Is Marine Le Pen's attempt to appeal to Jewish voters a cynical ploy or an attempt to re-frame the controversial far-right party in modern politics?
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    It’s been organised by the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate to protest against the increase in anti-Semitic acts in France since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.

    “I call on all of our members and voters to come and join this march,” Le Pen, a former far-right presidential candidate, said on RTL radio.

    “It is time for the French people… to express their absolute and total rejection of the spectacular increase in visible acts, in fact, of antisemitism,” she said.

    Jean-Marie has been convicted for the practice on several occasions over the years but, just this week, the president of the RN Jordan Bardella reiterated the former party leader is not antisemtiic.

    Others say the move is not just a blatant play for votes from the world’s third biggest Jewish community but also a step by Le Pen to attempt to normalise the party and break from its bad reputation and its controversial past.

    The far-left France Unbowed party has continually called Hamas “a resistance movement” and often implied Israel is to blame for the attacks - something Le Pen will likely use to her advantage in attracting voters.

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