“The new clothes of anti-Semitism”, a documentary that sends shivers down the spine on France 5

According to an Ipsos poll, one in four French people think there is a Jewish network that influences political and economic affairs around the world. The number of anti-Semitic acts increased last year by 74%.

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In this new chapter of the show The factory of liesjournalists Elsa Guiol and Etienne Mélou tell how the Covid-19 crisis has considerably increased anti-Semitism in France.

At each stage of the confinement, the speeches were full of speeches that evoked anti-Semitism in an encrypted way. Under cover of discourse around the “New World Order”, anti-Semitic clichés are flourishing again. It all starts with Agnès Buzyn.

“As of March 17, videos are circulating on YouTube. The comments target Agnès Buzyn with visible anti-Semitic criticism.”

Elsa Guiol

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As the health crisis evolves, it is renewed: the discovery of the vaccine, the appearance of the vaccine pass, up to these parades of people who wear a yellow star, like the Jews deported during the Second World War. Not everyone watching these videos is anti-Semitic, they “radicalize” almost without knowing it, like Clément who testifies in the documentary.

“This is what happens to a lot of people who spend their day on screens and social networks. All you have to do is click on an anti-Semitic video with content for the first time for the algorithm of these platforms to offer another, notes Elsa Guiol. TikTok has played a huge role in spreading these hate messages under the cover, always, of jokes.


The new clothes of anti-Semitism
Sunday April 3 at 8:50 p.m. on France 5.

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