'I never imagined voting for the National Rally [of Le Pen] to curb antisemitism,' said Alain Finkielkraut, a liberal Jew who is one of France’s best-known philosophers.

Le Pen says that under her leadership, dual French-Israeli citizens will have to choose between the two nationalities.

France’s far-right National Front Party leader Marine Le Pen said in an interview Sunday she will ban the public display of all religious symbols and clothing if elected president in the 2017 national elections.

The current leader of France's far-right National Front political party, Marine Le Pen, is trying to distance the party from its anti-Semitic history - and even suspended her own father for his extremist views.