Guest on the live Twitch from the streamer Naskid this week, DJ Snake revealed that the Élysée services had contacted his manager and asked him in May to delete a tweet in which he denounced the hypocrisy of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who was falsely moved by the fate of the Palestinians after the bombings in Rafah: “ I'm just a DJ. Normally it's not my job to call Emmanuel Macron on Twitter, and find myself in hot water, and the Élysée calls my management saying “yeah… can he delete the tweet” ».
Known worldwide for his music, DJ Snake has continually expressed his support for the Palestinian people and denounced the ongoing genocide. As early as October 16, 2023, he called for an end to the genocide in Gaza. In November 2023 in Denver, he chanted in concert “ Live Palestine! “. In May 2024, the DJ with 1.8 million followers directly challenged the President of the Republic on X asking him: “ At how many dead civilians do we speak of genocide? ».
On May 27, 2024, Emmanuel Macron said to himself “ outraged by the Israeli strikes which caused numerous victims among the displaced in Rafah » and called on Israel to “ cease » any military operation because “ there are no safe areas in Rafah “. Statements very far from the real policy of the president who has continued to actively support Israel. If the president sheds crocodile tears over the fate of the Palestinians massacred by the Israeli army, France is complicit in these massacres.
It indeed supplies ammunition to Israel but also components for the drones that Israel uses in Gaza.
That the Élysée hastened to contact the artist so that he deletes his tweet is not surprising: his question is very simple and it sheds harsh light on the hypocrisy of the President of the Republic. Following these declarations, the Élysée admitted having had “ des contacts » with the musician all without recognizing that he had asked him to delete the post.
One more sign of the fragility of Western legitimization of the genocide in Gaza. May the institutions of the international order led by the imperialists themselves come to denounce the ongoing genocide, such as the recent UN report which recognizes the genocidal nature of Israel's war practices or the ICC which has just issuing arrest warrants this Thursday, demonstrate the growing difficulties Western powers are experiencing in justifying Israeli war crimes.
Emmanuel Macron, however, continues to keep his story and roll out the red carpet for Israel, as he did just a few days ago, during the football match organized at the Stade de France. Likewise, the repression against support for Palestine does not weaken. The Minister of Higher Education thus launched a veritable witch hunt against the mobilized students.
While the IDF offensive does not weaken and the genocide continues inexorably, it appears ever more necessary to highlight the complicit support of the imperialist powers, including the French State, for the genocide in Gaza and to mobilize to break Western support for Israeli wars;
