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Montpellier trial over Gaza
About 150 people rallied at Montpellier's Place du Marché aux Fleurs this Tuesday, June 17, in support of Anasse Kazib and to denounce the criminalization of supporting Palestine.
“Montpellier: About 150 people rally in support of Anasse Kazib and denounce the criminalization of support for Palestine”
The rally said Kazib, a spokesperson for Révolution Permanente (RP) and a SUD Rail delegate, and another RP activist will go on trial on Wednesday, June 18, for 'glorification of terrorism' in connection with their support for Palestine.
A member of Révolution Permanente told the crowd, 'Tomorrow our comrades will face a trial for genocide and colonialism,' and said the case followed a series of tweets about Gaza and Palestine posted shortly after October 7, 2023.
Sandy, a SUD Rail activist in Montpellier, added, 'Today we want to silence him because he says what everyone thinks, that what is happening in Gaza is a massacre.'
Palestinian voices reject sedition
In the Gaza Strip, tribes and families organized large-scale public events in response to suspicious calls to sow chaos and to reaffirm their rejection of attempts to destabilize civil peace or divert the focus from confronting the occupation.
During a central conference organized by the National Assembly of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families, Dr. Alaa Din Al-Aklouk said, 'There will be no place for chaos in our society, there will be no cover for criminals and gangs in our society.'
He also said the calls of what is called the 'Movement 26/6' serve 'the goals of Netanyahu and Smotrich,' and that 'as tribes, we will foil the plan of sedition just as we foiled the displacement plan.'
In Khan Younis Governorate, Mukhtar Abu Ahmed Al-Fajm told a public stand in front of the Nasser Medical Complex, 'We will not tolerate any suspicious movement, prompted by the occupation's mercenary gangs; our people reject the vile and reject the traitors.'
Reporting as belonging and risk
A Palestinian journalist writing for Mondoweiss said reporting on Gaza is 'a form of belonging,' describing how each morning begins with messages, calls, updates, recordings, interviews, photographs, and testimonies.
“Eight years ago, I applied for a job vacancy in a Western news agency and was rejected”
The writer said, 'Every report from Gaza passes through networks of journalists scattered across different locations,' and described how some remain on the ground while others work from outside to form 'a bridge across the distances that war has created.'
In a separate Mondoweiss piece, another Palestinian journalist wrote that a Western news agency rejected a job application because it was concerned a Palestinian journalist 'wouldn’t be objective enough for a key position in producing news and stories on Palestine.'
The same author argued that the 'genocide in Gaza opened the eyes of many of us' to what they described as mainstream outlets taking Israeli claims 'at face value' while Palestinian numbers were 'systematically doubted or ignored.'
