“It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France,” declared the Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Paris, Moshe Sebbag, to the Jerusalem Post, assessing the results of the elections to the National Assembly and the rampant antisemitism in the country.
On October 8, even prior to the disclosure of Israel-related news by several major media outlets, the Department of Aliyah Promotion within the World Zionist Organization, under the leadership of its North American director, Eugene Lekah, organized an emergency rally in New York City.