(JEWISH GROUP) France suspends Gaza evacuation program after it admits student accused of sharing antisemitic posts

France is suspending its effort to evacuate some Gazans after a woman who came to the country through the program was accused of making antisemitic comments online.

Nour Attaalah, 25, arrived in France on July 11 after getting a scholarship to attend the elite Sciences Po Lille university in the fall. She had her admission rescinded last week after it came to light that she had shared posts praising Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and appearing to call for the death of Jews. One included a picture of Adolf Hitler.

The posts were initially shared by pro-Israel X accounts, the Jerusalem Post reported. Agence France-Presse said it was unable to confirm the screenshots attributed to her, but Sciences Po Lille said Wednesday that her social media comments had been confirmed, without elaborating.

“The content of these publications is in direct contradiction with the values upheld by Sciences Po Lille, which fights against all forms of racism, antisemitism, and discrimination, as well as against any type of call to hatred, against any population whatsoever,” wrote Sciences Po Lille in a post on X.

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on X that he had asked for potential criminal charges, adding, “Hamas propagandists have no place in our country.”

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