“
Don’t be silent.
» This is what the PS deputy for Essonne Jérôme Guedj declared to BFMTV on Wednesday after receiving two anti-Semitic letters at his office, which he then published on X. On the first, it is possible to read: “
Another world is possible without Jérôme Guedj-style jokes
.”
The photo of the parliamentarian, wearing a yarmulke, is surrounded by symbols very representative of the Jewish religion, such as the Star of David and a menorah.
In the second, the elected official is described as a “
dirty feuj
” in a largely conspiratorial text, calling for the “
extermination
” of the Jews.
In response to these attacks, the socialist took up a quote from the historian Marc Bloch: “
I only ever claim my origin in one case: in front of an anti-Semite.
» Unvarnished, Jérôme Guedj, who is going to file a complaint, “
piss off
” the senders of these letters.
Explaining that "
it is rather very rare for (him) to receive this type of mail
", the parliamentarian explains however that he does not make the "
link with the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
» While having transmitted these missives to the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, who is also a regular recipient of anti-Semitic insults.
“
If an MP receives this, it means that this is the case for a lot of people
,” he said.