[1] He has defended Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak and Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, among many others.
[4] In 2015, he defended Florian Philippot, a French politician, against the absolute monarchy of Qatar.
[6] He is also a columnist, writing for Le Figaro and Valeurs Actuelles, two conservative French publications.
[1] In a March 2015 column in Le Figaro, he suggested antisemitism and islamophobia were not comparable.
[6][9] He is a zionist, and has as his "personal friend" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
[1] He is married to Béatrice Vonderweidt,[2] a former model, now a painter whose work was exhibited at the French Institute of Tel Aviv in 2008.