France has awarded a top human rights prize to two broadcasters who have been accused of anti-Muslim racism and discrediting critics of Israel by labelling them as antisemites.

Sophia Aram and Jacques Essebag, who is better known by his stage name “Arthur”, received the Jean Pierre-Bloch Prize from President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday.

In recent years, Aram has increasingly hit back at “woke” and branded leftists and pro-Palestinian campaigners as antisemites or Hamas supporters.

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    1 month ago

    completely in line with “western values”. As long as you’re likeable to the “white” audience, you’re golden.