France steps up crackdown on Palestine solidarity amid Gaza war
France steps up crackdown on Palestine solidarity amid Gaza war
French authorities have banned demonstrations in support of Gaza, arrested protesters, and moved to dissolve several Palestine advocacy groups.
From the article:
Journalist Taha Bouhafs was arrested while covering a protest in Paris on Oct. 14. “There were very violent arrests, people were getting strangled by the police,” Bouhafs told +972. “I was filming this, and at some point the police came toward me and arrested me. I showed them my press card, but they told me I was not doing a journalist’s job, and that I didn’t have any journalist’s equipment — even though I was using my phone.
“They fined me for participating in an illegal demonstration, even though I showed them my press card,” he continued. “They told me: ‘If we see you again at a protest, we will break your legs.'"
This is becoming an existential fight against authoritarianism.
France 🤝 Israel
colonial racism
Way to recruit more people for the Palestinian cause!
Censoring peaceful protests really shows how desperate Israel is to control people's thoughts.
Palestinians have legitimate reasons to protest but they keep getting mixed in with the "from the river to the sea crowd" remember if your protest allows nazis then it's a nazi protest.
Hard to take them seriously when they act like they are entitled to land that the they lost via conquest after they stuck their nose up at every attempt of negotiation. I haven't seen many Palestinians protesting the government of Gaza.
There are currently nazis fighting in the Ukrainian army against Russia's imperialist invasion. Would you call the Ukrainian army a nazi army? Maybe the situation calls for us to focus on the state currenlty commiting a genocide against Palestinian people and not on the optics of the protests.
remember if your protest allows nazis then it’s a nazi protest.
What are you talking about? How are you going to prevent people from joining a protest on public land?
You must be one of those people who listens to soundbites as though they are gospel. The real world is a little bit more complicated than whatever you have going on in your head.
It's fucking hilarious seeing communities like this who in the past have been so gung-ho about shit like punching Nazis standing next to the people who want to annihilate the Jews.
You guys don't stand for justice, you just like punching people.
I hate hamas, but Israel is currently committing a genocide against Palestinian people in gaza. We should focus on the action of the so called "only democracy in the middle east". Especially because western governments are supporting israel in its actions.
Do not fall for israeli propaganda. The bombing and murder of innocent civilians is a bad thing. Its bad when hamas does it and bad when israel does it, but hamas is a horrible terrorist group and israel is supposed to be a civilized country. We should expect better from such a powerful country as Israel.
Wow, this is authoritarian as shit!