Several thousand people demonstrated on Saturday in Paris for a “ceasefire” and an end to the “massacre in Gaza”. Summoned with the slogan “Stop the massacre in Gaza!” France must demand an immediate ceasefire,” the demonstration set off from Place de la République around 3:30 p.m.
In the procession, many Palestinian flags, and parties and associations classified on the left and the extreme left which gave their support to this march: La France insoumise (LFI), the NPA, Les Ecologistes, Attac…
A large majority of civilians among the victims
“I came to support the Palestinian cause, for the ceasefire in Gaza,” said Ahlem Triki, an engineer from Yvelines, with a Palestinian flag on her shoulders.
Five weeks after the start of the war triggered by the bloody attack launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 1,200 people were killed in Israel, mostly civilians, and 11,078 in retaliatory bombings carried out by the army. Israeli in the Gaza Strip, mainly civilians too, including 4,506 children, according to figures from both camps.
“I am for the ceasefire, for peace in the world and between Arabs and Jews. Against the barbarity of Israel and Hamas, both! “, said Imen Ghattasi, seen in the procession.
Mathilde Panot and Éric Coquerel in the procession
“It is elementary that as activists or simple citizens, we are in the streets to support the Palestinian people,” said Claude Marill, an 85-year-old FSU activist in favor of a “one-man solution.” Palestinian state, binational and secular.
LFI deputies Mathilde Panot and Éric Coquerel, whose party is under fire for its positions considered ambiguous with regard to anti-Semitism, were present in the procession.
Green parliamentarians Yannick Jadot and Sandrine Rousseau were also present, on the eve of a march against anti-Semitism at the call of the presidents of the two assemblies where the announced presence of the far right caused controversy.