Posted on 02/20/2026 4:54:14 AM PST by Freeleesy
France advancing bill to criminalize anti-Zionism. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces government will back bill to ban anti-Zionist phrases. 'Calling to destroy Israel is calling for genocide.'
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the country's intention to make anti-Zionism a criminal offense. She made the statement during a speech at the annual meeting of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France.
Speaking at the annual gathering of the French Jewish Institutions Council, Lecornu clarified that the government would no longer settle for simply imposing penalties for classic antisemitism, promising, "In April, we will bring to Parliament a bill that criminalizes anti-Zionist expressions."
He explained, "To define oneself as anti-Zionist is to question Israel's right to exist. It's a call for the destruction of an entire people under the guise of ideology."
Lecornu also drew a clear line between democracy and incitement, explaining, "There is a difference between legitimate criticism of the Israeli government and rejecting the very existence of the Jewish state. This 'blurring' must stop."..
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(Tjough most Haredi Jews are non Zionist, only a small minority among haredim are anti Zionist. But their ideology is heaven and earth vs "anti zioinism" by bigots).
If that law passes, they are going to have big problems with many of their ‘people’.
They should try that logic on conservatives because the French liberals call for their destruction.
I was saying just the other day that we need more thought crime laws.
We need this law just like all ones we already have on the books to criminalize criticism of Christianity.
The non native ‘Allah akbar’ types...
Ok
And in the markup process for the bill, anti-Islamic speech is also criminalized. Pass...
Free Speech means free speech, unless it is incitement to violence.
Free Speech means free speech, unless it is incitement to violence.
This is meaningless. They should advance a bill to use aircraft carriers and cruise ships to mass-deport Muslims from France, before it is too late.
Too late
This is how all censorship is justified. This is the worst thing that could happen.
Germany lost the freedom of speech battle when they made it illegal to deny the holocaust.
If some arsehole wants to deny something, that is free speech and ought to be protected. After all, he is an arsehole.
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