A new rise in anti-Semitism has been expressed in recent days on the walls of the Rouen synagogue. A complaint for “public incitement to discrimination, hatred or racial violence” was filed.
“Our Jewish compatriots represent less than 1% of the population and yet the anti-religious attacks which concern them are 57%”regretted this Tuesday morning the Minister of the Interior at the microphone of RTL while a new expression of anti-Semitism affects the city of Rouen. In recent days, several infamous tags have been discovered on the walls of the synagogue, calling in particular for “gas” the Jews. Writings accompanied by swastikas, according to photos relayed by Ici Normandie.
“The police are on some leads and I hope that justice will be intractable”reacted Bruno Retailleau. The evening before, on BFMTV, he had already called for “fighting the resurgence of anti-Semitic acts (…) touching our Jewish compatriots means touching France”.
From “cowardly perpetrators”
The mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, “condemned with the greatest firmness these anti-Semitic tags which have their place neither in Rouen, nor anywhere in our Republic (…) I hope that their cowardly authors will be quickly identified and punished by the courts”he added.
According to Natacha Ben Haïm, president of the Jewish community of Rouen, these inscriptions appeared “on the occasion of the Festival of Lights, Hanouka, on December 29. We noticed that there was a first tag on the synagogue, a swastika. And this Monday morning, a lawyer from Rouen noticed that there were new tags. State services were very responsive, and the findings were made this Monday afternoon.she told Ici Normandie.
The latter filed a complaint against “public incitement to discrimination, hatred or racial violence”. Eight months earlier, on May 17, 2024, this same synagogue had been the target of an attempted fire by a 29-year-old Algerian subject to an Obligation to Leave the Territory (OQTF) who was shot dead by security forces. 'order.
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