French report says Israeli-affiliated accounts promoted false narrative on protests

A French government report, described as an internal document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, claims that Israeli accounts and influencers promoted a false narrative about protests in France. The source’s headline attributes the finding to the Interior Ministry.

According to the French report, “accounts affiliated with Israel have promoted the narrative that the demonstrations are related to immigration and radical Islam rather than the cost of living and protest against public services as determined by the French government.” The report does not identify the Israeli individuals or entities it describes, and the claim about who was behind the posts remains unverified in the source (Proverbs 18:17).

The French report states that the ten most viewed publications in accounts affiliated with Israeli officials accumulated more than 35 million views between 16 and 18 October.

The report was published after French President Emmanuel Macron last month harshly criticized comments made by foreign leaders. The source also reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with Channel 14, claimed that Muslim immigrants are responsible for violence in France and described what is happening as an invasion of radical Islam.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrow stated on 28 October that about two-thirds of the content on immigration connected to the protests had come from outside France. He said that elements from the United States, Israel, Russia and China had taken advantage of the events to damage his country’s international image.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Hebrew)