[News] France to Ban Two Palestine Solidarity Organizations

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France
to Ban Two Palestine Solidarity Organizations
February 27, 2022
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France decided to ban to Palestine solidarity groups. (Photo: via Collectif
Palestine Vaincra)

France’s Interior Minister announced in a tweet on Thursday that he is
banning two Palestine solidarity organizations at the request of French
President, Emmanuel Macron.

Gerald Darmanin tweeted that he will move to dissolve Palestine Vaincra
(Palestine Will Win) and Comité Palestine Action (Palestine Action
Committee).

France's Interior Minister announced that he is banning two Palestine
solidarity organisations at the request of French President, Emmanuel
Macron.
Gerald Darmanin tweeted yesterday that he will move to dissolve Palestine
Will Win and Palestine Action Committee. pic.twitter.com/Z3PRNXYwnB
<https://t.co/Z3PRNXYwnB>

— Dr Nedal Abu-Alkhair (@NedalAlkhair) February 25, 2022
<https://twitter.com/NedalAlkhair/status/1497281301015150593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

“Under the cover of supporting the Palestinian cause, the government
accuses the groups of promoting hatred of Israel,” French newspaper, Europe
1, reported.

Established in 2019, Palestine Vaincra is accused by the government “of
calling for hatred, discrimination and violence.”

Darmanin added that France is also accusing it of ties with the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group banned by the Israeli
occupation.

This comes after a series of “dissolutions” imposed by the French State,
including an order to dissolve the Collective Against Islamophobia in
France, as well as various leftist and anti-racist organizations.

French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, says he's intending to
dissolve the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and another pro-Palestinian
organization at the request of French president Emmanuel Macron. @GDarmanin
<https://twitter.com/GDarmanin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
pic.twitter.com/SjzhVKar4t <https://t.co/SjzhVKar4t>

— Ramy Abdeljabbar

In response, Palestine Vaincra denounced the move as “an attack against the
solidarity movement towards Palestine and all anti-racist forces.”

In a statement, its spokesperson, Tom Martin, said, “We condemn this
announcement in the strongest terms and are preparing a legal and political
response.”

This type of criminalization reflects the French state’s ongoing attempts
to cover up its crimes of colonialism throughout the region and its
complicity in Israeli war crimes. #SolidaritéCollectifPalestineVaincra
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/Solidarit%C3%A9CollectifPalestineVaincra?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
https://t.co/UjZTLkUkuD

— Free Ahmad Saadat (@FreeAhmadSaadat) February 26, 2022
<https://twitter.com/FreeAhmadSaadat/status/1497375867709784066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Palestine Vaincra is part of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity
Network, designated by Israel as a Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine affiliate.

An online petition has been created by Palestine Vaincra calling out
Darmanin and President Macron for their support to Israeli apartheid and
for public support against the criminalization of the solidarity movement
with Palestine.

*(MEMO, PC, Social Media)*


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