WATCH: In a 'Despicable Act' Hundreds of Jewish Tombs Vandalized in France
In the town of Sarre-Union, vandals defaced hundreds of tombs in a Jewish cemetery. The incident comes as religious tensions in Europe are running especially high after recent attacks against Jewish targets in France and Denmark.

Tombs in Jewish cemetary defaced by vandals in France, February 15th, 2015.Credit: Screen grab
Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the interior minister called an "odious act" against religious freedom and tolerance.
- Right-wing Leaders, Stop Cultivating Incitement
- 'Answer to Terror Is to Fight It'
- 1624: The First Jew to Settle in N. America
- Hollande Vows to Defend France's Jews
- Danish Chief Rabbi: Terror Not a Reason to Make Aliyah
- Jewish Cemetery in Germany Vandalized
- 5 French Teens Detained in Vandalism of Jewish Graves
- Jewish Leader: No Need to Tell EU Jews to Flee
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement Sunday that a special criminal investigation team is at the cemetery in Sarre-Union, near the German border, and authorities will do "everything" to pursue the vandals.
Comments
ICYMI

This Bedouin City Could Decide Who Is Israel's Next Prime Minister

A Women's Rights Lawyer Felt She Didn't Belong in Israel. So She Moved to Morocco

'It Was Real Shock to Move From a Little Muslim Village, to a Big Open World'
