“Amazon Sells And Promotes Antisemitic Literature in French, In Direct Violation Of French Hate Speech Laws.”

Paris, 5 January 2020

In a letter to French Justice Minister, Nicole Belloubet, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, noted that the Centre “annually monitors the Book Fairs of six Arab countries and the International Frankfurter Buchmesse to identify antisemitism and other forms of hatred that violate the contract between the publishers and the Frankfurt Fair. These are texts that appear in Arabic, Farsi and Turkish, but also in English, Spanish, German and French.”

The letter added that, “Some of our findings appear in the article published by MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) entitled ‘Amazon Sells And Promotes Antisemitic Literature in French, In Direct Violation Of French Hate Speech Laws’.” 
SEE LINK:
<https://www.memri.org/reports/amazon-sells-and-promotes-antisemitic-literature-french-direct-violation-french-hate-speech>

Samuels pointed out that when he “presented this danger to a committee of the European Parliament, the then British Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced a campaign to prevent such incitement materials in English from entering schools in the United Kingdom.”

The Centre continued, “Madam, Minister, we would expect no less from France. Indeed, I was most impressed in our meeting, at your dedication to combatting antisemitism. We thus urge you to take immediate measures under French law against Amazon France.” 

“The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is grateful to MEMRI for its detailed report,” concluded Samuels.