Hateful comments: France’s new prime minister faces anti-Semitic hostility

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The Jewish umbrella organization Crif said the authors of hateful comments apparently judged the new head of government “solely on the basis of his sexual orientation and the origin of his name.”

“For all supporters of the Republic, he is the Prime Minister and nothing else,” the Crif emphasized. Attal had said in the past that he faced hostility at school because of his homosexuality and was also attacked because of his Jewish family. “I bought a tank,” he said in November.

Attal’s father comes from a Jewish family with roots in Alsace and Tunisia, while his mother is Christian Orthodox. The name Attal is a typical Sephardic name, comes from Arabic and means burden bearer. Attal said in an interview with the newspaper “Libération” that his father had warned him that he would face anti-Semitic hostility because of his name, even though he himself was an Orthodox Christian.

Due to the strict separation between church and state, the religious beliefs of politicians in France are a taboo subject. Emmanuel Macron’s participation in a papal mass and Jewish ceremony last year sparked heated debates. (SDA)

Source: Blick