Several dozen students gathered Monday April 29 at midday at the Sorbonne University in Paris, inside the building but also outside, for mobilization in favor of the Palestinian cause, after a similar action at Sciences Po last Friday, noted Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“There is no longer any entry possible” in the buildings since around noon, the communication from the University of Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne informed AFP, specifying that “the Sorbonne will be closed this afternoon on decision of the rectorate”. According to the Paris rectorate, around thirty activists gathered inside the Sorbonne, where nine tents were set up in the courtyard and three in the hall, and a Palestinian flag placed on the ground. “The lecture halls were evacuated around midday and exams were cancelled,” it was added.
“Israel assassin, Sorbonne accomplice” or “Don’t look at us, join us” sang students gathered in front of the Sorbonne, where around one hundred and fifty people were gathered, in the presence in particular of the “rebellious” deputy Louis Boyard, noted AFP . “We are here following the call of students from Harvard and Columbia,” declared Lorélia Fréjo, student at Paris-1 and activist for the student organization Le Poing Levé. “After the actions at Sciences Po, we are here to ensure that it continues.”
Friday, a day of blockage and mobilization, punctuated by tensions, was held at Sciences Po Paris, in the presence of several deputies from La France insoumise.