Guillaume Meurice accused of anti-Semitism after a column on France Inter, Arcom seized

The Audiovisual and Digital Regulatory Authority (Arcom) “is contacted following a column broadcast on France Inter” on Sunday in Charline Vanhoenacker’s show and “will investigate this sequence”, she said. announced Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter).

The director of France Inter expressed her “discomfort”

In question, an outing by Guillaume Meurice about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: suggesting an idea of ​​a “disguise to scare” on the occasion of Halloween, the comedian mentioned a “Netanyahu disguise”, “a kind of Nazi but without foreskin.

The director of France Inter, Adèle Van Reeth, expressed her “discomfort”, judging “this choice of words (…) particularly unwelcome”, in a response to the Radio France mediator, seized by listeners, and transmitted to the ‘AFP.

Comments denounced by Delphine Horvilleur

According to her, “this sentence is in no way representative of the daily work of the France Inter editorial team, which strives to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a (…) balanced manner, nor of the editorial line of the channel that fights against anti-Semitism, racism and all forms of discrimination.

Foreskin or not: I would rather be in favor of circumcising Guillaume Meurice’s air time. (And Netanyahu’s mandate too, but that’s another story). Ah if only Jews controlled the media!… #nazifythejewsanewfashionhttps://t.co/9SME46Xess

— Delphine Horvilleur (@rabbidelphineH) October 30, 2023

“For many, a limit has been crossed: not that of law, which remains to be established, but that of respect and dignity,” added Ms. Van Reeth, who specifies having reminded Guillaume Meurice that she was “guarantor (…) of the comments” that are made on the radio. Guillaume Meurice’s column provoked other reactions, including the rabbi and writer Delphine Horvilleur, who deplored his comments on of France inter) who laughs out loud.