One more campaign launched against him.
The Franco-Palestinian lawyer Rima Hassan denounced a message posted by the host Arthur, in which he criticized the nomination of the latter in a ranking of “40 women of the year 2023”, published by the American magazine Forbes.
“See Arthur attack a Palestinian woman just because she is rewarded for her work and her career (…) and use his influence to knock me out of this ranking whose trophy ceremony will be held in March in says a lot about the sexism and racism of this boomer,” asserts Rima Hassan on
See @Arthur_Officiel attack a Palestinian woman just because she is rewarded for her work and her career (ranked among the 40 women of the year 2023 by Forbes) and use her influence to make me jump from this ranking including the award ceremony… pic.twitter.com/4hjB0bLPdH
— Rima Hassan (@RimaHas) January 28, 2024
In a second post, she claims that Arthur is “disturbed by everything I built after leaving a Palestinian camp and by the fact that I remind people of where I come from”.
“I must say that it’s quite pathetic to see a man so destabilized by the journey of a woman,” she concludes.
To her message, the young woman attached a screenshot of an Instagram story of the host, in which he targets his supposed anti-Semitism.
“If you want to be in the next Forbes France ranking, the easiest way is to advocate Hamas terrorism and be a patent anti-Semite,” writes Arthur.
Figure of the Palestinian cause
“Don't be surprised to see the anti-Semite Rima Hassan honored among the 40 women of the year 2023. Anti-Semitism and the apology of terrorism are the new symbols of success at Forbes,” adds the producer, who recently revealed that he had “reinforced” security since the October 7 attacks.
Since October 7, Rima Hassan has become one of the figures of the Palestinian cause.
Aged 31, she notably created the Action France Palestine collective and the Refugee Camp Observatory, to investigate what she describes as “non-places”.
“You’re suffocating over there.
Everything is mineral, there are no trees or plants.
For me, it's like a still life.
We are barely alive there, because we are dispossessed, in an endless exile,” she described to us in May 2022.
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The trained lawyer, born in the suburbs of Aleppo (Syria), has increased her interventions in the media since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas to defend the Palestinian question.
On several sets, she denounces “apartheid” and the genocide” of which the Palestinians are victims.
Positions criticized by some, who accuse him of contesting Israel's right to exist.
Following this interposed exchange, an interview extract from the media Le Crayon was widely relayed on social networks.
Many comments accuse Rima Hassan of supporting the Hamas terrorist organization.
In the video, taken from a program broadcast on November 29, the journalist asks the young woman three questions.
“Hamas is carrying out legitimate action.
Does the State of Israel have a right of defense?
Is the two-state solution possible?
".
True, false and false answers Rima Hassan.
Faced with criticism, the lawyer responds that the chosen extract is truncated, and does not provide the necessary context.
She explains in particular that she condemned the terrorist action of Hamas in another question, absent from the extract.
Simone Rodan Benzaquen who publishes a capture of an interview for the media Le Crayon without putting the whole extract: explanations 🦥👇
1) the action of armed groups in international law is recognized and enshrined in particular in the context of a fight for self-determination, at this… pic.twitter.com/sDP5fSiNiB
— Rima Hassan (@RimaHas) January 29, 2024
The unprecedented Hamas attack led to the deaths of around 1,140 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.
In response, Israel vowed to “annihilate” the movement in power in Gaza since 2007. Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory left 26,637 people dead, the vast majority of them women, children and adolescents, according to the Ministry of Defense. Hamas Health.