(Reuters, Paris, 12th) People in Paris joined members of parliament in a march today to condemn the surge in anti-Semitism in France during the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Police estimated that 105,000 people participated in the march.
According to the French authorities, since the Palestinian Islamist radical movement Hamas launched a raid on Israel on October 7, the total number of anti-Semitic incidents has surged to three times that of last year. Leaders of both houses of the French Parliament therefore initiated the above-mentioned meeting in Paris. protest.
Politicians including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and two former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy led the march, and people held up banners reading “For this republic, fight anti-Semitism.” Cloth.
President Emmanuel Macron, whose decision not to attend the march was criticized by some politicians, issued an open letter in support of the march, denouncing the “unacceptable and unbridled resurgence of anti-Semitism.”
However, on the eve of the event, there was a debate over which political parties should be represented in the parade. The far-right National Rally’s decision to take part in the march prompted radical leftist France Unbowed to distance itself from the event, but other left-wing parties were still taking part.
Left-wing MPs have joined pro-Palestinian protests in recent weeks, including yesterday’s march in Paris.
Macron has recently called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, including expressing his opposition to Israeli bombing in interviews. Although he was welcomed by left-wing French politicians, he was criticized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protests against anti-Semitism were also held in other French cities today, including in Marseille, where police estimated around 7,000 people were in attendance.
Rising trends in anti-Semitism and other forms of extremism are also worrying elsewhere in Europe.
In the UK, a massive pro-Palestinian demonstration yesterday triggered clashes between far-right individuals and the police. Central News Agency (translation)
More than 100,000 march against anti-Semitism in Paris
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2023-11-13 00:19:27
