The French Embassy in Baghdad has been in the same location for more than 60 years: in the home of a Jewish family that had fled antisemitism in Iraq and rented the property to the government of France. But France has not paid that family rent for more than 50 years, and it will not be paying anytime soon, after a Paris court’s ruling. On Monday, the court rejected the family’s $22 million lawsuit accusing the French government of unjustly profiting from cheap deals with Iraqi officials who claimed control of the home under antisemitic laws. In a written decision,...
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