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Vol.1 Issue 63 January 2024Vol.1 Issue 63, May 2024 ELITE
Protests erupt Universities in the City of Light in
Solidarity with Gaza
Menna Walid- Level 3- economics- French section
<Today, our government doesn't hear us, located in Lille in the north, Reims in the
even our universities don't want to hear Champagne region, and Lyon in the
us!= southeast. Today, we have the
Declared Emmy Marc, secretary of the opportunity to listen to the narratives of
Student Union in Sciences Po. some of our exchange students in Paris
From the United States to France, the who will provide us with further insights
voices of youth and students around into the events that have unfolded in the
campuses are giving us hope again. So, city over the past few weeks.
what is happening so far in the city of Forms of Solidarity from the Beginning:
light, Paris, and how come one of the "Since the first semester, protests have
most prestigious university students is been ongoing at Sciences Po. Let me
being claimed as a <dangerous= by its briefly update you on the current
prime minister? situation. Every Tuesday, as an act of
The last week of April 2024 witnessed a solidarity with Palestine, we observe a
wave of revolution sweeping through minute of silence at 12:15 PM. The SJP
numerous universities across the Western (Students for Justice in Palestine) and the
world. From prestigious institutions like Palestine Committee of Sciences Po
Yale and Columbia in the United States organize conferences. Recently, even
to renowned establishments like the Jean Luc Mélenchon, the leader of La
Sorbonne and Sciences Po in Paris, the France insoumise, delivered a conference
impact was felt far and wide. Following on Palestine and the situation in Gaza on
the devastating attacks on Gaza, the city Monday evening.=
of Paris and its residents took to the
streets, with the Place de la Republique
serving as a prominent gathering point for
protesters demanding an immediate
ceasefire. In recent days, similar
demonstrations by smaller groups of
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students have taken place at campuses
