Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and many other politicians will attend Sunday’s march.
The Paris government deployed 3,000 police to the protest, called by the leaders of the Senate and parliament, the National Assembly, amid an alarming buildup of anti-Jewish acts in France since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas last month.
The French government has recorded more than 1,000 Jewish acts across the country in the month since the Middle East standoff began.
In a letter to the French, Macron promised that the perpetrators would be prosecuted and punished.
“A France where our fellow Jews are afraid is France,” he said in the letter published in Le Parisien newspaper.
He called on the country to remain “united in its values. . . and work for peace and security for all in the Middle East. “
He said 40 French nationals were killed in Hamas’ initial attack and 8 are still missing or being held hostage.
“Added to this in the country is the unbearable resurgence of rampant anti-Semitism,” he said.
Macron said he would attend the protest “in my center and in my mind,” but in person.
France’s far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, is likely to take part in the march amid strong complaints that its once-pariah component, the National Rally, has failed to shake off its anti-Semitic legacy despite developing its political legitimacy.
On Saturday, the government counted 1,247 anti-Semitic acts in France since Oct. 7, nearly three times as many as in all of 2022, according to the Interior Ministry.
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