Macron’s severe criticism of student protests against the Gaza war

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “De Sight” publication, French President Emmanuel Macron has severely criticized the participants of the student demonstrations against the war in Gaza and accused them of anti-Semitic behavior. In an interview with La Provence and La Tribune Dimanche newspapers, he said he knows that war shocks people, “but preventing debate has never helped resolve a conflict.” Macron accused demonstrators at French universities of preventing Jewish students from entering their universities. Macron condemned the protesters who tried to defend their interests “with violence and siege”.

On Friday, the police sat down demonstrators against the Gaza war in the entrance hall of the elite university. broke Paris Due to these protests, the university temporarily changed its activities to online operations and most of the buildings remained closed. Also, since the Al-Aqsa storm of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas against the Zionist regime on October 7 and the subsequent start of the Gaza war, frequent anti-Israel demonstrations have been held in other French universities, and the police intervened several times.

Demonstrations against the Gaza war have also spread, especially in the United States, where protests are now taking place in almost every major university town. Students have set up protest camps in many places. Participants are asking their universities, among other things, to end their ties to Israel and companies that support Israel. According to media reports, more than 2,000 people have been arrested across the United States in connection with the protests.

Similar protests have been held in European cities and Universities deal with student protests differently. At the University of Lausanne (UNIL) in Switzerland, hundreds of people participated in Saturday’s demonstration against the Gaza war. They expressed their solidarity with a group of students who have been occupying the entrance hall of the university building since Thursday, according to the Keystone-SDA news agency. This group calls for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. In Saturday’s demonstration, slogans such as “Gaza, UNIL with you” and “Death to Israeli apartheid” were chanted. The university administration has so far relied on dialogue with the protesters. Another meeting between the activists and the university management is scheduled to be held on Monday. class=”markup-container readmore-container” style=”text-align:justify”>Concern about anti-Zionist protests in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan