French-Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut was verbally assaulted by yellow vests protesters who took to France’s streets on Saturday night for a 14th week of demonstrations, French media outlets reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron took to Twitter to denounce what he called „anti-Semitic insults“ against French-Jewish writer and philosopher Alain Finkielkraut, who was targeted by a group of the so-called yellow vests in Paris on Saturday.
Fils d’émigrés polonais devenu académicien français, Alain Finkielkraut n’est pas seulement un homme de lettres éminent mais le symbole de ce que la République permet à chacun.
Les injures antisémites dont il a fait l’objet sont la négation absolue de ce que nous sommes et de ce qui fait de nous une grande nation. Nous ne les tolèrerons pas.https://t.co/WSUTuJmQWX
According to the footage posted by Yahoo! News, several protesters can be heard yelling: „Dirty Jew“, „go home“, „return to Tel Aviv“, „dirty Zionist sh*t“, „bastard“, „big sh*t“, and many other profanities.
