Embarrassed to read that he and Open Society – the foundation he founded in 1979 – would support and fund anti-Semitic or terrorist organizations involved in the crimes against humanity committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in Israel, or even organizations close to the Iranian regime, George Soros responded in two stages. He exercised his right of reply, then, in a rare move for this staunch defender of freedom of expression, decided to take legal action. The financier, through his French lawyer, filed a defamation complaint against Le Figaro in October in Paris.
