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French journalists stage ‘die-in’ solidarity rally for colleagues killed in Gaza
France24 ^ | April 17, 2025

Posted on 04/17/2025 3:53:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

More than 200 journalists, including prominent members of the French press, lay down on the steps of the Opéra Bastille in Paris in a symbolic "die-in" as the names of the reporters killed in Gaza were read out on Wednesday.

Many wore red-stained press signs and fake flak jackets as they carried photographs of journalists killed in Gaza while trying to report on the war launched by Israel after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. “Gaza of faces, not just numbers”, read posters bearing photographs of their fallen Palestinian colleagues.

“You can see them behind me, showing pictures of those journalists killed. Moments ago, they were lying on the ground again. It’s a symbolic action,” said FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali, reporting from the site of the die-in outside the Opéra Bastille.

Since Israel launched its latest war on Gaza, foreign journalists have not been allowed to work in the besieged Palestinian enclave except for a few visits by international teams embedded with the Israeli army.

At the demonstration in Gaza, placards bearing the logos of journalist trade unions stood alongside numerous Palestinian flags and keffiyehs. Some participants also chanted, “We will not be silent,” and “Free Palestine”.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; France; Gaza; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; journalism; press; terrorism

1 posted on 04/17/2025 3:53:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

france is dead.

get the canucks to allow christians from france to come to new france.


2 posted on 04/17/2025 3:56:59 AM PDT by Surrounded_too (LE)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Be funny if a ROPer drove a vehicle into that clown posse.


3 posted on 04/17/2025 3:59:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Surrounded_too

The French, at their very best, are nothing more than decorative. And they haven’t been at their best in decades.


4 posted on 04/17/2025 4:02:00 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Those same “colleagues” have bene actives propagandists for Jewish geocide, rapists and murderers of women and children.

This is why we must have no pity for the left’s behavior, they are willfully evil and relish in their deceptions.


5 posted on 04/17/2025 4:06:29 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

/eyeroll


6 posted on 04/17/2025 4:27:03 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Jordan is more “Palestine” than Gaza.


7 posted on 04/17/2025 4:29:45 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These are the effects of a Muslim influenced propaganda machine. It is not just BBC and CNN for English speakers.


8 posted on 04/17/2025 5:19:37 AM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Hamas attack launched the war.


9 posted on 04/17/2025 5:26:32 AM PDT by pas
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To: A_perfect_lady
The french are fried.
10 posted on 04/17/2025 5:28:12 AM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

cool. given the demographics of their country, it’s good to practice for the real dyin’.


11 posted on 04/17/2025 5:39:32 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Arrange a couple charters to Gaza for a nice stay and they won’t have to pretend any longer - the real thing is much more intense.


12 posted on 04/17/2025 6:16:00 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you disarmed because they intend on doing things you would shoot them for.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

why not for real froggies


13 posted on 04/17/2025 7:27:54 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Surrounded_too

Hmmm, French AND “Journalists”. Falls somewhere between Copperheads and scorpions in my worrying about their survival.


14 posted on 04/17/2025 9:05:43 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Isn’t that sweet?


15 posted on 04/17/2025 9:06:17 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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