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Raphaël Enthoven

Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Prolonged social media dispute with Rokhaya Diallo and first-instance defamation case lost” and “Public insult proceedings after calling Taha Bouhafs a 'collaborator', followed by acquittal”.

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Profile No. 1051 · Updated on 12 October 2026

6Documented controversies

10Sources

2Formal charges · all time2 closed without conviction

0Conviction

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I. Documented controversies

2024–2025

Acquitted after describing LFI as a 'passionately antisemitic' party and a 'club of deficient people'

Acquitted / conviction overturned

In May 2024, Raphaël Enthoven published a message describing La France insoumise as 'detestable', 'violent', 'conspiratorial', 'passionately antisemitic' and a 'club of deficient people'. Prosecuted by LFI for public insult, he was acquitted on 6 November 2025.

Legal status — source text: Acquitted / conviction overturned
Attribution: Personally implicated
Course of the proceedings: Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Sources · 2

[1]
Le MondePourquoi Raphaël Enthoven a été relaxé après son tweet sur LFI, « un parti passionnément antisémite »MediaHigh reliability
[2]
RTL« La France insoumise passionnément antisémite » : Raphaël Enthoven relaxé du délit d'injureMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2025

Claim that there were 'no journalists in Gaza' and trade union complaint closed without further action

Case dismissed / dropped

In August 2025, Raphaël Enthoven wrote that there were 'no journalists in Gaza', portraying professionals working in the enclave as intermediaries for Hamas. Journalists' trade unions filed a complaint, particularly for incitement to hatred and dissemination of false news. Prosecutors closed the complaint without further action in September 2025.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Personally implicated

Sources · 1

[1]
Fédération internationale des journalistesFrance : propos tenus par Raphaël Enthoven au sujet des journalistes à Gaza : nous contestons devant le parquet général le classement de notre plainteHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2025

Removed then reinvited to Livres dans la Boucle festival following Gaza controversy

No legal proceedings

Following his remarks about journalists in Gaza, Raphaël Enthoven was removed from the programme of the Livres dans la Boucle literary festival in Besançon, with the municipality citing the risk of disorder. Amid controversy over the decision and accusations of censorship, he was eventually reinvited and his event took place under heightened security.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Directly implicated

Sources · 2

[1]
TF1 InfoDéprogrammé puis réinvité à Besançon : l'affaire Raphaël Enthoven en cinq questionsMediaHigh reliability
[2]
Livres HebdoFace à la polémique, Livres dans la Boucle reprogramme Raphaël EnthovenMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2017–2024

Prolonged social media dispute with Rokhaya Diallo and first-instance defamation case lost

Acquitted / conviction overturned — against Rokhaya Diallo

Protagonist not prosecuted — these proceedings are not counted in their formal charges or convictions.

Raphaël Enthoven maintained a highly public dispute with Rokhaya Diallo on X/Twitter for several years. After she described him as a « man recognised as a harasser », he sued her for defamation. She was acquitted in November 2023; Enthoven appealed.

Attribution: Directly implicated
Person targeted by the proceedings: Rokhaya Diallo
Role of the person profiled: Protagonist not prosecuted

Sources · 2

[1]
Rapporteur spécial de l'ONU sur les défenseurs des droits humainsFrance : harcèlement et diffamation à l'encontre de la journaliste et défenseuse des droits humains Rokhaya DialloHigh reliability
[2]
BlastPoursuivie en justice par Raphaël Enthoven, Rokhaya Diallo est relaxéeMediaMedium reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2024

Public opposition to New Popular Front over LFI's involvement

No legal proceedings

During the 2024 legislative elections, Raphaël Enthoven was among left-wing intellectuals who refused to support the New Popular Front because of the presence of La France insoumise, which he accused, in particular, of indulgence towards antisemitism. This position sparked intense debate among the intellectual left.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Personally implicated

Sources · 1

[1]
Le MondeLa gauche intellectuelle se déchire sur le Nouveau Front populaireMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2018–2022

Public insult proceedings after calling Taha Bouhafs a 'collaborator', followed by acquittal

Acquitted / conviction overturned

In 2018, Raphaël Enthoven called activist and journalist Taha Bouhafs a « collaborator » of Islamist murderers following controversy linked to a tribute to a murdered policewoman. Prosecuted for public insult, Enthoven stood by his tweet in court before being acquitted in June 2022.

Legal status — source text: Acquitted / conviction overturned
Attribution: Personally implicated
Course of the proceedings: Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Sources · 2

[1]
Le ParisienProcès pour injure publique : Raphaël Enthoven assume son tweet traitant Taha Bouhafs de « collabo »MediaHigh reliability
[2]
Le Média PlusL'essayiste Raphaël Enthoven relaxé à Paris des poursuites pour injure publique à l'encontre de Taha BouhafsMediaMedium reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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Rokhaya Diallo1 documented reference
- Prolonged social media dispute with Rokhaya Diallo and first-instance defamation case lost Source ↗

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