Tens of thousands of people participated today in the Paris in the march “for Democracy, against anti-Semitism”, after the explosive increase in anti-Semitic actions in France on the occasion of the massacre of October 7 by Hamas and Israel’s military intervention in Gauze.
“A France where our Jewish fellow citizens are afraid is not France” President Emmanuel Macron said earlier in his message, in view of this mobilization organized by the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate, Yael Bron-Pivet and Gérard Larcher.
Although he does not participate himself, the French president said he was “mentally” on course. At the head of the march, behind the large banner with the inscription “For Democracy, against anti-Semitism”, the presidents of the two Houses of the parliament asked, along with Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne, whose father was of Jewish descent. They were also present former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozyas well as former prime ministers.
“Oppositions must not tarnish this unprecedented initiative,” said Yael Bron-Pivet, referring mainly to the presence of far-right party leaders. such as Marine Le Pen of “National Alarm” and Eric Zemur of “Recapture”. “We are exactly where we should be,” Marine Le Pen replied.
Activists from a left-wing Jewish organization, Golem, tried to oppose Le Pen’s presence, but were turned away by police.
“I didn’t think that one day I would have to protest against anti-Semitism,” Joanna, a 46-year-old secretary, told AFP. About 70 similar demonstrations took place across France today.
France Insubordinate, the radical left party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, did not participate in the Paris mobilization, protesting the presence of the National Alert. The “Disobedients” were however present in other areas, such as in Strasbourg, where MPs of the party marched together with many thousands of residents. In other demonstrations, in Lyon and Nice, around 3,000 people took part.
In Paris, the Socialist and Communist Party, Ecological Europe-Greens, youth organizations and associations for the defense of human rights demonstrated behind a common banner with the slogan “Against anti-Semitism and all associations of hatred and racism”, to separate their position from the far right.
Source: News Beast
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