Podcast: Israel-Hamas conflict bleeds into France, bikers against bullying

<p>France is feeling the shockwaves of the war in Gaza with a rise in Islamophobia and a wave of anti-Semitic attacks that have got the public and politicians worried. Also, bikers rev up to fight school bullying. And the African-American fighter pilot who flew for France in WWI because the US would not take him.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231109-israel-shuns-macron-s-donor-conference-for-gaza">Israel-Hamas war</a> has been imported into French society and politics, with the left unable to agree on how much to denounce Hamas, and the far right using the conflict to further bolster its support for Jews – an about-face for the party of <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20110427-le-pen-expels-front-national-member-nazi-salute">Jean-Marie Le Pen</a>, who famously dismissed the Nazi gas chambers as a "detail" of WWII. <a href="https://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/fr/chercheur/nonna-mayer.html">Nonna Mayer</a>, a researcher at Sciences Po and the CNRS specialising in the far right,  anti-Semitism and racism, talks about the <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231106-france-reports-sharp-rise-in-anti-semitic-acts-since-7-october">rise in anti-Semitic attacks</a> in France, why Marine Le Pen is championing Jews, and whether the left-wing coalition can survive its differences over the war in Gaza. (Listen @0')</p><p>One in 10 kids in France will get bullied at school and after a recent series of teenage suicides, the government has rolled out a <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230927-french-unviels-anti-bullying-plan-in-relentless-fight-against-harassment">raft of measures</a> to help prevent such tragedies. As part of national anti-bullying day, on 9 November, we look at the role  members of <a href="https://ubaka-france.fr/">U.B.A.K.A</a> (Urban Bulldogs Against Kids’ Abuse) are playing in the fight against school bullying. 76-year old Bernard Mignot, a biker and former bodyguard who set up the <a href="https://www.ubaka-bretagne.fr/">French chapter</a> of U.B.A.K.A