Place de la République and Place des Vosges have never sounded more different. On October 7, the first place is alive with the voices of young protesters, their chants of "Down with the police state" echoing at around 80 decibels, while Palestinian flags wave in the wind. In contrast, Place des Vosges is quieter, with the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) having set up a memorial pavilion under a canopy, surrounded by a line of police. This space is dedicated to remembering the Hamas attacks on Israel three years ago. Alain, a grandson of a Holocaust deportee and a Jewish man himself, expressed confusion and concern while standing at the entrance of the memorial. He encountered students protesting on the way, all holding Palestinian flags. « Why? Why are they doing this? » he asked. For Alain, the symbols of protest matter deeply. He believes that without the events of October 7, the current situation in Gaza would not have unfolded. He justifies the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that Gaza was not previously occupied. As Israeli elections approach and reports of Israeli military actions in Palestine continue to appear in newspapers such as Haaretz, the memory of October 7 has become a painful wound for many. The Israeli far right is using this memory to rally support, while in France, Yonathan Arfi, president of the Crif, feels that October 7 is increasingly being seen as a symbol of Palestinian martyrdom rather than the tragedy of Israeli victims. To counter this, the Crif organized a photographic exhibition on Place des Vosges to keep the memory of October 7 central and in the public eye. Under the canopy, surrounded by images of destroyed kibbutzim and Hamas hostages, both those who have returned from the conflict and those who never will, visitors are moved to tears. The ambient music, played on loudspeakers, features cello and violin in minor keys, but the images themselves are powerful enough. They show the burned legs of Elai Hogreg Golan, a doctor struggling to cover them with bandages, and children's toys left behind in Nir Oz. Corpses are seen in a bus shelter, and the ruins and prosthetics tell stories of loss and survival. For some, the memory of October 7 is not just a distant event. Shaili, 24, who traveled to Tel Aviv in 2025 to honor those killed on October 7, says that life for Jews in France has changed dramatically since 2023. « All of a sudden, for Jews in France, it was day and night concerning antisemitism, » she says, explaining that she now hides her Jewish identity out of fear. Albert, the son of survivors of the Shoah shot on November 21, 1942, recounts hearing antisemitic chants at a pro-Hamas demonstration, an experience that left him physically ill. Malika, a Kabyle Protestant who supports Jews, has been testing public reactions by marching with an Israeli flag on the Champs-Élysées. She reports receiving many insults and calls for "Free Palestine." Yonathan Arfi acknowledges that the Israeli society and many Jews in France still live in the aftermath of October 7. « It is always difficult, always raw, » he says. This rawness is evident in the notebooks provided for visitors to express their thoughts, where messages range from calls for justice to demands that « all the monsters who are the barbarians deserve to disappear from the Earth. » Albert offers a different perspective on the Israeli retaliation, drawing a historical comparison to Churchill’s bombing of German cities. Meanwhile, Marylou Rodella Hattab, a Crif representative, notes that Alain is not representative of the broader Jewish community. Yet, Malika's words reveal a deeper issue: « The problem is not even Hamas, not even Islamic jihad or terrorists, the problem is Muslims, » she says, highlighting the complexity of the situation.