France: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Paris against Israel

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Demonstrators rallied Thursday in the French capital, Paris, in favor of Palestine and called for a boycott against Israeli athletes participating in a basketball game.

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00:00Demonstrators rallied Thursday in the French capital Paris in favour of Palestine and called

00:05for a boycott against Israel athletes participating in a basketball game.

00:10The protest was held at the Porte de la Chapelle and was organised by pro-Palestinian groups such

00:17as Urgence Palestine and Extinction Rebellion. The demonstrators opposed what they termed

00:24spot washing or the use of sports events to normalise or improve the international image

00:30of the state of Israel. They carried placards with slogans like we don't play with genocide

00:37and called to cancel the match as a symbolic rejection of normalisation with Israel.

00:42The basketball match was between the Paris Basket and the Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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