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‘No Olympic Games for Genocide’: Parisians protest in support of Palestine

'No Olympic Games for Genocide': Parisians protest in support of Palestine
By Dogacan Basaran
May 5, 2024 11:15 AM

Demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Gaza, demanding an end to Israel’s attacks on Gaza

Supporters of Palestine gathered near the Fountain of the Innocents in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, demanding an end to months of Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The demonstrators also demanded that Israeli athletes be banned from the Paris Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to Aug.11.

With Palestinian flags and the slogan “No Olympic Games for Genocide. Genocide is not a sport,” ‘Stop the Genocide of the Palestinians’ and ‘Long Live the Resistance of the Palestinian People’ and chanted ‘Children of Gaza, children of Palestine, humanity is being killed’.

'No Olympic Games for Genocide': Parisians protest in support of Palestine

Since Oct. 7, more than 35,000 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Israel is on trial for genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its massacres in Gaza.

Source: AA

Last Updated:  May 31, 2024 6:34 PM
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