“The Palestinian people face the most excruciating crimes”: Palestine Hala Ambassador Abu Hassira Ovationed at the Festival of Humanity

On the scene Angela Davis of the Festival of Humanity, Palestine’s ambassador to France, Hala Abu Hassira, made a remarkable entry by launching a powerful “Free, Free Palestine!” »»immediately taken up by a large crowd. Speaking, Fabien Gay, director of humanityset the tone: “It is not a war, it is a massacre, a cleaning, a genocide in progress. I ask you to applaud with force Madame Hala Abou Hassira, Palestine ambassador to France. »»

Long applauded and ovationed, Hala Abu Hassira denounces: “The Palestinian people have faced the most atrocious crimes, for ethnic cleaning for 80 years. He faces colonialism that seeks to erase it from his land. Women, children, old men, men and women are killed before our eyes. There is no longer any hospital in Gaza, no more schools, no houses. There is no water, no food, no drugs. It is the very existence of the Palestinian people who are threatened. But we are not going to let go: the Palestinian people will stay with him. »»

This sequence illustrates how the Palestinian question remains at the heart of international struggles and militant commitment in France. By placing Palestine in the center of an emblematic meeting of the left, the feast of humanity offered a platform where indignation, emotion and solidarity mixed. The words used – “genocide”, “ethnic cleaning”, “colonialism” – reflect the gravity of the situation and the extent of the mobilization aroused by Gaza.