Pro-Palestinian mobilization: the movement spreads to several cities

After Sciences Po Paris and the Sorbonne, several pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held this Tuesday, April 30 across the country.

The scenario was feared. by the ex-executive. Nearly sixty years after the student mobilization against the Vietnam War, the pro-Palestinian mobilization, which has already taken hold. taken over by major American universities, is gaining momentum in France. After a first widely publicized event, Sciences Po Paris last week, this weekend, several student and high school associations called for help. &agrav; extend movement into the Hexagon. 

On Monday, it was the emblematic Sorbonne which was at its disposal. its turn blocked. But, this Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the mobilization seems to have reached a new milestone. The movement has indeed spread widely throughout the world. to the rest of the country. While'à Saint-Étienne, access to the department of political studies of the University of Saint-Eacute; Jean-Monnet was é blocked in the morning, until Following the intervention of law enforcement, the Sciences Po campuses of Lyon, Grenoble and Dijon also saw several hundred students mobilize in favor of Palestine this Tuesday, relays Le Monde. 

Between 150 and 200 demonstrators à Lyon, according to media reports. A sit-in on the tram tracks followed by around a hundred students. Grenoble, who are demanding in particular the end of the partnership between their faculty and the university. Israeli Ben-Gurion of the Negev. The campuses of Menton (Alpes-Maritimes) and Tolbiac à Closed Paris, France Bleu relays among others, when Rue89 reports Palestinian flags and accusatory banners on the facade of Sciences Po Strasbourg. A blockage also occurred at Sciences Po Rennes this Tuesday. And the movement would only just begin. On franceinfo, the Student Union promised to continue the mobilizations on Thursday, hoping for a start from the government.