“It is important that as many voices as possible are raised to say that he has no place in our country,” calls Élisabeth Borne

“It is important that as many voices as possible can be raised to say that anti-Semitism has no place in our country”launches Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Monday, November 6 on France Inter, while 1,040 anti-Semitic acts have been committed in France since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.

The head of the executive “fully measures anxiety” Jews “faced with the resurgence of anti-Semitic acts”. She recalls that anti-Semitism can “take different forms”as “slogans in demonstrations, hateful remarks on social networks and attacks on people of the Jewish faith”. “To attack a Jew is to attack the Republic and we must all stand up against this resurgence of anti-Semitism”says the Prime Minister. “We cannot accept in our country this resurgence of this anti-Semitism which we have not experienced for years,” she adds.

Élisabeth Borne ensures that “the government is doing everything to protect” French people of Jewish faith. She mentions in particular the “protection around places of worship and schools, put in place immediately following the attack of October 7” and the “circular sent by the Minister of Justice to the public prosecutor’s office”, calling for firmness. “We find the perpetrators, we make sure they are prosecuted and convicted”adds Élisabeth Borne. “We will be intractable, we will not let anything go”promises the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister also regrets that La France Insoumise has “a lot of trouble describing Hamas as terrorist” and confuses “sometimes anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism […] Everyone must become aware of the seriousness of what our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith are experiencing, pull themselves together and have this jolt to say that in France there is no place for anti-Semitism.”she says.