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French President Macron criticises blockades at university Gaza protests

May 06, 2024

Paris [France], May 6: French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized blockades at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at French universities, saying that the tactics went beyond legitimate means of debate and protest.
Macron said he understands that the events in the Gaza Strip in particular are upsetting people, "but preventing a debate has never helped resolve the conflict," according to an interview published on Sunday in the newspapers La Provence and La Tribune Dimanche.
"It is perfectly legitimate and even reasonable and reassuring that our youth can say that international events affect them and discuss them. But using violence and blockades to force an institution to adopt this or that policy, to prevent other students from entering a lecture hall on the pretext that they are Jewish - that is not the Republic," Macron said.
He said such behaviour does not reflect mutual respect, pluralism and a condemnation of racism and anti-Semitism.
On Friday, police broke up a sit-in by pro-Palestinian students at the renowned Sciences Po University in Paris, at which protesters had blocked entrances to university buildings.
The protesters denounced their university's stance on the Gaza war and are demanding, among other things, that cooperation with Israeli universities be reconsidered. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune

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