“We support the French government in its fight against the scourge of anti-Semitism,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a Shoah memorial was vandalized.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned anti-Semitism that emerged during riots and urban violence in France, as a Shoah memorial in Nanterre was vandalized earlier this week.

“The Israeli government views with concern the manifestations of anti-Semitism and the waves of anti-Semitism sweeping France. We witness attacks against Jewish targets and condemn these attacks. We support the French government in its fight against the scourge of anti-Semitism”, Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting.

Following the death of 17-year-old Nahel after a refusal to obey police orders in Nanterre, near Paris, France has seen a wave of violence, rioting and looting over the past six days.

On Thursday, Jewish symbols were targeted: individuals went to the monument to the martyrs of the Deportation and the Resistance, and tagged it. One of them tried to set fire to the French flag flying in front of the monument, before people intervened.

“The vandalism of the Holocaust memorial in Paris by anti-Semitic rioters is a horrific act that no enlightened person can accept. We will not accept any hatred or anti-Semitism against Jews. After my visit to France last week, I am in constant contact with the leaders of the country’s Jewish community and I am aware of the events,” said Israeli Minister of Immigration and Integration Ofir Sofer.

Antisemitic chants have been heard during riots and Jewish businesses were ransacked in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, dubbed “little Jerusalem” due to its large Jewish population.

There are fears of a repeat of antisemitic violence in the region in 2014, when antisemites targeted Jewish-owned shops and synagogues during the seven-week war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Jews have been targeted repeatedly in France, including the January 2015 killings by Islamic terrorists at the Hyper Cacher supermarket in Paris.

In 2012, Islamic terrorist Mohamed Merah perpetrated a massacre at the Ozar Torah Jewish school (now called Ohr Torah) in Toulouse.

Six years earlier, 23-year-old Ilan Halimi was captured, tortured and held for ransom by a French gang named The Barbarians, led by a self-professed Islamic radical.

Outwardly identifiable Jews have routinely been attacked in cities across the country.

On Sunday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed that 45,000 members of the security forces have been deployed to cities across France, including Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Grenoble.

A 38-year-old policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide over Nahel’s death and remains in custody.

Amid the violence, French President Emmanuel Macron postponed a state visit to Germany scheduled for Sunday.