Aimeric Caron brings in his place the president of CRIF in his place

MP Aymeric Caron (LFI – NFP) spoke on Tuesday in the National Assembly to denounce the undergoing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave. In a striking speech, the elected official spoke without detour of an “in progress genocide” and affirmed that Gaza was becoming “an open concentration camp”. Strong words, at the height of a catastrophic situation on which the silence of the majority becomes more and more deafening.

But it was the terms used by Aymeric Caron who immediately reacted to the president of CRIF, Yonathan Arfi, who hastened to attack him on X reproach him for“Inserting the Shoah” and to do “The Hamas game”. An accusation, which diverts the substantive debate by seeking to morally disqualify an elected official who dares to appoint the horror.

Aymeric Caron did not let himself be intimidated. In a scathing replica, he accused Arfi and the Crif of being “Accomplices of the current genocide in Gaza”, While recalling that his remarks are based on the work of recognized historians, notably Omer Bartov, specialist in genocides. “The words I use are validated by specialists. You are ignorant, Mr. Arfi “he said, while emphasizing a fundamental confusion of his interlocutor: “Auschwitz was an extermination camp, it is not the same as a concentration camp. »» By accusing Caron of putting the Shoah into perspective, the CRIF seeks to criminalize any criticism of Israeli policy, including when it is based on facts documented by NGOs, lawyers and even international bodies.