Hundreds of people gathered against anti-Semitism on Wednesday evening in Paris on the square in front of the City Hall, after the gang rape denounced by a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) who aroused great emotion in France.
“Raped at 12 because she was Jewish”, “Anti-Semitism is not residual”, could we read on the signs of the demonstrators, gathered at the call of the Nous Vivrons collective, in the presence of the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond -Moretti, former ministers, elected officials, the president of Crif Yonathan Arfi and the imam of Drancy Hassen Chalghoumi.
Prolongation of a climate hostile to Jews
“This anti-Semitic rape is part of the continuation of a climate hostile to Jews, notably fueled by irresponsible political declarations, aimed at fanning the embers and fueling hatred of Jews for several months,” accused Us in a press release. will live, a collective founded after the war by Hamas on October 7.
“Let irresponsible politicians stop stirring up hatred by putting a target on the backs of Jews! », Launched the president of this collective, Sarah Aizenman, sparking numerous invectives against Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of LFI. “The government is at your side,” declared Eric Dupond-Moretti. “Anti-Semitism is not residual (…). To attack a Jew is to attack the Republic and France,” he continued, referring to the “explosion” of anti-Semitic acts in France.
Another gathering in Lyon
“All these actions hurt my heart so much. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t experienced an attack,” testified a demonstrator. “Any rape is an abomination, when it is committed because of the victim’s Judaism, it is a horror,” said the president of the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) Samuel Lejoyeux.
In Lyon, another gathering brought together around a hundred people on Place des Terreaux. Using slogans like “Jewish woman raped, Republic in danger”, the demonstrators also sang a “Marseillaise” and challenged the positions of LFI.