France: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators denounce Israel's arming and demand "stopping the genocide"

Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration in the French capital, Paris, to express their solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip against the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation forces.

Supporters of Palestine gathered in the Place de la Republique and then marched to the Place de la Bastille in Paris, chanting slogans denouncing the Israeli massacres.

The demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and banners with slogans such as “Stop the genocide” and “Stop arming Israel,” demanding freedom for Palestine.

The participants in the event, including Jewish figures, also called for imposing sanctions on the Tel Aviv government and boycotting all companies that provide support to Israel.

They carried models of coffins on which were written “Human Dignity,” “International Law,” “United Nations,” and a model of a key symbolizing the return of Palestinian refugees to their country.

French Jewish citizen Zach Milka held a sign with pictures of Nili Kupfer-Naori, head of the “Israel Forever” organization, and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Through the banner, Milka criticized Smotrich's participation in a ceremony organized by "Israel Forever" in Paris on November 13.

The banner described Smotrich and Kupfer-Naouri as “Nazis” and that “child killers belong in prison, not at parties.”

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Milka said that the French-Israeli Kupfer Naouri is the one who is organizing the concert in Paris, and she is openly encouraging the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

He stressed that the guest of honor at the ceremony is Israeli Minister Smotrich, who is “a Nazi who also encourages the genocide of the Palestinian people.”

With American support, the Israeli occupation forces have been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 146,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their massacres, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution to end them immediately, and the orders of the International Court of Justice to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.

(Agencies)