Urgence Palestine (Emergency Palestine), created in 2023 to protest against Israel's military offensive in Gaza, filed its counterarguments to the shutdown procedure on Thursday, their lawyer Elsa Marcel said.
Asked about the decision, Alsoumi told Reuters on Friday:
He said the group, which has been organising protests across France over the past 19 months, rejects any conflation of Jews and the Israeli government and that Palestinians have the right to resist occupation under international law.
Last week Retailleau said the move against Urgence Palestine was necessary to “crack down on Islamists”.
The group's lawyer Marcel said the closure was part of a wider wave of repression in Western countries against pro-Palestinian, anti-war activists.
Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Hamas-run health authorities. The offensive was triggered by a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
Surges in violence in the Israel-Palestinian conflict have often fuelled racist incidents in France. The number of antisemitic and Islamophobic acts rose by 284% and 29%respectively in 2023, France's human rights commission said.
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