A pro-Palestinian activist sentenced to three years in prison for advocating terrorism, in Nice

A 34-year-old woman, a pro-Palestinian figure from Nice, detained since September 19 for advocating terrorism, was sentenced, Monday, November 4, to three years in prison, including one year under an electronic bracelet, for messages published on social networks.

The Nice criminal court found him guilty of the thirteen offenses with which he was charged – offenses of advocating crimes against humanity, provocation of discrimination and provocation of hatred based on origin – and went beyond the thirty months in prison, twelve of which are closed, required by the prosecution.

Mother and caregiver in the second year of nursing school, this activist co-founded the association From Nice to Gaza and was one of the main leaders of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations which have taken place in Nice since October 2023, in price of a standoff lasting several months with the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hugues Moutouh.

If the demonstrations remained calm, the publications of this person on the social network X had become particularly virulent since June. “October 7 is self-defense for the Palestinians”, “since October 7, I have been anti-Semitic” : in addition to these messages, she also commented with a « Mazel Tov ! » (synonymous with “congratulations” in Hebrew) a publication by the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, paying tribute to six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza.

“I recognize very violent words”

She also added the following comment to a photo of Israeli flags on fire: “A dream that will come true, you are combustible. » Elsewhere, she deplored that Hamas “did not finish his work”. She also wondered about an Israeli army reservist of Nice origin: “Is the genocidal Zionist from Nice back in Nice? After committing the murder of Palestinian women and children, his hands are covered in blood. »

Impassive in the box during the trial on October 21, she admitted not having ” measure “ the consequences of his words. “There is a genocide in progress, 40,000 dead, 90,000 injured, I recognize very violent words, but I do not recognize the way in which it is interpreted”she defended herself.

In addition to the prison sentence, she was ordered to have the decision published at her own expense in The World et Nice-Morningand to pay a total of more than 13,500 euros to the reservist and to four associations fighting against anti-Semitism, which had filed a civil suit.