Many politicians took the defense of April Benayoum on Sunday, Miss Provence who came first in the Miss France 2021 competition on Saturday evening, and who was the target of anti-Semitic tweets during the competition.
The Licra invites Internet users to report this content to it, in order to launch "a group action".
Several elected officials denounced Sunday on Twitter an "abomination" and "inadmissible" remarks after anti-Semitic tweets against Miss Provence, who finished Saturday first runner-up in the Miss France contest.
"Anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist hatred is spreading against Miss Provence. Unbearable," said the deputy chairman of the LREM deputies, Aurore Bergé.
"Inadmissible. Support for April Benayoum in the face of the anti-Semitic hatred which rages on social networks. It is time for it to stop," wrote LREM deputy Laetitia Avia, while her colleague Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade spoke of a "despicable wave" "and which" demands unanimous condemnation ".
April Benayoum has been targeted since Saturday by numerous anti-Semitic comments on social media after revealing that her father was of Israeli origin.
Asked Sunday on BFMTV, Amandine Petit, elected Miss France, found "extremely disappointing" these "inappropriate remarks" aimed at her runner-up, to whom she gave her "support".
"Appointment in court for the tweeters who last night turned Twitter into an anti-Semitic cesspool against Miss Provence", promised for its part the Licra, by inviting Internet users to report the content on its site in order to carry out "an action of group".
The Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) denounced "a competition for anti-Semitism".
"The fight against anti-Semitism is not over"
On the right, the LR president of the region Paca Renaud Muselier deplored an "abomination", stressing that April Benayoum is "French, of Italian and Israeli origin, Provencal, from the south" and "perfectly represents our region and our country" .
"We must all condemn this hatred and fight this filthy beast," said LR Grand Est region president Jean Rottner, while LR deputy Eric Ciotti believed that "the fight against anti-Semitism is not over."
On the left, PS Senator Rachid Temal gave his "support" to April Benayoum, accompanied by a "condemnation of all these cowardly anonymous fascists".
"Unbearable anti-Semitism. Do not let anything go," said former Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
The elected RN (and member of the office) Julien Odoul estimated that "massive immigration and the absence of assimilation can therefore rot a Miss France contest", while the MEP Gilbert Collard affirmed that "really, these dirty assholes dirty everything! "
An audience card
8.6 million viewers followed the live broadcast on TF1 of the Miss France 2021 election, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, thus achieving the best audience for this program since 2006, TF1 said in a press release.
The channel achieved an audience share of 41.5% on average on the show, she said.
Viewers were as many as 10.4 million watching the ceremony at one point.