the essentials Pro-Palestinian rallies are planned for this weekend of November 4 and 5 in several cities in France. In Paris, the police headquarters did not prohibit the holding of this “march against the war”, launched by several political and trade union organizations.
Thousands of people will participate this weekend across France in rallies “in support of the Palestinian people”, in order to demand an “immediate ceasefire” in the conflict and an “end to the bombings and forced displacements of population”.
In the capital, the police headquarters authorized the holding of this demonstration on Thursday, however ensuring “its firm posture adopted since the start of the conflict” between Israel and Hamas. She also recalled that she would not tolerate “any excess”.
In Paris, this “march against the war” is planned between 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on a route going from Place de la République to Place de la Nation.
“Immediate lifting of the blockade”
The call to demonstrate – signed by the CGT, FSU, the UNEF, LFI, EELV, the PCF and the NPA – demands an “immediate ceasefire”, a “stop to bombings and forced displacements of the population”, an “immediate lifting of the blockade” and protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank”.
“Nothing has been done for three weeks to stop the cycle of killings,” the PCF deplored again Thursday in a press release, singling out “diplomatic cowardice and complicity” which, according to it, “gave a blank check.” to Netanyahu’s far-right government.
Initially in retreat, the Socialist Party finally also called, on Thursday, to “join all the initiatives and marches organized on Saturday November 4”.
On Saturday, rallies are planned in many cities in France, such as Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulon and La Roche-sur-Yon.
“A just and lasting peace will only be possible within the framework of the recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people, the cessation of colonization and the end of the Israeli occupation, in compliance with all the resolutions of the ‘UN”, writes the CGT in a press release.
Gaza surrounded
Thousands of civilians have been killed in Gaza and Israel in recent days, a war sparked by an unprecedented attack launched by Hamas in Israel on October 7.
The Israeli army announced Thursday evening that it had “completed the encirclement of Gaza City”, the target of incessant bombardments since October 7.
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