(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - The Israel Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned a statement by French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who said that France was not responsible for deporting its Jews during the Holocaust, saying, "This declaration is contrary to historical truth." The French government has previously apologized for the roundup and deportation of 13,152 Jews from the Vel d'Hiv stadium in Paris by French authorities in 1942 at the behest of the Nazis. In 1995, then-President Jacques Chirac said France has a role in and responsibility for the deportations, which were carried out by French police officers.
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