Yonathan Arfi, the head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) wrote on X that:
1. "The Palestinian cause is used as justification for burning down a school"
2. and the "Nazification of Israel serves as fuel for crass antisemitism."

CRIF Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes "condemned this hateful attack in the strongest possible terms" and connected it to the vandalism of three synagogues, a restaurant, and the Shoah memorial in Paris on Friday:
1. "In Paris, synagogues and the Shoah Memorial: desecrated
2. In Lyon: a school set on fire and defaced with swastikas."
3. "This is not one 'tag too many,' nor an isolated act. It is a signal. A passage to action.
4. Those who dream of a France without Jews are now setting fire to schools."

Thomas Rudigoz, a former MP and metropolitan councilor, said:
1. "Just steps from the Montluc prison memorial, a Lyon school has been targeted by swastikas, anti-Semitic graffiti, and a fire.
2. Hatred is reborn where memory should protect.
3. Shame on those who stir up hatred."

Carole Delga, the President of the Occitane region, said:
1. "From Paris to Lyon, our Republic is once again ravaged by hatred.
2. Shame on those who minimize these facts and fuel this climate."

Shame on you Mr. Macron