Wiesenthal Centre Open Letter to France24: Shocked at Antisemitism of Arabic Channel Correspondents
Paris - In an open letter to France24 Director, Vanessa Burggraf, Wiesenthal Centre’s Director for International Relations, Dr.Shimon Samuels,...
Paris
Dr. Shimon Samuels, the Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, recalled his conversation with French PrimeMinister, Elisabeth Borne, regarding her father's Jewish family and her plan to fight antisemitism and all forms of hate.
Dear Madam,
We call on you to take measures against the so-called "Freeze Corleone", whose appearance at last week's rap festival in Rennes, wasapplauded by thousands of young spectators.
Former CRIF (Council of Representative Jewish Institutions of France) President, Dr. Richard Prasquier, presented the dangerouseffects of claiming this event as a mere example of "freedom of expression".
Corleone's songs included the following quotes: "I arrive determined like Adolf in the 1930s", "Every day I don't give aF... about the Shoah", "For my family to live like rich Jews every day, F... Israel as if in Gaza", "I'm in Dakar [his father's home] and you're in your center in Zion", "Too manyCohens, against them stands the courage and bravery of the 3rd Reich".
Prasquier mentions Freeze Corleone's adulation for American Jew-hater, black supremacist and "Nation of Islam" cleric, LouisFarrakhan.
Madam Prime Minister, the Mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré had threatened to ban the concert. Her position was objected by anAdministrative Court, followed by the Council of State, which decided it was "not retaining her claim of disorder to the public" created by the presence of the rapper at the concert.
Corleone's Nazi remarks provoke the warped idea "that the Jews, by their insistence on the Holocaust, are responsible for theoblivion of slavery."
Madam Prime Minister, we urge you to act on the issue of Corleone, in the same manner as for his predecessors in Jew-hatred, such asDieudonné, and the British rocker, Roger Waters.
We suggest that France lead the way to deal with such hatemongers through the European Court of Human Rights.
Most Respectfully,
Dr. Shimon Samuels
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