Israeli Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano Shata denounced Tuesday, July 20 comparisons "
of an unhealthy and nauseating nature
", in reference to the yellow stars worn in France by protesters opposed to the health pass.
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Pnina Tamano Shata spoke Tuesday morning in Paris, after laying two wreaths of flowers, with the Minister for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, in front of the Hyper Cacher store at the Porte de Vincennes, where four people were killed on the 9th January 2015 during an attack. "
I mean that there is absolutely no room for comparison between this scourge [the Shoah] which not only affected the Jewish people but which was also a tragedy for all mankind, with these efforts that we are all deploying today in the face of this global pandemic (of Covid-19) to try to save lives,
”said the Israeli minister.
More than 110,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday to denounce vaccination, the health pass and a "
health dictatorship
".
Some sported "
yellow stars
", symbols of the persecution of Jews and Nazi crimes during World War II.
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"
segregation
"
"
I find it deeply shocking,
" said Marlène Schiappa, who said she was "
upset to hear comments made by survivors
" of the Shoah, in reference to the words of a survivor of the Vel roundup. of HIV. The entire French political class has criticized this rapprochement between the extension of the health pass and the Shoah.