Several thousand people marched peacefully in the streets of Paris to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza this Saturday, May 11. Some anger emanated from the crowd, but the demonstrators were there to deliver a message of peace. On site, a slogan: raise your voice, shout for hours, and make the suffering of the Palestinian people resonate.
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With our special envoy in the procession, Valentin Hugues
“ We are all children of Gaza “, “ free Gaza “, “ free Rafah “. A gigantic Palestinian flag is unfurled in the middle of the crowd.
With a keffiyeh around his neck, Mous takes advantage of a small break in the march to place himself in the center of the flag, and shout with all his might his support for the Palestinian people.
People don’t want to talk, they want to chant. Speeches, why? Are we going to analyze again? Do super analysis? I’m with Nasser, he’s a friend, and we’re going to share with everyone. There, people shout and chant that we are together, and always in the name of humanity.
Humanity, the watchword of this peaceful demonstration. Say no to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians since the start of the Israeli response, and since the recent incursions on Rafah, condemned by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nazhia, 58, megaphone in hand, sobs in her voice. “It’s getting worse and worse,” she confides. It is true that anger increases with the duration of this massacre. We see mothers holding their children in their arms, covered in blood, it’s a horror… We only have our voices to shout our support for the Palestinian people.
At the same time, other gatherings took place in several cities in France.
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