https://freerepublic.com/tag/benayoum/ en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:13:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3917552/posts 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... algemeiner https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3917552/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:13:20 GMT