Mamdani, Paris already knows where 'globalize the Intifada' ends up - comment

Zvika Klein's commentary examines the appearance of Palestinian flags at cost-of-living protests in Paris on Saturday, which turned violent with nearly 1,800 arrests. Klein argues that the conflict travels to Jews abroad, recounting his 2015 experience in a kippah and the 2024 La Grande-Motte synagogue arson, and cites rising antisemitic incidents in France.

Zvika Klein's commentary examines the presence of Palestinian flags at cost-of-living protests in Paris on Saturday, October 17, 2026, which escalated into some of the worst violence France has seen in years, with nearly 1,800 arrests and over half a million participants. Klein notes that while the flag's presence does not prove those carrying it were involved in the arson and attacks, it illustrates how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict travels to Jews abroad. He recounts his 2015 experience walking through Paris in a kippah, where he was cursed at and threatened, and the 2024 arson attack on the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, where the suspect admitted targeting the synagogue to support the Palestinian cause. Klein cites a CRIF study on Jewish schoolchildren feeling pressured to answer for Israeli policies and notes that France recorded 1,320 antisemitic incidents in 2025.