Rally against anti-Semitism exposes fractures within France's political class

Tensions have been rising in Paris, home to large Jewish and Muslim communities, in the wake of the attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October, 2023. AFP - DANIEL LEAL

A call for a weekend march against anti-Semitism in Paris has sparked bitter squabbling between political parties in France despite a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across the country.

The hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI) said it would boycott the "great civic march" called by the speakers of the country's two houses of parliament to take place in the French capital on Sunday.