I normally don’t offer much commentary on the translations I present here, but in this case I feel obligated to state my opinion.
The following report concerns a recent incident in France where a culture-enriching woman made vile jokes about the incineration of Jewish babies by Hamas. The French government is responding by initiating legal action against the woman who recorded the appalling video.
I don’t favor any government action restricting free speech, no matter how vile that speech may be. If it is not a direct incitement to imminent violence, then let a thousand flowers bloom.
It’s useful to know who holds these vile sentiments, because then they can be shunned and shamed. Or, if — as is currently the case — such vile behavior has become sufficiently mainstream so as to be immune to the shunning-and-shaming process, well, we need to know that, too.
Cracking down such disgusting remarks elevates the speaker to the status of martyr (of both the Islamic and Leftist flavors) and paradoxically helps reduce the visibility of the vileness involved.
Let the devotees of the prophet utter their nasty jokes. Then we know who it is that we are dealing with.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from Le Figaro:
Israel-Hamas war: A woman jokes about a Jewish baby burned in an oven — Gerald Darmanin takes legal action
The video, disseminated on Instagram, of a woman joking about a Jewish baby burned in an oven by Hamas, shocked internet users. The minister of the Interior takes legal action.
Her video, disseminated on Instagram, had shocked many internet users. After having joked about a Jewish baby that had reportedly been placed in an oven during the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, the minister of Interior, Gerald Darmanin, announced that he had referred it to the national prosecutor’s office in Paris, Friday, November 3, Beauvau [Ministry of the Interior] stated to Le Figaro.
“On the story of the baby that was put in the oven, I wonder if they added salt, pepper, if they added thyme…” Thursday, November 2, this young woman, under the pseudonym “Haneia Nakei”, joked in a story posted on Instagram about the fate of an Israeli baby that was reportedly put in an oven, in reference to the unprecedented attack by the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.
In an ironic tone, the young woman continued, “What was the accompaniment? Don’t you wonder?” On her video was added the inscription, ironically, “Israel, I love you”. A few seconds later, a childish voice from outside the frame states, “ The accompaniment with the baby’s leg was French fries with a ketchup and mayonnaise sauce.” “We marinated it with salt, thyme, and barbecue sauce,” in an amused tone.
Gerald Darmain referred it to the national prosecutor’s office in Paris on Friday, November 3, “under Article 40 of the Criminal Code,” states the Interior Ministry to Le Figaro.
Another complaint from Deputy Meyer Habib
The Israeli ambassador to France stated on X, condemning “with the utmost firmness, the filthy denialist and anti-Semitic remarks of the young woman.”
For his part, Meyer Habib, LR Deputy for the 8th District for French living abroad, also announced that he had filed a complaint for “support of terrorism” with the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office.
Insert of a posting by the Israeli embassy in Paris: