Jews in France

French Election: Fillon May Have Lost in France, but He Won in Israel

By Judy Maltz, Haaretz Despite the long lines evident outside polling stations around Israel on Sunday, figures made available by French diplomats in the country show that voter turnout among French-Israelis in the first round of the presidential election was no higher than usual and that the conservative Republican Francois Fillon was by far the preferred candidate among the four…