If for weeks, host Arthur had deplored the silence of his profession on the pogrom perpetrated by Hamas in the south of Israel on October 7, 2023, it is now Patrick Bruel who is following suit. This November 17, 2023, the singer of “Crack your voice” was on Pascal Praud’s set, on Europe 1. And he addressed a theme that particularly touches him: that of the outbreak of anti-Semitic acts in France.
“Not only Jewish artists”
On November 14, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced that more than 1,500 anti-Jewish acts had been recorded in one month. A few days earlier, on November 12, 2023, 182,000 people demonstrated against anti-Semitism across France (there were 3.7 million in 2015 for Charlie Hebdo). An observation which makes Patrick Bruel say that the Jewish community feels alone.
At Pascal Praud’s microphone, Amanda Sthers’ ex-husband said: “On a subject like anti-Semitism, we want to hear from everyone, not just artists of the Jewish faith. All voices must be raised. Like all voices are raised every time there is a subject. I stood up every time there was a subject”.
“It is everyone’s duty”
And to add: “If there was a topic on Islamophobia, I would be the first to stand up, if there was a topic on the LGBT community I would be the first to stand up and I was“. Father of two boys, Oscar and Léon, he also recalled: “And I think that these are subjects which, when a minority or at least a community is threatened, it is the entire society which is threatened, it is the Republic which is threatened, so it is a subject for everyone. world, it is the duty of all”.
F.A.