Overview
- The Paris judicial court’s 17th criminal chamber cleared David Guiraud on January 15 of the charge of public insult with an antisemitic character.
- The case arose after a May 2024 exchange in the Assembly’s Salle des Quatre Colonnes where Guiraud called Meyer Habib a “pig” during a heated dispute that was captured on video.
- Guiraud posted on X that he was acquitted and reiterated his opposition to Israeli policy, saying his determination remains unchanged.
- Habib said he received the decision with dismay and announced he would appeal, maintaining that calling a Jew a pig is a classic antisemitic insult.
- According to Guiraud’s lawyer, the court found the remarks formed part of a political clash and did not constitute an offense, a view strongly contested by Habib’s counsel.