France bans pro-Palestine protests, police clashes with protesters
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The Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin claimed that the protests would "likely generate disturbances to public order."
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A protestor holds a Palestinian flag during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in Paris, Thursday, Oct.12, 2023 (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
In an attempt to suppress global solidarity with Palestine, France is responding to pro-Palestinian rallies by completely banning any protests and gatherings in support of the occupied people.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday in a letter that protests in support of occupied Palestine were "likely to generate disturbances to public order."
On Tuesday, hundreds demonstrated in the streets of the French city of Marseille, waving Palestinian flags, while two pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Paris had already been banned on Thursday for fear of outbursts.
Watch | #French Police attack and use gas canisters to disperse pro-#Palestine protesters in Paris.#France pic.twitter.com/UYRFN6VOSq
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 12, 2023
Multiple videos had surfaced on social media showing the French Police and Gendarmerie violently suppressing the pro-Palestine protests.
France is home to some of Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish populations and Zionist influence is rampant in Europe.
Wow. A massive demonstration in solidarity with Palestine is currently taking place in Paris, France.
— sarah (@sahouraxo) October 12, 2023
People are challenging Macron's ban on pro-Palestinian protests by chanting:
“Nous sommes tous des Palestiniens!” (We are all Palestinians!) pic.twitter.com/OT4IXpnkVF
Demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza were held in several Arab and European countries.
Using fear of antisemitism as a blatant excuse for suppression of free speech, Darmanin said the government is heightening police protection of Jewish sites, including schools and synagogues.
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Protestors chant slogans during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in Paris, Thursday, Oct.12, 2023 (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Neighboring Britain took similar measures Yesterday, telling police officers that chanting pro-freedom chants and waving Palestinian flags may be a "criminal offense".
The Home Secretary asked law enforcement in England and Wales to crack down on any efforts to "harass" or "intimidate" members of the Jewish community, and harassment, according to her, is any form of support for the Palestinian Resistance.
According to her, it is not only pro-Palestine symbols or chants that are worrisome, but even age-old chants like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
Rishi Sunak earlier declared his support for "Israel" and explained that any person in the UK who supported Hamas and its "barbaric acts of terrorism" would be held accountable.
Meanwhile, Sunak completely ignored the months of brutality and terror the Palestinians have been subjected to in Gaza and the West Bank, including the refusal to mention or condemn a fresh siege imposed by wrathful Israeli officials.
Instead, Sunak decided it was important to make sure that the Israeli community in North London "felt safe". It seems that while sticks and stones are literally breaking Palestinian bones, Israeli dual-citizens in the UK are tormented by words and chants. One can only imagine the horror.
Pro-Palestine protests across the US and Canada
Hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., as well as across several US cities, in a show of support for Palestine and denounced "Israel".
For the fourth day in a row, many North American cities witnessed demonstrations in which banners were raised and slogans were chanted demanding the US administration waive aid to "Israel" amid the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attacked pro-Palestine demonstrations held across Canada, dubbing them a "glorification of violence" before heading over to a pro-"Israel" rally in a show of support to the Israeli occupation government.
Claiming Resistance is "terrorism", Trudeau writes, via his X account, that "The glorification of violence is never acceptable in Canada – by any group or in any situation. I strongly condemn the demonstrations that have taken place and are taking place, across the country in support of Hamas’ attacks on Israel. Let’s stand united against acts of terror."
Making no reference to the massacre of Gaza, the history of Israeli occupation dating back to 1948, nor the beginning of the era of the siege of Gaza, Trudeau sent a message to "Israel" in a recently published statement claiming, without the consent of a large number of pro-Palestine supporters, that "Canadians stand with you," adding "And our government stands ready to support you. Our support for Israel is steadfast."
