Around a hundred people gathered this Tuesday, June 18 in front of the Opéra Comédie to demand the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
Around a hundred people gathered this Tuesday evening on the steps of the Opéra Comédie to demand the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
This gathering took place at the initiative of the Jewish associations of Montpellier, as well as France Israel 34.
“We are French Jews, and we want to make our voice heardtestifies Michèle Bensoussan, president of the Simone Veil Jewish Cultural Center. We stand in solidarity with Israel and their suffering. And we denounce the anti-Semitism of which we are victims.”
Many elected officials
The mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse, and his first deputy, Fanny Dombre-Coste, the deputy for the 3rd constituency Laurence Cristol, the senators Hussein Bourgi and Jean-Pierre Grand, the mayor of Castelnau Frédéric Lafforgue, were notably present.
Many participants were dressed in black and wore a yellow ribbon, a symbol of solidarity with the captives and their families. Everyone held up a poster bearing the portrait of an Israeli topped with the words “kidnapped”and sometimes “murdered”.
116 hostages in Gaza
Of 251 people kidnapped during the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas, 116 are still being held in Gaza, of whom 41 are dead, according to the Israeli army.
The rally that took place last night took place without incident. “Palestine will live, Palestine will win”, however, shouted a young woman as she passed in front of the Opéra Comédie. She was accompanied a little further by the police.
This Saturday at 3 p.m., on this same Place de la Comédie, it is the defenders of the Palestinian cause who are calling for demonstrations to “demand an end to the ongoing genocide and denounce “Jerusalem Day”, scheduled for this Sunday, June 23” in Grammont.
