The chief rabbi of France, Haïm Korsia, reaffirmed on Sunday his opposition to candidates from the "
extreme right
" as well as the "
extreme left
" in view of the presidential election, i.e. "
all those who develop a form of anti-Semitism or an anti-Zionism, which is a proven anti-Semitism
”.
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“
I have always respected a neutrality which is that of my function.
On the other hand, neutrality does not mean being a coward or a coward, so I get involved when republican values are in danger
”, declared on Radio J the highest religious leader of the first Jewish community in Europe.
Asked about comments made in the fall about Eric Zemmour (“
certainly anti-Semitic, obviously racist
”), Haïm Korsia replied: “
I think that a rabbi cannot give voting instructions.
On the other hand, when one says 'Dreyfus was guilty' or when one doubts (...) the innocence of Dreyfus, then it is a clear marker of anti-Semitism
”.
"
It's trouble, this story
," said Eric Zemmour about the Dreyfus affair.
"
We will never know, it's not obvious
," he also said about the innocence of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted in 1894 of spying for Germany, before being rehabilitated in 1906.
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In addition, "
when the National Front (the National Rally, editor's note) says 'there will be no more religious signs in the street', does that mean that I have to endorse someone who is therefore going to ban the yarmulke? , hat?
asked Haïm Korsia.
"
We are entering into the impossible republican
," he said.
The chief rabbi of France reaffirmed a position of principle which consists in “
never having people vote for the extremes
”, namely “
the extreme left, the extreme right
”.
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Without naming any candidate, he included "
all those who deny a reality, and who develop in their own way a form of anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism, which is a proven anti-Semitism
".
"
This is the definition of the IHRA
", the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: "
Anti-Zionism is anti
-Semitism", he argued.
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