Violence Reaches Local Businesses
French journalist Paul Amar appeared on CNews, a 24-hour French news and opinion channel, to discuss the violent and destructive riots in France and their effect on local shops. The report says a woman tearfully pleaded with a mob not to destroy the business where she worked. The crowd ignored her and pushed through the doors anyway. That scene captures the fear facing workers and owners when unrest turns into looting and destruction. Amar’s account then focused on Marseille, where he said the damage did not appear to fall evenly on every business.
Amar’s Marseille Claim
Amar said the preparation for that day was significant. He claimed people had the address of the prefect’s residence, which was set on fire, and the address of the town hall, located in the city center. More pointedly, he said they had addresses for quite a few Jewish shop owners. Amar said that on one street in Marseille, all Jewish-owned businesses were set on fire, while businesses run by Muslims were not. He presented that contrast as evidence that at least some attacks may have been organized around specific targets rather than driven by random opportunity alone.
Why Preparation Matters
“That level of preparation raises questions,” Amar said. He also asserted that the intelligence services knew. The report does not include further details about what those services knew, when they knew it, or what response followed. That gap matters. A riot is already a major public-safety failure when businesses are attacked in the open. A claim that attackers arrived with location information about specific owners points to a more deliberate danger. Amar’s remarks put pressure on officials to explain how targets were identified and whether warnings were available before the violence began.
The Video and Online Record
The report highlighted a video clip from Amar’s CNews appearance and social-media posts quoting his central claim about Marseille. The posts described Jewish-owned businesses as singled out on one street and repeated that Muslim-run businesses were not burned. The claim is specific, the alleged pattern is serious, and the public deserves clear answers about what happened on that street.
Macron’s Friday Night Optics
The report also questioned French President Emmanuel Macron’s whereabouts during the destruction. It said he spent Friday night at a Celine Dion concert. That detail created a sharp contrast between the scenes described in France and the image of the country’s president attending a major entertainment event. Residents and business workers were facing violence, looting, and fire while the nation’s leader was portrayed as watching a concert. For critics of the government’s response, that contrast became part of the story.
*🇫🇷 WATCH: France’s Riots — Paul Amar Says Jewish-Owned Shops Were Targeted in Marseille*
French journalist Paul Amar, discussing the October 17 unrest in France, says Jewish-owned businesses were singled out on a street in Marseille:
“They came prepared. They had the addresses… pic.twitter.com/nre1WaljGU
— (((IsraelMatzav))) (@IsraelMatzav) October 18, 2026
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