And this argument you're making here is because you can't back up any of your previous arguments. You just want it to be axiomatic that the left is antisemitic, it's better than having to argue on policy.
You know, it's funny, but I actually haven't argued that. We can check the record, #44:
"modern French antisemitism and in particular the vast surge recently overwhelmingly comes from demographic groups that the French hard left draws heavily from. Against which the reaction of the far left's leaders can be suprisingly ambivalent."
I made a very careful distinction there between the French left and people whose votes the French left wants to acquire. After all, in many countries the voters of leftist parties don't hold many values that the party does - for instance, that the left is usually progressive-leaning, and yet is often collecting votes from people who are socially conservative... sometimes
very conservative.
The hard left knows this, and they are more than capable of tailoring their message to not alienate chunks of voters with whom they may not be entirely simpatico. This is where I used the term "ambivalent", rather than overtly antisemitic. We know perfectly well that these guys absolutely would not be downplaying, trivialising and wording themselves around some of the attacks and abuse going on were it many other minority groups suffering. But Jews are unpopular in many of the recruiting grounds for leftist parties. So on the one hand, glibly announce "We're against antisemitism" as the headline generality, and then duck and dive and dodge around many specific issues where condemning antisemitism might be electorally disadvantageous.
So my point here is really that if that's what some leftist parties do, I just don't think they deserve to complain that much when the inevitable accusation is flung at them. Not least because this sort of downplaying or turning a blind eye is tantamount to facilitation.
Also...
Antisemitism is vestigial and minimal... in pro-Palestinian protests, which is absolutely true.
There is an exact quote from
his blog: "l’antisémitisme reste résiduel en France." So yes he does mean antisemitism is not a big deal in France.
One can argue that point on all sorts of levels (for instance, that there are more prevalent and severe forms of racism), but it's at best insensitive during a heavy increase in reported antisemitism. And this goes towards the above: firstly, that there's very likely a grubby ulterior motive going on for why the hard left might downplay antisemitism, and secondly that if the hard left do this, they can also suck up the criticism.