On BFMTV-RMC, rebellious MP Louis Boyard gave his support to pro-Palestinian activists after the mobilizations at Sciences Po Paris, then at the Sorbonne.
Louis Boyard was present this Monday, April 29 at the Sorbonne where pro-Palestinian activists gathered with tents, before being dispersed by the police. Invited this Tuesday on BFMTV-RMC, the rebellious MP welcomed this action, which took place a few days after a tense pro-Gaza mobilization at Sciences Po Paris:
“Students decided to mobilize for a ceasefire, for peace,” he underlined, praising the demands made by his training. “These students are a Source of pride, they honor France and I will continue to be at their side,” said the 23-year-old elected official, judging that the latter “are teaching a great lesson to our country”.
“What shocks me is what is happening in Gaza”
After the day of blockade at Sciences-Po Paris last Friday, Louis Boyard defended this method: “Do you listen to them when they demonstrate? No, we don’t even look at them”, he judged, specifying that his comment is valid for the media and the political class.
“When there are hedgerows, it immediately begins to shock. Sorry, what shocks me is what is happening in Gaza,” continued Louis Boyard, before adding: “When we are citizens of the French Republic and we have a genocide before our eyes, we mobilize, we use all the means we have in our power to obtain peace.”
The students concerned are taking part in the protests which are shaking up prestigious American campuses, provoking a lively political debate across the Atlantic. In France, Paris is not the only city affected by blockages. In Saint-Etienne, for example, around fifteen pro-Palestinian students have been blocking the Sciences Po Lyon campus since Monday morning, where trash can barriers and a banner “Stop the genocide in Gaza” have been erected, noted the AFP.
“Ensure that the French government gets moving”
LFI hoped on Monday that the mobilizations for Gaza would “gain momentum” in universities and elsewhere. “The students must organize their fight themselves,” said Louis Boyard on BFTV-RMC, while considering that the more of them there are to “enter the movement to try to ensure that the French government moves, the better. will be”.
On October 7, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, carried out an unprecedented attack in southern Israel, resulting in the death of 1,170 people, mainly civilians, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli data.
More than 250 people have been kidnapped and 129 remain captive in Gaza, 34 of whom have died according to Israeli officials.
In retaliation, Israel vowed to annihilate Hamas – in power in Gaza since 2007 and which it considers a terrorist organization, as do the United States and the European Union – and launched an offensive which left 34,488 dead. , mostly civilians, according to the Islamist movement.
