(Middle East Eye) A prominent French pro-Palestine activist has been handed a five-month suspended jail sentence for calling for an “intifada in Paris” during a protest earlier this year.
Following a trial that began on 23 October, Elias d’Imzalene was sentenced and ordered to pay damages to five organisations that fight anti-Semitism.
He was tried over charges of “public incitement to hatred” during an 8 September rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
During the event held in Paris, Imzalene asked the crowd: “Are we ready to lead the intifada in Paris? In our suburbs? In our neighbourhoods?
“The path to liberation … starts in Paris,” he added. “Soon, Jerusalem will be liberated and we will be able to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
