Some 500 cultural figures, including Isabelle Adjani, Sami Bouajila and Claude Lelouch, called on Monday November 13 for a “silent, united, humanist and peaceful march” on Sunday in Paris, and hoped that the “war would immediately stop”. fratricide” between Palestinians and Israelis.
“We are organizing a silent, united, humanist and peaceful march which will open with a single long white banner. No political demands, no slogans. White flags, white handkerchiefs are welcome,” wrote in a press release a collective called Another Voice, chaired by actress Lubna Azabal.
This parade must start from the Arab World Institute towards the Museum of Art and History of Judaism, then head towards the Museum of Arts and Crafts. A petition, containing the content of the call, was published on the change.org website.
“Make the voice of unity heard”
“Since October 7, 2023, horror and suffering have been tearing Palestinians and Israelis apart according to a monstrous mathematics that has lasted for a long time. This fratricidal war affects us all, and whatever our reasons or affinities on either side of the wall, we hope that it will stop immediately and that the two peoples can finally live in peace,” writes the collective, regretting that “the words “choice” and “clan” [be] imposed on him.”
“To this injunction to choose a side to hate, it is urgent to make another voice heard: that of union, invites the platform. The voice of union is the multiple, polyphonic, living voice, it is proof of the powerful bond that exists in France between Jewish, Muslim, Christian, atheist and agnostic citizens. »
Among the signatories are actors like Pierre Richard, Elsa Zylberstein and Laure Calamy; authors, including Leïla Slimani and Philippe Geluck; or the singer Michel Jonasz. On Sunday, more than 180,000 people demonstrated in France to show their rejection of anti-Semitism in the face of the explosion in the number of hostile acts against people of the Jewish faith since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7 .
