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Bezalel S.

Type of liability
Personne physique

Alleged perpetrator(s)
Bezalel S.

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
Israeli

Legal classification of crime(s)
Direct incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity

Source of the complaint
Victim

Ongoing proceedings
oui

Regime
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

Bezalel S., Israel’s Minister of Finance, allegedly made statements and took actions constituting direct incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity.


Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

<p>In November 2024: while Bezalel S. was invited to a gala held in Paris on November 13, 2024, a complaint with civil party application by a French-Israeli victim was filed a few days earlier before the French courts for direct incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity.</p>

Complaint

non

Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)

113-7 PC

Sources

NouvelleAube, "France: Une plainte a été déposée contre Bezalel Smotrich, ministre israélien des Finances, pour incitation au génocide", 2024