Six people have been detained after activists unfurled a large Palestinian flag at the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a demonstration marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, which is described as the “Great Catastrophe” of 1948, Anadolu reports. According to Le Parisien newspaper, members of the environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion displayed the flag on the monument’s first floor on Friday. A police official, quoted anonymously, said the individuals were arrested on suspicion of entering a protected area without authorization and endangering the safety of others. Prosecutors are expected to receive a formal complaint, though it was not immediately clear who would file it. The incident prompted political reaction in France and beyond. Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian member of […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold posters bearing the faces and names of Palestinians who lost their lives in Israeli attacks on Gaza, during a commemoration near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on May 15, 2024. [Esra Taşkın - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AA-20250515-37968253-37968249-PARIS_COMMEMORATION_HONORS_PALESTINIANS_WHO_LOST_THEIR_LIVES_IN_ISRAELI_ATTACKS_ON_GAZA_WITH_NAMES.jpg)
