The tree in tribute to Ilan Halimi recently killed brings up a forgotten television sequence. Several political figures condemned this degradation which occurred on the night of August 13 to 14 in Épinay-sur-Seine, in Seine-Saint-Denis. In addition to these reactions, a sequence of the program We are not lying On France 2, dating back to 2014, resurfaced on social networks.
In this extract, it is possible to see Aymeric Caron, then columnist of the show, well before being elected deputy in 2022. The journalist exchanges with Alexandre Arcady, who has just realized 24 days. The film traces the Ilan Halimi affair, a young Jew killed in 2006 after being kidnapped and tortured during the gang of the Barbarians.
“You choose to make it a militant film”
Faced with Alexandre Arcady, Aymeric Caron seems to minimize this anti -Semitic murder: “What struck me in this film is the fact that you choose to make it a militant film against anti -Semitism. »» Before judging that he “Surfacely serves atrocious, ignoble news” To evoke anti -Semitism in France.
“Maybe it’s not the most speaking news item to talk about anti-Semitism”continues the journalist. He then describes Youssouf Fofana, the former gang chief of the Barbarians, of someone“A little crazy, a little crazy”. Aymeric Caron continues: “The Merah affair is a completely different affair, which tells us a completely different story. We attack Jews, but not necessarily for the same reasons. There is the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as it can be instrumentalized, which represents real suffering. »»
The columnist who became a parliamentary then believes that we “Negline the fact that Islamophobic acts in France have been increasing for two or three years”that is to say that “Muslims themselves are also victims of an increasing hatred towards them because of business like this.”
This sequence had already been controversial at the time, Alexandre Arcady said he was “Freed” By the words of Aymeric Caron, he confided to RMC. Part of the exchange had also been partially cut off by France 2. More than ten years later, note that the apparent deputy LFI, usually prompt tweeter at all-VA, has (for the time being) did not react to the slaughter of the olive tree in tribute to Ilan Halimi in Épinay-sur-Seine.
