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Jewish Groups, Local Politicians Voice Fury Over Vicious Antisemitic Social Media Attacks on French Beauty Queen
algemeiner ^ | DECEMBER 20, 2020

Posted on 12/21/2020 7:13:20 AM PST by MarvinStinson

Leading French-Jewish groups, the Israeli Embassy in France, and numerous local politicians on Sunday condemned a storm of antisemitic attacks on social media against April Benayoum, a top contestant in the Miss France contest.

Benayoum, who revealed during the competition that she has an Israeli father, was competing as Miss Provence and came in first runner-up in the contest on Saturday night. Her Israeli connection, however, prompted a vicious outbreak of antisemitism, with tweets calling for her exclusion because of her Jewish heritage and others such as “Hitler forgot to exterminate you, Miss Provence.”

The Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (Crif), the umbrella organization of France’s Jewish community, called the attacks on Benayoum “vile and unacceptable!”

The Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et l’Antisémitisme (Licra), demanded that the social media assailants face legal consequences for turning Twitter “into an antisemitic cesspool.”

Local politicians also expressed anger at the incident, with the country’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeting, “I am deeply shocked by the rain of antisemitic insults against Miss Provence. Shame on their authors.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; benayoum; france
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April Benayoum, first runner-up in the Miss France competition.

1 posted on 12/21/2020 7:13:20 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Not guilty!

Next case please....


2 posted on 12/21/2020 7:14:22 AM PST by nascarnation
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3 posted on 12/21/2020 7:16:17 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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4 posted on 12/21/2020 7:21:18 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson; Lazamataz

Laz frapperait ça!

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5 posted on 12/21/2020 7:23:02 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: MarvinStinson

Smoking hot.


6 posted on 12/21/2020 7:28:10 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: MarvinStinson

She is truly a classic beauty for the ages. I wonder what the winner looks like.


7 posted on 12/21/2020 7:32:31 AM PST by EinNYC
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8 posted on 12/21/2020 7:32:54 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: EinNYC

Benayoum, who is the current Miss Provence, said during the final that she was the daughter of an Israeli-Italian father and was proud of her Israeli roots.


9 posted on 12/21/2020 7:35:07 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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Her words, however, prompted an immediate barrage of anti-Semitic attacks on social media.

“Uncle Hitler forgot to exterminate Miss Provence,” one person wrote on Twitter.

Another wrote: “Tell her Israel does not exist. It is Palestine” and “Miss Provence lost her chance at the national title as soon as she announced her father was Israeli.”


10 posted on 12/21/2020 7:36:59 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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David would hit that.


11 posted on 12/21/2020 7:39:37 AM PST by Starstruck ( Since I'm old I don't whether I'm senile or brilliant. Or happily both.)
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To: MarvinStinson

The winner, Amandine Petit

12 posted on 12/21/2020 7:42:02 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To quote Sam Malone, “Me-blueagh”.


13 posted on 12/21/2020 7:45:05 AM PST by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: MarvinStinson
Can't blame Muzzie men from being jealous, when among their women this is as good as it gets...


14 posted on 12/21/2020 8:01:21 AM PST by montag813
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The “winner” is a scrawny 2nd fiddle to Miss Jewish French Hottie 2021.


15 posted on 12/21/2020 8:02:30 AM PST by montag813
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I assume first place is a “person of color.” Possibly a tranny. Winners can not be lacking melanin. Especially if they represent a European country.


16 posted on 12/21/2020 8:32:36 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: EinNYC

I assume first place is a “person of color.” Possibly a tranny. Winners can not be lacking melanin. Especially if they represent a European country.


17 posted on 12/21/2020 8:32:39 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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I assume first place is a “person of color.” Possibly a tranny. Winners can not be lacking melanin. Especially if they represent a European country.


18 posted on 12/21/2020 8:32:43 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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19 posted on 12/21/2020 9:03:33 AM PST by SJackson (We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns. Joseph Stalin)
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To: MarvinStinson

She looks a little bony. I prefer the runner-up.


20 posted on 12/21/2020 9:07:30 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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