The Millavois before the court for a ceasefire in Gaza

Ils étaient une centaine devant le tribunal de la ville; AD

Les Millavois se sont réunis une nouvelle fois pour « exiger l’arrêt du génocide en Palestine. »

For the fifteenth consecutive Saturday, a rally was held this Saturday, January 20 in Millau, as in many other cities in France, to demand a ceasefire and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza. A new meeting launched in particular at the call of the National Collective for Just and Lasting Peace between Palestinians and Israelis which coincides with another demonstration of support for the Palestinians, in Paris this time, which took place, this Saturday, from Place de la République in Paris, with the aim of arriving in Brussels on February 1 to plead the Palestinian cause before the European Parliament (read below).

On the steps of the court

« The collective fully recognizes itself in the demands made by this approach, validates Élisabeth Lepetitcolin for Palestine 12. Namely, an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the protection of the Palestinian people, the cessation of the ceasefire; occupation, colonization and the right of refugees to return to their lands. »

Meeting at Place de la Capelle, the procession then headed towards the Millau court. « The theme of the gathering is always the denunciation of the genocide before the International Court of Justice. » Indeed, the State of Israel is currently facing proceedings for « Crime of genocide » brought by South Africa against him before the International Court of Justice of the UN, in The Hague (Netherlands).

« Israel must stop its genocidal madness which it carries out with complete impunity with the agreement of the West,” pleaded a demonstrator. In 100 days, 10,400 children lost their lives in Gaza. This conflict causes 250 deaths per day, mainly women and children. 1.9 million people displaced, 374 schools, 271 mosques or churches, 30 hospitals destroyed. 65,000 tons of bombs… We must stop this mass murder. »

As a reminder, the Israeli army has been waging a destructive war against the Gaza Strip since October 7, killing nearly 25,000 people and injuring at least 61,000 others – Palestinian sources reporting more than 160,000 injured. Intensive bombardment by Israeli armed forces on the Palestinian enclave has caused the displacement of more than 85% of the population of the Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations (UN) and the Palestinian authorities. ;nbsp;

A walk from Paris to Brussels

À 1 p.m. Saturday, the participants, gathered for the « March for Palestine, launched from Paris in a symbolic approach. The objective of the organizers: to walk from January 20 to February 1 to the European Council. Brussels « to demand an end to the genocide in Palestine. The event also aims to promote awareness. raise awareness among international institutions, notably the European Union, of the need for for a firmer response. « We ask à the European Union and its member countries to take action, by immediately stopping all military and security cooperation with the State of Israel. l and taking sanctions against it, including the suspension of the association agreement between the European Union and the State of Europe. Israel, continues Élisabeth Lepetitcolin. We also call on the EU and its member states to support South Africa's approach to the International Court of Justice. »