VIDEO. “The Jews didn’t take enough”, “I would have liked to be in Amsterdam to run some of them”, “anti-Semitism was invented”: the shocking comments of a municipal elected official

During a conversation filmed and published on social networks, Ismaël Boudjekada, municipal councilor in Grand-Charmont (Doubs), spoke about the attacks suffered by Maccabi Tel-Aviv supporters in the streets of Amsterdam on the sidelines of a football match. As a reminder, between 20 and 30 Maccabi supporters were injured.

France “plagued by the Zionist cancer”

Questioned about the events, the elected official from Franche-Comté affirmed that “the Jews didn’t take enough” and said he regretted not having been present at Amsterdam that evening, “to run a few of them”. All while declaring that anti-Semitism was a term”invented” and that the events occurring in the Dutch capital were “continue“. Still in this video, Ismaël Boudjekada argued that France was “infected by the Zionist cancer” and that “Hamas [était] a resistance movement.

Comments for which the 29-year-old man was already sentenced on June 20 to a fine of 20,000 euros and three years of ineligibility for advocating terrorism. A few weeks ago, after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, he also described the mastermind of the October 7 attacks in Israel as “hero“.