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Jewish student refused entry into a lecture hall: “This person filmed us in a targeted manner,” explains a member of the Palestine Committee
Students at Sciences Po are accused of anti-Semitism, after a young Jewish woman was refused admission from a lecture hall during a demonstration of support for Palestine.
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Students at Sciences Po are accused of anti-Semitism, after a young Jewish woman was refused admission from a lecture hall during a demonstration of support for Palestine.
The conflict in the Middle East is crystallizing tensions. Tuesday March 12, scuffles took place during a demonstration by students defending the Palestinian cause at Sciences Po Paris. The mobilized blocked access to an amphitheater, preventing a young woman from entering because, according to her, of her Jewishness. Guest of 19/20 info Wednesday March 13, Hicham, student and member of the Palestine Committee, at the origin of Tuesday morning’s mobilization, disputes the accusations of anti-Semitism.
“People are filming people who are committed to Palestine”
“Yesterday was the European day against genocide and against scholasticism in Gaza”he specifies, ensuring that the “four hours of conference” given by the Committee on this occasion were “open to all“. And to evoke the incident: “There is a climate at Sciences Po where people film people who are committed to Palestine (…) there is a person, we knew, we recognized her face, she filmed us several times from in a targeted manner, individually, he was asked not to return”admits the young man. “There were never any other sentences spoken” assures Hicham, adding that “Other people from his group were present inside the room.”
