Bruno Retailleau reviews the tweet of an LFI deputy to justice | EUROtoday

The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, introduced on Saturday November 9 on the X platform that he had determined to report back to the courts a message posted on the social community by the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) Marie Mesmeur in reference to the intense incidents which came about throughout the week within the Netherlands, on the sidelines of the soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and the Israeli membership Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

Reacting to the tweet posted by the nationwide secretary of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, who condemned a “growing and unbearable hatred” in the direction of the Jews after violence in opposition to supporters of the Israeli membership, the elected consultant of Ille-et-Vilaine wrote: “ These people were not lynched because they were Jewish, but because they were racist and supported genocide. »

“I have decided to report to the Paris Prosecutor the comments of Deputy Marie Mesmeur, under article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for apologizing for a crime”wrote Bruno Retailleau, Saturday night.

Sixty-three arrests

Maccabi Tel-Aviv supporters had been violently attacked by teams of people within the streets of Amsterdam, throughout the night time from Thursday to Friday after the Europa League match, in a context marked by the rise of acts anti-Semites and anti-Israelis all over the world for the reason that begin of the battle between Israel and Hamas in October 2023.

The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, spoke at a press convention of teams of people concentrating on supporters of the Israeli membership, hitting and kicking them. “It’s an explosion of anti-Semitism that I hope to never see again”stated M.^me Halsema, who stated she ” shame “ of this violence.

Police reported 5 individuals briefly hospitalized and 63 arrests, and Israel organized emergency flights to repatriate its residents. Four individuals, together with two minors, remained in detention on Saturday to be introduced to a decide firstly of the week, the prosecution stated.

The Dutch authorities and plenty of overseas leaders have condemned the assaults.

All demonstrations banned for 3 days since Friday

On Wednesday night, the day earlier than the match, incidents came about in sure neighborhoods, with Maccabi supporters tearing down a Palestinian flag from a facade within the metropolis middle and burning one other flag in Dam Square. They additionally uttered anti-Palestinian slogans.

The Dutch capital, nicknamed “Mokum” or “safe place” in Yiddish, is traditionally thought-about a refuge for the Jewish group, except for the interval of the Second World War, the determine of Anne Frank, who had lived hidden along with her household in Amsterdam, remaining an emblem of the deportation of Jewish individuals.

An night commemorating Kristallnacht in Amsterdam – in reminiscence of the pogroms carried out throughout Germany in 1938 by the Nazis in opposition to the Jews – was canceled. On Friday, the city corridor banned all demonstrations for 3 days, and put in place emergency measures to safe sure delicate locations within the metropolis.

In France, regardless of fears in regards to the safety of the occasion, the Nations Football League assembly between the Blues and Israel will likely be held on the Stade de France on Thursday, the Minister of the Interior has determined.