Activists protest Israeli premier’s planned visit to France
French activists have launched a protest rally against the planned visit by Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Paris, slamming Bibi’s human rights violations across the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
According to Press TV, the protesters gathered in Place de la Republique Square in Paris on Saturday, wearing T-shirts and holding portraits of Netanyahu with signs reading (in French) "fascist,” “murderer,” “racist” and “torturer.”
The activists also chanted slogans against Zionist regime’s continued settlement construction in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and the blockade of Gaza.
President Emmanuel Macron has invited Netanyahu to visit France.
Addressing the gathering, President of EuroPalestine Olivia Zemor lashed out at Macron for “rolling out the red carpet” for “a criminal, a torturer - the torture of men and children exists - a land thief, to someone who does not respect international law and human rights, which is embarrassing.”
"How can Macron invite such a person? Netanyahu is someone who, if you even only take into consideration the international convention on torture, should be brought to justice the moment he sets foot in France. Because France has signed this convention, which states that anyone who is suspected of committing acts of torture, or to turn a blind eye to these acts, or ordering them, must be brought to justice. So what is he doing here?” she asked.
“He is not being brought to justice, we are rolling out the red carpet for him, what kind of image of France do we want to give?" Zemor pointed out.
In late June, pro-Palestinian campaigners from the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and Les Désobeissants (the disobedient) held another protest rally in Paris to express their solidarity with the Palestinians.
The activists called for an immediate arms embargo against Tel Aviv until it ends its occupation of the Palestinian territories and complies with international law.
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