Georges Bensoussan

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Georges Bensoussan
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Born17 February 1952
NationalityFrench
OccupationHistorian

Georges Bensoussan (born 17 February 1952) is a French historian. [1] Bensoussan was born in Morocco. [2] He is the editor of the Revue d'histoire de la Shoah ("Shoah History Review"). [3] He won the Memory of the Shoah Prize from the Jacob Buchman Foundation in 2008. [4]

His Jews in Arab Countries: The Great Uprooting (originally published in French in 2012 as Juifs en pays arabes), published in translation in 2019, is considered a definitive history of Jewish communities in the Arab world. [2]

On October 10, 2015, while on a radio program, he paraphrased Smaïn Laacher, a Muslim, Algerian professor of sociology at the Université de Strasbourg, by saying: "in French Arab families, babies suckle anti-Semitism with their mother’s milk;" [2] [3] [5] in fact, in a lengthy discussion of Muslim antisemitism, Laacher had used the phrase: "It is like in the air we breathe". [6] In response to these remarks, the Collective Against Islamophobia in France and the International League Against Racism and Antisemitism initiated criminal proceedings against him for allegedly inciting racial hatred. [7] In January 2017, he was acquitted of these charges, a verdict that was upheld on appeal in March 2018 and in September 2019 by the Court of Cassation. [6] [8]

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  1. ↑ "Georges Bensoussan". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leading Jewish Scholar Prosecuted in France for Alleged anti-Muslim Remarks". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  3. 1 2 Sitbon, Shirli (March 9, 2017). "French Jewish historian Bensoussan cleared of hate speech". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Prix 2008 Fondation Jacob Buchman". Fondation du judaïsme français. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ JTA. "French Jewish historian cleared of hate speech charges". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  6. 1 2 Lefebvre, Barbara (2019-09-19). "Georges Bensoussan relaxé: une victoire pour la liberté d'expression". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  7. ↑ Liphshiz, Cnaan. "French Jewish scholar's hate speech trial divides anti-racism activists". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  8. ↑ "French Court Clears Jewish Historian of anti-Muslim Hate Speech Charges". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-11-25.