Israel-Hamas war: The cultural world calls for a ‘silent march’ of peace on Sunday in Paris

Towards a new pacifist rally on Sunday in Paris? Some 500 cultural figures, including Isabelle Adjani, Sami Bouajila and Claude Lelouch, called this Monday for a “quiet, united, humanistic and peaceful march” on Sunday in the capital to demand an end to the “fratricidal war” between Palestinians and Israelis. .

“Since October 7, 2023, horror and suffering have torn Palestinians and Israelis apart in a terrible math that has been going on for a long time. This fratricidal war affects us all, and whatever our reasons or interests on both sides of the wall, we hope that it will end immediately and that the two peoples can finally live in peace,” said a statement from the collective called “Another voice”. “, chaired by actress Lubna Azabal.

“We are organizing a silent, united, humanistic and peaceful march, which will open with one long white banner. No political demands, no slogans. White flags and white scarves are welcome,” the message says. This parade should start from the Institute of the Arab World in the direction of the Museum of Art and History of Judaism and move on to arts and crafts.

Make the “voice of unity” heard

” Words choice AND clan it’s being imposed on us,” the team also regretted. “In response to this ban on choosing sides with hate, there is an urgent need to make another voice heard: the voice of union,” he said. “The voice of the union is a plural, polyphonic, living voice, and it is proof of the powerful connection that exists in France between Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheists and agnostics.

Signatories include actors such as Pierre Richard, Elsa Silberstein and Laura Calamy, authors including Leila Slimani and Philippe Geluk, and singer Michel Jonas.

More than 180,000 people demonstrated in France on Sunday to demonstrate their opposition to anti-Semitism in the face of a sharp rise in hostilities against people of Jewish faith since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7.