According to an initial count from the France Bleu network, several thousand people demonstrated to support the Palestinian people.
Numerous demonstrations to support Palestine were planned for Saturday November 18, 2023 throughout France at the call of left-wing associations and parties. Several thousand people, according to an initial count carried out by the local branches of France Bleu, took to the streets to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES
In Valencia, around 300 people demonstrated in the streets of the city, waving many Palestinian flags, to demand an immediate ceasefire. In Clermont-Ferrand, nearly 500 people gathered at Place de Jaude, behind a banner “Stop the massacre in Gaza”. In Privas, the prefecture of Ardèche, around a hundred demonstrators also marched. Gatherings also took place in Aurillac, Moulins, Montluçon and Vichy.
HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
In Amiens, around a hundred people gathered in the rain on Saturday November 18 afternoon, in front of the town hall of Amiens, at the call of several unions and left-wing political parties. In Beauvais, a rally was organized the same morning. About fifty people were present.
ILE-DE-FRANCE
A procession brought together several thousand people in Paris, in the rain, starting from Place de la République.
NEW AQUITAINE
In Guéret, around 200 people demonstrated for peace in front of the town hall, half as many as during the mobilization against anti-Semitism last Sunday, November 12.
OCCITANIA
In Perpignan, between 300 and 400 people marched through the streets of the city, behind a “Palestine Solidarity” banner.