Eric Dupond-Moretti calls for “firmness” in the face of “the apology of terrorism”

Eric Dupond-Moretti called on Tuesday October 10, in a circular sent to the courts in the context of the Hamas offensive against Israel, “firmness” in the face of the speeches legitimizing these attacks, which constitute a “apology of terrorism”.

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“Remarks which tend to encourage others to pass a favorable judgment on an offense classified as terrorist”, “even uttered in the context of a debate of general interest” are “constitutive of the apology of terrorism”writes the Minister of Justice in this circular consulted by franceinfo.

“The public making of remarks praising the attacks”, in “presenting them as legitimate resistance to Israel”will have to be prosecuted for advocating terrorism, asks the minister, just as “the public dissemination of messages inciting people to cast a favorable judgment on Hamas or Islamic Jihad, because of the attacks they have organized”.