Gérald Darmanin wants to dissolve the collective Palestine Vaincra
Interior Minister Gérald Damarnin announced on February 24 the forthcoming dissolution of the Toulouse-based pro-Palestinian organization Palestine Vaincra.
On February 24, Gérald Damarnin, the Minister of the Interior, announced the dissolution of the pro-Palestinian collective Palestine will win, based in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). The organization created in 2019 is accused by the government”call for hatred, discrimination, violence.”
According to the ministry, this group, “under cover of defending the Palestinian cause (…) cultivates the feeling of oppression [des peuples musulmans] (…) with the aim of spreading the idea of Islamophobia internationally.“
For its part, Palestine Vaincra denounces “an attack on the Palestine solidarity movement and all anti-racist forces. We condemn this announcement in the strongest terms and are preparing a legal and political response.“said Tom Martin, the spokesperson.
And to underline a “very blurry content. Our organization conducts all its activities in good standing, all are declared and accepted in the prefecture.“The collective reacted very quickly by launching an online petition.
Palestine Vaincra is part of the international network Samidoun, designated as a terrorist organization since February 2021 by the Ministry of Defense dismissed which identifies it as an integral party of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Tom Martin talks about a “campaign of intimidation and repression“organized by the authorized government.
Among the latest actions of Palestine Vaincra, the launch of a campaign called “#Palestine2022” on social networks and the distribution of flyers in the streets of Toulouse. The collective has several dozen active members as well as a large network of supporters. Some 1,000 people had gathered during the demonstrations organized in May 2021.
On December 16, 2021, Maxime Boyer, deputy mayor of Toulouse, had already called for the dissolution of the group after the posting of messages demanding a boycott of Israel within the university.