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A Jewish deputy mayor in France has come under fire for saying there are “too many” Arabs in Toulouse, following a Times of Israel report on an interview he had with an Israeli radio station. The city’s mayor has threatened to take action against the deputy mayor, Aviv Zonabend, and even fire him, if a translator confirms he made the remark.
Zonabend, the only Jewish member of the Toulouse city council, lamented during a Hebrew-language interview with Army Radio on Wednesday that there are “very many, too many” Arabs in the city, making up 11-12 percent of its population, and “very few” Jews.
Many French news outlets over the weekend cited the report in The Times of Israel’s French edition, and Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc strongly condemned Zonabend’s remark.