In our world of chaos and confusion, there are words that we are happy to hear or read. In the aftermath of the arson attack on the synagogue of La Grande-Motte (Hérault) on Saturday, August 24, there are voices that have resonated a little more than others because they say clearly, without circumlocution, without trying to say without saying everything by not saying, what others refuse to state.
There was that of Marine Tondelier who, invited to the RTL Grand Jury-The Figaro-Public Sénat, called anti-Semitism a “scourge”. “There have been many anti-Semitic acts in recent months and on some, the word ‘anti-Semitism’ must be very clearly stated”, declared the national secretary of the Ecologists. A little later, Danielle Simonnet, still a member of parliament, but now ex-LFI, present at the Parisian rally organized Sunday “against anti-Semitism”, confided to Release“anti-Semitic acts are not residual.”
A reaffirmation of his commitments but also a response to Jean-Luc Mélenchon who, in June, had sparked indignation by using this expression on his blog. This time, the leader of the Insoumis was more cautious, he tweeted to denounce an “intolerable crime”, accompanied by a “Thoughts for the faithful and believers thus attacked”. But as the first anniversary of the attacks of October 7 in Israel approaches, when confused debates and amalgamations risk resurfacing, we would have liked even clearer words.