condemned ‘’with the greatest firmness this new expression of anti-Semitism in the streets of the Republic.’’
Crif president Francis Kalifat recently expressed concern about the wave of anti-Semitism in the country ‘’that must be stopped.’’ In an interview with Jewish radio RCJ, he challenged the French public authorities on the importance of taking all necessary measures to ensure the security of the French Jewish community. “The government must become aware of the seriousness of the facts and their multiplication,” he said.