The widow of a French serial killer who was previously convicted of helping her husband kidnap and murder virgins has been charged in her alleged role in three additional murders.
Monique Olivier, wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret, will face trial over charges of aiding and abetting the kidnapping and murder of three young women decades ago, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monique-olivier-widow-of-serial-killer-michel-fourniret-faces-trial-over-cold-cases/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Her husband had been charged with abduction, rape, and murder in the three cases but died in 2021 before he could stand trial.
The oldest of the charges relates to the 1988 disappearance of Marie-Angele Domece, who was just 18 when she vanished from Auxerre, France. Her body was never found. Olivier is also charged in the 1990 murder of Joanna Parrish, a 20-year-old British woman whose naked body was found in the Yonne River in France.
Finally, Olivier is charged with complicity in the 2003 disappearance of Estelle Mouzin, 9, whose body has never been found.
Olivier and Fourniret were previously found guilty in 2008 in relation to numerous murders, the Associated Press <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virgin-serial-killer-and-wife-convicted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time. Fourniret, then 66, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven women, most of whom were raped. The women, who were between the ages of 12 and 21, were strangled, shot, or stabbed with a screwdriver during Fourniret’s serial killings that occurred between 1987 and 2001. He reportedly targeted the women because they were virgins.
In addition to the murder convictions, Fourniret was also convicted of raping or attempting to rape all the victims.
For her part, Olivier was convicted of complicity for four of the murders and also sentenced to life in prison, but could be considered for early release after serving 28 years. Prosecutors alleged that Olivier helped her husband find virgins to feed his sexual fantasies.
Fourniret was detained by Belgian police in June 2003 after a failed kidnapping attempt of a 13-year-old girl. The girl was able to give police the license plate number of the man who kidnapped her after she was able to free herself from bindings and escape out of the back of Fourniret’s van.
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Fourniret died in 2021 at the age of 79, never facing trial for the three additional victims, even though he asked in 2008 to be tried for those murders, CBS reported.
Eric Mouzin, whose 9-year-old daughter Estelle was one of Fourniret’s victims, said only trying Olivier was &#8220;somewhat short of the mark,&#8221; according to CBS. &#8220;It will be difficult to pass judgment with only a single defendant,&#8221; he added.
Olivier’s attorney, Richard Delgenes, said that the court should “not expect any revelations” about her part in the crimes but that her participation level sets her apart from her husband.
&#8220;Unlike him, she takes no special pleasure in the pain of his victims or of the families,&#8221; he said, according to CBS.

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Widow Of Serial Killer Charged With Aiding In Kidnappings And Murders

Widow Of French Serial Killer Charged With Aiding In Kidnappings And Murders

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A Jewish woman was rushed to the hospital on Saturday in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/france" target="_blank" rel="noopener">French</a> city of Lyon after a man came to her home, stabbed her, and painted a swastika on her door.
A man &#8220;dressed in dark clothing and with a concealed face&#8221; knocked on the woman&#8217;s door around 1 p.m. local time and proceeded to stab her multiple times in the abdomen when she answered, according to a <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-771729" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Jerusalem Post.
She was rushed to the emergency room with what were described as &#8220;serious&#8221; injuries.
The woman, in her thirties, had a mezuzah at her doorway, which is a doorpost that is typically fixed at the entrance of Jewish people&#8217;s homes that reminds them of their covenant with God.
A swastika was found graffitied on the woman&#8217;s door after the attack, leading the public prosecutor’s office to view the attack as being potentially motivated by anti-Semitism.
Lyon Mayor Gregory Doucet posted on X, &#8220;Such an act of violence is unthinkable. I offer all my support to the victim and her relatives.&#8221;
&#8220;Antisemitism is currently inflicting brutality not just in Israel, but regrettably across the entire Jewish world,&#8221; said Yaakov Hagoel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization. &#8220;The Jewish people have endured persecutions, pogroms, and the Holocaust. We have come out of these attempts to annihilate us only stronger. Even in these times, we will continue to unite in our strength and demonstrate to the world that we cannot be broken. The nation of Israel lives on, strong and united.&#8221;
Anti-Semitic attacks have exploded worldwide after an unprecedented Islamic terrorist attack was carried out against Israel last month when more than 3,000 Hamas terrorists stormed into the country and murdered 1,400 Israelis, wounded 5,300, and kidnapped more than 240.
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Late last week, two Moldovan nationals who were illegally in France were arrested in Paris after they painted Stars of David on homes of Jewish people. They <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-behind-daubing-stars-of-david-france-moldova-couple-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> to authorities that they were acting on the orders of someone from inside Russia, who French officials have not named. Authorities immediately expelled both individuals from the country.

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Jewish Woman Stabbed At Her Home In France, Swastika Painted On Her Door

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Authorities said they are investigating yet another instance of blatant public anti-Semitism in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/france" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris</a> after a video taken by a metro passenger went viral showing a group of people chanting hateful slogans directed at Jews.
The video posted to X on Tuesday shows a young woman recording while a group of people shout in French, “F*** the Jews and f*** your mother … long live Palestine!” <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/news/proud-nazis-chant-f-k-the-jews-on-paris-metro/">according</a> to the New York Post. The group of people, which appears to be made up of young adults, also chanted, “We are Nazis and proud!”
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Paris Police Chief Laurent Nuñez said Wednesday that the incident was being investigated, writing on X that the chants caught on video were “shocking, unacceptable, unworthy comments.”
“We won&#8217;t let anything go. All means of investigation are used to quickly find the perpetrators,” Nuñez added. 
French prosecutors are also investigating the anti-Semitic remarks, according to the Post.
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Propos choquants, inadmissibles, indignes : le préfet de police les a signalés par article 40 au <a href="https://twitter.com/parquetdeParis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@parquetdeparis</a>. ➡️ Nous ne laisserons rien passer. Tous les moyens d’investigations sont mis en œuvre pour retrouver rapidement les auteurs. <a href="https://t.co/031SpY4nlb">pic.twitter.com/031SpY4nlb</a>
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France has seen a dramatic spike in anti-Semitism since Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel on October 7. According to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, there have been 857 reports of anti-Semitic acts in France since Hamas started the war against Israel, which was nearly double the number reported for all of 2022, the Post reported.
Earlier this week, Jewish homes in Paris were targeted by anti-Semites who spray-painted the Star of David on the outside walls of the houses — copying a method used by Nazi Germany in the 1930s to single out Jews. The Union of Jewish Students of France posted photos of the homes that were marked and called for those responsible to be found and punished.
“Some want to terrorize French Jews by using the methods of the 1930s,” the Jewish Student Union posted on X. “They must be quickly found and severely punished.”
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Aubervillliers, saint Ouen, 14eme arrondissement de Paris. Même mode opératoire, même pochoir d&#39;étoile de David. 
Certains veulent terroriser les français juifs en reprenant les méthodes des années 30. Ils doivent être rapidement trouvés et sévèrement punis. <a href="https://t.co/k2IO2GAJXy">pic.twitter.com/k2IO2GAJXy</a>
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There are also <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/french-jew-live-fear-antisemitism-hamas-attack/">reports</a> of groups of people standing outside synagogues in France shouting threats. In the southwestern city of Carcassonne, someone spray-painted the message, “Killing Jews is a duty” on a stadium. Jews in France have expressed their fear of being targeted in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack on Israel.
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“People are afraid, in a state of shock, they’ve lost their love for life,” Alexis Timsit, manager of a kosher pizzeria in the country, told POLITICO. “My business is down 50 percent, there’s no bustle in the street, nobody taking a stroll.”

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French Authorities Investigating Viral Video Showing Group Of People Chanting ‘F*** The Jews,’ ‘We Are Nazis’ On Metro

Paris Police Investigating Viral Video Showing Group Of People Chanting 'F*** The Jews,' 'We Are Nazis' On Metro

Paris

Jewish homes in Paris were targeted by anti-Semites Tuesday as photos show multiple houses spray-painted with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-semites-marking-jewish-houses-with-star-of-david-in-berlin-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star of David</a>.
Homes belonging to Jews in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, one of the city&#8217;s districts, were graffitied with the Star of David, an anti-Semitic act similar to Nazi Germany’s singling out of Jewish people in the 1930s, Israeli-based i24News <a href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/diaspora-affairs/1698758122-jewish-homes-marked-with-stars-of-david-as-antisemitism-rises-worldwide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Union of Jewish Students of France posted photos of the homes that were marked and called for those responsible to be found and punished. 
“Some want to terrorize French Jews by using the methods of the 1930s,” the Jewish Student Union posted on X. “They must be quickly found and severely punished.”
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Aubervillliers, saint Ouen, 14eme arrondissement de Paris. Même mode opératoire, même pochoir d&#39;étoile de David. 
Certains veulent terroriser les français juifs en reprenant les méthodes des années 30. Ils doivent être rapidement trouvés et sévèrement punis. <a href="https://t.co/k2IO2GAJXy">pic.twitter.com/k2IO2GAJXy</a>
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The American Jewish Committee also brought attention to the anti-Semitic actions in Paris, saying that threats and harassment of Jews in France have risen sharply since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. 
“Horrifying: Jewish homes in Paris and surrounding areas have been marked with the Star of David, evoking painful memories of the Nazi era,” the American Jewish Committee <a href="https://twitter.com/AJCGlobal/status/1719366516255174920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “In just three weeks following Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel, France has registered twice the number of antisemitic acts compared to the entire year of 2022.” 
Indeed, reports of anti-Semitic attacks and threats are on the rise in Europe and the U.S. after the deadly terrorist attack against Israel earlier this month. Just a week after the attack, Jewish-owned houses in Berlin were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-semites-marking-jewish-houses-with-star-of-david-in-berlin-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marked</a> with the Star of David, and German authorities confirmed they were investigating the marks on suspicion of incitement and hatred. 
Meanwhile, in other parts of the world, including the U.S., anti-Israel protestors gathered in cities to voice their support for Palestinians after Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 people, including dozens of Americans. In the weeks following Hamas’ attack, anti-Israel demonstrators showed up by the hundreds and thousands in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, and Amsterdam.  
Jewish students at multiple American universities have also been targeted by anti-Semites who have condemned Israel following the attack. Jewish students at upstate New York’s Cornell University were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-threats-against-cornell-jewish-students-kosher-dining-hall-launch-campus-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> “scared to leave their rooms” on Sunday night after a series of messages threatening extreme violence against them appeared on a website unaffiliated with the Ivy League campus.
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Last week, at Manhattan’s Cooper Union College, Jewish students were locked inside the library and reportedly told they could hide in the attic as pro-Palestinian protesters chanted outside the library, calling for the globalization of the Intifada.

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‘Methods Of The 1930s’: Jewish Homes In Paris Marked With Star Of David

Jewish Homes In Paris Marked With Star Of David

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Social Issues

French President Emmanuel Macron held nothing back when discussing the urgency facing the Western world to defeat Hamas.
During a press conference Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Macron called for the international global coalition established to defeat the Islamic State to be expanded to go after Hamas terrorists, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/24/israel-hamas-war-updates-and-latest-news-on-gaza-conflict.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The <a href="https://www.state.gov/the-global-coalition-to-defeat-isis-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh</a>, or ISIS, was established in 2014 and has 86 members, including France, the U.S. and the U.K.
“France is ready for the international coalition against Daesh, in which we are engaged for our operation in Iraq and Syria, to also fight against Hamas,” Macron said. 
Earlier on Tuesday, Macron met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog where he discussed the danger Hamas poses to Israel and the rest of the world.  
“Hamas is a terrorist group, where the very objective is the destruction of the Israeli state,” Macron said. “I propose to our international partners … that we can build a regional and international coalition to fight against the terrorist group that threatens all of us.”
Macron said that Hamas must be fought “without mercy, but not without rules,” adding that civilian casualties must be avoided. The French President’s strong comments against Hamas and in support of Israel come a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged world leaders to condemn Hamas. 
“Enough is enough should have been the case with Hamas two weeks ago,” Blinken <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blinken-it-would-be-good-to-hear-the-entire-world-condemn-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during an interview on CBS “Face The Nation” on Sunday. “It would be good to hear the entire world speaking clearly and with one voice about the actions that Hamas took, about the slaughter of people, about the fact that that should be absolutely intolerable, unacceptable to anyone anywhere, any country, any people.”
The U.S. has increased its presence in the Middle East by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/world/middleeast/patriot-israel-hamas-iran-gaza-eisenhower-pentagon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deploying</a> missile systems to the region and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/22/israel-hamas-war-american-deploy-military-ships-troops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preparing</a> troops for deployment as Israel continues to face threats from Hamas on its border with the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah on its border to the north with Lebanon. U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq have also faced attacks from Islamic terror groups in the days following Hamas’ assault on Israel. 
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-secretary-austin-increases-u-s-fire-power-in-middle-east-in-response-to-escalations-by-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Sunday that “escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East Region” have caused the U.S. military “to do what’s necessary to make sure that our troops are in a good position, and they’re protected, and that we have the ability to respond.”

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Macron Calls For International Coalition To Go After Hamas, Says World Must Fight Terror Group ‘Without Mercy’

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Emmanuel Macron

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A Catholic nun in France went viral on social media on Tuesday after she was captured on video tackling a far-Left climate protester who was allegedly trying to disrupt the construction of a chapel.
The Times <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nun-rugby-tackles-green-activist-at-protest-in-france-t0d3zkhtz">reported</a> that the rugby-style tackle happened over the weekend as green campaigners were trying to block &#8220;the construction of a chapel and residential centre by the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame (Missionary Family of Our Lady) in the southern Ardèche département.&#8221;
The Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame (FMND) had warned the protesters in a statement that it had “total determination to continue the work legally and to assert its rights.”
The protester is seen running through the construction site with two cylindric tubes that were presumably construction materials.
The nun sprints into the frame seemingly out of nowhere and tackles the protester into the dirt.
The protester dropped the tubes when he was tackled, and another man, presumably a protester, started stomping on the tubes, shattering them into pieces.
France 3 said that nuns had arrived on Friday night in anticipation of the environmental protesters and fortified themselves to protect the construction site.
The nun was widely praised on social media as a hero, and many made jokes about wanting to recruit the nun to play on their favorite sports teams.
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Énorme ! La bonne sœur qui plaque un écologiste… du grand spectacle en Ardèche où des religieuses défendent le chantier d’un futur centre religieux face aux militants qui bloquent à cause de l’impact sur l’environnement. 🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/ferro_nicolas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ferro_nicolas</a> ☝️plaquage non réglementaire <a href="https://t.co/3wSyO7s3LO">pic.twitter.com/3wSyO7s3LO</a>
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France has mobilized up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security in the country following a stabbing at a high school last week in which the suspect allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar!” during the attack.  
On Friday, a suspect in his 20s who was known to authorities as a security risk went on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/allahu-akbar-man-stabs-multiple-victims-at-school-on-hamas-day-of-rage-second-attack-thwarted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbing spree</a> at Gambetta High School in Arras, France, killing one teacher and wounding two staff members, according to officials. President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as a case of “barbaric Islamist terrorism.”
A Saturday statement from the Elysée Palace said that Macron <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/13/one-dead-two-injured-in-france-school-knife-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> &#8220;up to 7,000 soldiers from the Sentinelle force, who will be deployed between now and Monday evening and until further notice.” 
France increased its security posture to an “emergency attack” level following the stabbing, which allowed Macron to temporarily mobilize his country’s military for the protection of public spaces, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-deploying-7000-troops-after-deadly-school-stabbing-103977291">reported</a>. 
The suspect, Mohammed Mogouchkov, has been arrested along with several others. He was under “active monitoring” and had been stopped and searched as recently as last week, according to <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/13/one-dead-two-injured-in-france-school-knife-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Euronews</a>. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-louvre-versailles-evacuated-threats-859227d963367d7601575e4a8e1d2d4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he was released at the time because investigators did not discover evidence of him preparing an attack. The suspect was reportedly a former student. Counterterrorism authorities are investigating the stabbing.
Macron called for France to “stand together” against “Islamic terrorism” and said, &#8220;The choice is made not to give in to terror, not to let anything divide us.&#8221;
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The stabbing occurred on the day a former head of Hamas urged Muslims worldwide to hold a “day of rage.” According to French intelligence, there was a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-louvre-versailles-evacuated-threats-859227d963367d7601575e4a8e1d2d4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">link</a> between the attack and the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel. 
Another arrest occurred on Friday after a 24-year-old man reportedly known to be “radicalized” was detained leaving a mosque on the outskirts of Paris while carrying a knife, Euronews reports. 
On Saturday, after Macron’s troop mobilization announcement, the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre Museum in Paris were evacuated following anonymous bomb threats sent to police in Paris. Gare de Lyon, one of the country’s largest train stations, was also evacuated after a potential bottle explosive was discovered, according to the Associated Press. 
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were banned in France on Thursday following calls for a &#8220;day of rage,&#8221; but hundreds of protestors demonstrated later that day in defiance of the ban. “Pro-Palestinian demonstrations must be prohibited because they are likely to generate disturbances to the public order,” Darmanin <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/europe/france-ban-pro-palestinian-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding that foreigners who commit anti-Semitic acts would be &#8220;immediately expelled.&#8221;

French President Emmanuel Macron

France Mobilizes 7,000 Troops Following Stabbing Described As ‘Barbaric Islamist Terrorism’

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A man who was known to French authorities as a security risk went on a stabbing spree at a school on Friday, killing one and injuring two more, according to authorities.
The 20-year-old suspect was from Russia&#8217;s &#8220;mainly Muslim southern Caucasus region of Chechnya,&#8221; and he shouted &#8220;Allahu akbar!&#8221; during the attack, according to <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231013-teacher-stabbed-to-death-in-attack-at-french-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFP</a>.
French President Emmanuel Macron <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-768124" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> in a statement that the attack was the result of &#8220;barbaric Islamist terrorism.&#8221;
The attack happened in the northern French city of Arras inside the Gambetta High School around 11 a.m. local time.
A teacher was killed, a security guard was critically wounded, and another teacher was stabbed who is reportedly in a less serious condition.
&#8220;The teacher who was killed had come forward to protect others and had without doubt saved many lives,&#8221; Macron added.
POLITICO Europe <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/one-dead-several-wounded-knife-attack-france-teacher-macron/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the suspect&#8217;s name was Mohammed Mogouchkov and that he was &#8220;under police surveillance before the attack and on the police register of radicalized individuals.&#8221;
One of the suspect&#8217;s brothers was arrested in 2019 &#8220;on suspicion of being involved in the planning of an attack that was thwarted and is in jail,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-school-stabbing-arras-878f42a5df4a873ca7bd80a173cc9097" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Associated Press. Police <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-13/french-teacher-s-killing-was-terrorism-2nd-attack-thwarted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> another suspect on Friday near a different school in what was being described as a potential second attack.
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Martin Dousseau, a teacher who witnessed the attack, said in an interview with local media that the attacker &#8220;turned toward a staff member of the school, the head cook I believe and injured him, and stabbed him several times.&#8221;
“I was then chased by him, and asked me ‘are you a history teacher?’&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Luckily we were near a glass door of the school, and we locked ourselves inside.”
The Islamic terrorist attack comes after the former leader of Hamas urged Muslims worldwide to hold a &#8220;day of rage&#8221; on Friday.
French police banned pro-Palestinian protests in the country this week following the calls for a &#8220;day of rage&#8221; after Palestinian terrorists murdered more than 1,300 Israelis in terrorist attacks in Israel last weekend.
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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a>&#8216; administration took a shot at the Biden administration in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this week, suggesting that the administration was intentionally slow-walking a plan that would allow the use of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which can include &#8220;flying cars,&#8221; and was instead allowing France to take the lead in the sector.
Jared W. Perdue, P.E., Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), said that the department takes &#8220;great pride in our ability to attract, identify, and implement innovative solutions to grow and maintain our state’s robust transportation system&#8221; which he said was vital for the state&#8217;s continued rapid growth.
&#8220;Thanks to the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Florida continues to invest in transportation at record levels, recognizing the direct link between high-quality infrastructure and economic growth,&#8221; Perdue said. &#8220;Given Florida’s unprecedented growth, FDOT is working to identify new opportunities to keep our supply chain moving and the nearly 23 million residents and 137 million visitors who travel to the state annually.&#8221;
The letter said that the DeSantis administration quickly took interest in Advanced Air Mobility (<a href="https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap11_section_6.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AAM</a>) systems — a new sector of the aerospace industry which seeks to safely and efficiently integrate highly automated aircraft into the National Airspace System (NAS) — over two years ago, which are responsible for &#8220;utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to move people and goods or provide services,&#8221; the letter said.
Perdue said that Florida created a group of over 50 stakeholders responsible for determining how the system would be used in the state.
&#8220;Last month, Florida released a report detailing our efforts, equipping our public and private sector partners to embrace AAM as soon as the technology is ready to launch,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;Unfortunately, Florida faces one roadblock to begin putting our plans into motion: the continued delay of your Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).&#8221;
Perdue called out the FAA&#8217;s stated &#8220;acceptable timeline&#8221; for finalizing the implementation of the system, which is 2028, noting that it allows the U.S.&#8217; competitors, like France, to showcase their technology first.
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&#8220;America’s competitors, like France, are outpacing the U.S. in effectuating this emerging technology now,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Perhaps this is a deliberate delay by the Administration to allow France the spotlight of deploying this cutting-edge technology at the 2024 Summer Olympics. No one can know for certain given the FAA’s absent sense of urgency surrounding the topic.&#8221;
Perdue said that it was vital for the U.S. to lead in developing the technologies within the sector and that it will not happen if the Biden administration continues to sit on its hands.
The letter included a copy of Florida&#8217;s extensive report on integrating AAM in the state — a plan that the DeSantis administration finalized over the summer and that called for multiple steps in the plan to have already launched.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elton-john">Elton John</a> was taken to the hospital after falling at home in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/france">France</a>, his rep confirmed.
The incident occurred while the 76-year-old singer and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">songwriter</a> was staying at his villa in Nice, France, per <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/28/elton-john-76-hospitalized-after-falling-at-home-in-france">Page Six</a>. John was taken to Princess Grace Hospital’s orthopedic center in Monaco on Sunday and received precautionary treatment there.
“We can confirm that following a slip yesterday at his home in the South of France, Elton visited the local hospital as a precautionary measure,” John’s rep told the outlet.
“Following checkups, he was immediately discharged this morning and is now back at home and in good health.”
John has been spending time in France with his family following the conclusion of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">tour</a>, which ended in July. 
“I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief. Fifty-two years of pure joy playing music. How lucky am I to play music?” the singer said at the conclusion of his last show in Stockholm, Sweden, last month.
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“But, ya know, I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, the albums, the CDs, the cassettes, but more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows, and you know how I love to play live.”
The performer played “Your Song” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” at the end of his final show. 
After the concert, the five-time Grammy winner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elton-john-ends-50-years-of-touring-with-message-to-fans">told</a> Entertainment Weekly he was still “trying to process” the fact that he was done touring for good.
“I don’t think it will sink in for a while yet that I’ve finally finished touring,” John said. “I can’t tell you how much I’m going to miss the fans and how much their support has humbled me — it will stay with me forever.”
“When we set off on my final tour in 2018, I couldn’t have foreseen in my wildest dreams the twists and turns and the highs and lows this tour — and the whole world — would have experienced in the next five years,” he continued. “And every step of the way, my fans have been there. They have stuck with me, they have supported me, they have been patient, and they have kept turning out for every single last show.”
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Nationally syndicated radio host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-loesch-rips-biden-the-stupidest-thing-ive-ever-heard-about-guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana Loesch</a> took time out on Saturday to offer a brief history lesson to Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-brings-in-big-guns-to-defend-blinkens-alleged-lies-disgraced-fbi-agent-peter-strzok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antony Blinken</a>, mocking him for comparing the American Revolution to the French Revolution.
Blinken had offered a statement Friday in honor of Bastille Day — the day that French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison in 1789.
&#8220;The War of Independence and the French Revolution were fueled by the same aspirations for freedom, democracy, and human rights. Today, we are more committed than ever to defending them — together. Warmest wishes on Bastille Day to the people of France,&#8221; Blinken wrote.
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The War of Independence and the French Revolution were fueled by the same aspirations for freedom, democracy, and human rights. Today, we are more committed than ever to defending them — together. Warmest wishes on Bastille Day to the people of France.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1679860760145543169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Loesch was quick to respond, first simply wondering, &#8220;Are you historically illiterate?&#8221;
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Our revolution, founded in the protection of individualism and freedom *from* is opposite the French Revolution which pushed freedom *to* and socialist subjugation. Tocqueville noted that freedom was no longer the main pursuit of the revolutionaries. It was so unsuccessful it was…
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1680249433508704258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Our revolution, founded in the protection of individualism and freedom *from* is opposite the French Revolution which pushed freedom *to* and socialist subjugation,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;Tocqueville noted that freedom was no longer the main pursuit of the revolutionaries. It was so unsuccessful it was followed by a dictator then the restoration of the monarchy. What an embarrassing tweet from a member of our government.&#8221;
And Loesch was far from the only person to notice the historical inaccuracy of Blinken&#8217;s statement.
&#8220;Both nations had revolutions at nearly the same time, that is true. The American Revolution started in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. In France, just 4 years later, collectivist ideologues who claimed that their science was superior to God-given wisdom usurped control of the country and proceeded to wreck every civic institution and overturn every social norm,&#8221; another <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSarcasticist/status/1680158313986572288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a>. &#8220;Political opponents were hunted down and destroyed, and the power of the State was unleashed against its citizens, viciously crushing all dissent. No question or doubt was tolerated. In the United States, it took until 2020 to get there.&#8221;
Pedro Gonzales added, &#8220;The French Revolution launched the Reign of Terror that killed tens of thousands of people, often in the most gruesome ways. Simon Schama wrote in &#8216;Citizens&#8217; that during the Vendéan massacre, &#8216;Every atrocity the time could imagine was meted out to the defenseless population. Women were routinely raped, children killed, both mutilated. . . . At Gonnord . . . two hundred old people, along with mothers and children, [were forced] to kneel in front of a large pit they had dug; they were then shot so as to tumble into their own grave. . . . Thirty children and two women were buried alive when earth was shoveled onto the pit.&#8217; But Blinken isn’t wrong to praise the French Revolution because, in a sense, modern liberals like him are its heirs.&#8221;
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The French Revolution launched the Reign of Terror that killed tens of thousands of people, often in the most gruesome ways. Simon Schama wrote in “Citizens” that during the Vendéan massacre, “Every atrocity the time could imagine was meted out to the defenseless population.… <a href="https://t.co/Q0xB8jvw7U">https://t.co/Q0xB8jvw7U</a>
&mdash; Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) <a href="https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1680075547525742592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Omri Ceren, national security adviser for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), pointed out, &#8220;It&#8217;s a small thing, but this is not the position of the State Dept. The State Dept. Office of the Historian notes that the Founders were so opposed to the French Revolution the Federalists legislated against it. This is what happens when you let children do social media.&#8221;
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It&#39;s a small thing, but this is not the position of the State Dept.
The State Dept. Office of the Historian notes that the Founders were so opposed to the French Revolution the Federalists legislated against it. 
This is what happens when you let children do social media. <a href="https://t.co/PaXL6IAFzQ">https://t.co/PaXL6IAFzQ</a>
&mdash; Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1680195809785028612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A severed finger from a “living human being” was sent to the official residence of French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/emmanuel-macron-severed-finger-post-france-b1094115.html?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the London Evening Standard. 
On Monday, the amputated finger arrived at Elysee Palace in Paris, though no note was included in the package, the outlet notes. Police at the palace reportedly placed the finger in a refrigerator immediately for preservation to aid in attempts to identify the sender. France has been rocked with riots and protests stemming from a variety of issues throughout the year. 
“The finger was initially put in a fridge where the police put their snacks,” a source told the newspaper. “This was to make sure it was preserved and could be analyzed as quickly as possible.”
It was later revealed that the finger came from a living person, who had reportedly been identified, contacted, and received “full medical support.&#8221; The palace source said the identity of the person wasn’t going to be revealed to the public partly because of “medical confidentiality,” as the Evening Standard reports. 
“It’s not at all clear why this finger was sent to the president,” the source said. 
Officials opened an investigation into the incident on Monday. According to a <a href="https://www.valeursactuelles.com/faits-divers/info-va-lelysee-a-recu-un-courrier-contenant-un-doigt-humain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the French magazine Valeurs actuelles, which <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/13/emmanuel-macron-sent-a-severed-finger-from-living-human-in-the-post-19122510/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first reported</a> the news, the owner of the finger is the same person who sent the package and reportedly suffers from mental illness. 
Macron has faced serious tension and upheaval in the country this year, starting with nationwide protests in April against the nation’s pension reforms, which increased the age of retirement from 62 to 64. For more labor-intensive jobs, like sanitation work, the retirement age rose from 57-59. In defiance of the change, protestors in the country stormed the headquarters of corporations, vandalized government buildings, and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165759889/more-than-1-million-demonstrate-across-france-against-pension-reforms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over a million</a> people demonstrated in the streets.
Then, in the wake of a June <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-days-of-destruction-a-recap-of-the-apocalyptic-riots-in-france" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police shooting</a> of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, who was of Moroccan and Algerian descent, mobs of rioters took to the streets, looting stores and committing other acts of violence. According to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/business/france-riots-businesses-cost/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, 400 bank branches and 500 corner shops had been attacked by rioters. 
The riots, which have been dubbed “<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a8780bf6-5032-4abc-8462-f7f72dbc61ef" target="_blank" rel="noopener">France’s George Floyd Moment</a>,” have cost French businesses an estimated $1 billion. Law enforcement in the country has since taken control of the situation, detaining over 3,600 people, according to <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/thousands-of-teens-have-been-arrested-in-french-protests-though-violence-is-subsiding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PBS</a>. 
Last weekend, the French government <a href="https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/07/13/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-france-right-now-country-recovers-from-sixth-night-of-riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> fireworks ahead of Friday’s Bastille Day celebrations, which <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/french-revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commemorates</a> the storming of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, signaling the beginning of the French Revolution.

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