AN appeal by Israel’s leader for French Jews to flee for their safety prompted an outcry in France yesterday, with lawmakers and Jewish groups urging Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to mind his own business.

Politicians and religious leaders in France expressed outrage following an anti-Semitic attack on a young mother in which a gang cut her hair and daubed swastikas on her belly.

An anti-Semitic attack on a young mother who was not Jewish has caused “dread” in France.