French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is initiating a process to dissolve the Urgence Palestine group for reasons of public order, he said on Wednesday.
Urgence Palestine, created in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks and Israel’s subsequent war against Hamas, has organized several anti-Israel demonstrations, some of which have been banned by the authorities because of antisemitism and calls for violence.
Retailleau, speaking on the CNews/Europe 1 channel, stressed the need to “hit the Islamists” with regard to Urgence Palestine. “Islamism is an ideology that tries to exploit a religion. There is a disfigurement of faith,” he said.
“We must not disfigure the just cause of the Palestinians,” he continued, insisting that “many of our Muslim compatriots profess a faith that is perfectly compatible with the values of the Republic.”
