The emotion was in full swing Monday October 7, 2024 at gathering organized by Crif, in Paris, during which around 4,000 people were present for the tribute ceremony organized in the Dome room, in the 15th district, one year after the Hamas attack on Israel. The evening began with the screening of videos on the founding and history of Israel leading up to the Nova festival on October 7, 2023, followed by screenshots and voice messages sent by participants at the time of the attack as “they are everywhere”or even “They kidnap people”. A minute of silence was then observed by the standing room in which it was possible to see many ministers including Prime Minister Michel Barnier who gave a speech.
Before him, it was the president of Crif Yonathan Arfi who sent a strong message by declaring that “Nothing and no one escapes October 7” car “this day remains forever tainted by the blood of the victims”. Former President François Hollande was also present, like Valérie Pécresse, Xavier Bertrand, Nicolas Sarkozy, Manuel Valls but also other personalities such as the writer Bernard-Henri Lévy, the actress Sandrine Kiberlain, the designer Joann Sfar or even Charlotte Gainsbourg whose tears were rolling down her cheeks as she readwith his companion Yvan Attal, of a long text of tribute to the victims. Patrick Bruel and Amir also made the trip and sang on stage.
Emotions were strong among the public, sometimes angry that the head of state, Emmanuel Macron, had spoken out in favor of stopping arms deliveries to Israel. “It’s absurd, a shame,” Edmond Sinelnikoff, 75, told AFP in the Dome queue. And another participant, yellow ribbon on his wrist in solidarity with the hostages, added to the fact that these hostages, “we have the impression that they have been forgotten”and that “any Jew felt deeply attacked, and it brought back buried memories” after October 7, 2023.
Many deaths to deplore…
Other people, for their part, came “solidarity” even if they are not Jewish. This is particularly the case of a certain Louise, 28 years old, who told AFP she believes that “everyone should be there“. “I would like to see unconcerned people revolt,” she added. As a reminder, the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 in Israel resulted in the death of 1205 people according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures, also including hostages who died or were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip. Also, more than 41,870 Palestinians were killed in the military campaign Israeli reprisals on the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health for Gaza, deemed reliable by the UN.
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