(JTA) Sammy Ghozlan, head of the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Antisemitism (BNVCA) in France, said Wednesday that recent protests over taxes are giving rise to anti-Semitic rhetoric, and that "the 'Yellow Jackets' movement has an anti-Semitic base that repeats conspiracy theories about Jews and power." Some protesters have been filmed carrying signs and chanting slogans describing French President Emmanuel Macron as a "puppet" of the Jews. France has seen a 69% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 over the previous year.
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