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decision. The decision was to disallow companies to license the Orange brand that does not use Orange's services, which is the practice of the
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In 2007 news media reported rumors of an imminent arrest warrant for tax fraud. By early 2019, French state prosecutors called for
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said: "On the backdrop of the recent serious events in France, the French government must show zero tolerance for anti-Semitism," said Regev, in reference to the growing wave of anti-Semitic violence in the France that was highlighted in
January by a Muslim holding a kosher supermarket hostage in
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In June 2015, Richard said in Egypt that he would like to withdraw the Orange brand from Israel as soon as possible, but that the move would take time. “Our intention is to withdraw from Israel. It will take time” but “for sure we will do it,” he said. “I am ready to do this tomorrow morning… but
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Paris and murdering four Jews. "I call on Jews of France and the world to disconnect from Orange unless
Stephane Richard takes back his words. The time has come for them to understand that Jews in the world and sane voices that oppose anti-Semitism and racism also have power."
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