The French government announced on Sunday that anti-Semitic acts had “exploded” in the country since October 7, when the Hamas/Israel war broke out, with 1,040 incidents and 486 arrests.

“The number of anti-Semitic acts has exploded,” said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanen, when asked about it by France 2. Of the 486 arrested, “102” are foreigners, he clarified.

Asked about the war rhetoric of some parliamentarians, Mr Darmanen said that “Insubordinate France, the extreme left of Mr Mélenchon, does not help to bring about national unity”.

The police director of Paris, Laurent Niñez, spoke for his part yesterday about 257 anti-Semitic actions in the capital and its region and 90 arrests.

There is no “typical profile”, the top officer added. “All profiles are answered, from young people who say very serious things,” to “people who defend the Palestinian cause who get away,” he added.

On the subject of the stars of David painted on properties in Paris and its suburbs last week, the police chief spoke of a “coordinated” operation in which “it appears to be a group of criminals”.

Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure yesterday called on “all political forces” to join a major rally against anti-Semitism.

“I call on all political forces to say that it is not possible to have the slightest anti-Semitic action or anti-Semitic speech in France, that French Jews cannot be held responsible for acts committed by other Jews elsewhere in the world,” said Mr. For on Radio J’s microphone.

The rally will be organized in the Place de la République in Paris “in the coming days”, the head of the Socialists stressed.

Following the demonstration in Paris on Saturday, thousands of people marched in Marseille, France’s second largest city, on Sunday in support of the Palestinians and to call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.