As relative calm returns amid targeted curfews, PM claims he told Macron after Oct. 7 that 'if we don't eliminate them here, you will have them in Paris -- and that is exactly what is happening'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said France had been hit by an "invasion of extremist Islam", in provocative remarks criticising the country after weekend protests over economic conditions degenerated into riots.

Police and Jewish institutions found no evidence the synagogue and Jewish businesses had been specifically targeted for antisemitic reasons.

Neither migration nor religion are part of the movement, which began over frustrations with school conditions.

The Israeli prime minister claims the protests are fuelled by extremist Muslims despite the diverse mix of French society who took to the streets.

An Islamic student group helping to drive France’s chaotic leftist-driven protests is an alleged Muslim Brotherhood front. Muslim Students of France repeatedly posted on social media in support of the anti-government protests over school conditions that have descended into rioting since last month.

Donald Trump and J. D. Vance have called France’s protests the work of Muslim and Third World invaders. Ignoring the movement’s roots in high schooler demonstrations, they are using violent episodes

But beneath that beauty, France is facing an economic crisis that should concern every Western democracy. The protests spreading across France are being viewed through the familiar lenses of Left versus Right,