ANALYSE – The anti-Semitic rape of a 12-year-old girl made headlines just days before the legislative elections. Due to their resonance in society, certain news items are seen as political facts.
It is a crime that has filled France with fear and divided the political class. On June 18, a 12-year-old girl was the victim of an anti-Semitic rape in Courbevoie by three boys of the same age, two of whom were indicted and imprisoned for rape and anti-Semitic violence against a minor. According to the young girl’s lawyer, one of her attackers, whom she knew, “couldn’t stand the idea that she was Jewish”. “When he found out, all his hatred poured out on her. They called her a ‘dirty Jew’ and accused her of being against Palestine and supporting Israel,” she detailed at Figaro .
The day after this sordid attack, the political class, in the midst of campaigning for the legislative elections, is wondering about the causes of this tragedy: “There is no longer a single place in France today where the French are safe. Since October 7, an atmosphere of anti-Semitism has spread and developed in our country that must be combatted.Jordan Bardella reacts first…
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