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GAZA – “It’s a shame for France. » Wednesday, November 13, a few thousand people demonstrated in Paris at the call of associations, unions and left-wing political parties to denounce the gala being held in the evening in the French capital “Israel is Forever”, an association close to the Israeli extreme right.
In recent days, the announcement of the arrival of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, known for his supremacist positions and in favor of all-out colonization of the Palestinian territories, had caused a political outcry and demands for a ban on the event on the part of the left.
On Tuesday, the spokesperson for this member of Benjamin Netanyahu's government finally affirmed that the minister would not intervene at the gala, at least in person.
As you can see in our video report at the top of the article, HuffPost followed this counter-demonstration in the capital, while the gala took place in an undisclosed location. At our microphone, several sympathizers and activists of the Palestinian cause explain why, in their opinion, this event should have been banned.
The Paris police prefect, Laurent Nuñez, interviewed on RTL radio this Wednesday, indicated that he had not banned this gala as it does not appear to present any risk of disturbance to public order. “important”.
“Israel is Forever” was founded in 2015 by radical Zionist activist Jacques Kupfer, former leader of France's Likud and a staunch supporter of the annexation of the West Bank, as recalled The World in March 2023. His daughter Nili Kupfer-Naouri now chairs the association. Over the past year, her positions have provoked numerous criticisms, notably when she stated on the set of CNews, in October 2023, “that there is no innocent civilian population in Gaza.”
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