Representatives of various parties participated in the demonstration, except for the far-left party “Disobedient France” (LFI). Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne was among the politicians who took part in the march, while President Emmanuel Macron was not among the participants, who previously expressed his support for the action, calling on citizens to stand up to the “unbearable resurgence of uncontrolled anti-Semitism”.
He also stated that he would be with the demonstrators “in his heart and in his thoughts”.
While the left extremists have not responded to the call of the leaders of both chambers of the parliament to participate in the demonstration with a common slogan “for the Republic, against anti-Semitism!”, Marina Le Pena, the leader of the national conservative party “National Union”, which was once considered anti-Semitic, was among the demonstrators.
She has announced that Sunday’s demonstration is also directed against Islamic fundamentalism.
LFI has used it as an excuse for the “boycott” of the demonstration. but it is obviously only a reservation, because LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has announced that the participants of the demonstration are showing “unconditional support for the massacre in Gaza”.
Communist leader Fabien Roussel also refused to participate in the demonstration.
Paris authorities have involved 3,000 policemen and gendarmes along the march route to maintain order.
Demonstrations against anti-Semitism are also taking place in other French cities, including Lyon, Nice and Strasbourg.
From October 7 to Saturday, 1,247 anti-Semitic incidents were officially registered in France, which is three times more than in the whole of 2022, according to statistics from the Ministry of the Interior.
France is estimated to be home to more than half a million Jews and is the world’s third largest Jewish community behind Israel and the United States.
Demonstrations in support of the Palestinians are generally banned in France, although they have taken place in several cities in recent weeks.
On Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets in France to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In Paris, more than 16,000 people took part in a demonstration organized by various cress-oriented organizations, including trade unions and the LFI.
Demonstrations organized under the common slogan “Stop the massacre in Gaza!” also took place in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille.
According to reports, on October 7, “Hamas” carried out massacres in Israel, murdering more than 1,400 people, the absolute majority of whom were civilians.
Approximately 240 more people, including women, children and elderly people, were taken hostage by the terrorists and taken to the Gaza Strip.
Israel responded by launching a massive bombardment of the Gaza Strip, but later launched a ground operation as well.
Authorities in the terror-controlled Gaza Strip say at least 11,000 people have been killed in Israeli bombardment, but those numbers are believed to be greatly exaggerated given the disinformation so far spread by Hamas. In addition, a large number of those killed are fighters of Islamist groups.
2023-11-12 15:58:05
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