Over 100 Jewish graves defaced with Nazi swastikas in France

AKIPRESS.COM - More than 100 Jewish graves have been defaced with Nazi swastikas in an antisemitic attack in France, Independent reports.
The graves were found spray-painted with antisemitic inscriptions in the town of Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, on Tuesday - the same day as a similar incident in the nearby village of Schafhouse-sur-Zorn.
France has Europe's biggest Jewish community - about 550,000 - and antisemitic attacks are common, with more than 500 alone in 2018.
French president Emmanuel Macron said "Jews are and make France" in a tweet in response to the attack.
He added: "Those who attack them, even in their graves, are not worthy of the idea we have of France."
In a visit to Westhoffen on Wednesday, interior minister Christophe Castaner announced the French government would create a national anti-hate crime office.