Is the French judiciary against Palestine?
Key takeaways
- A recent decision by a French court seems to deny the widely accepted right of occupied populations to resist.
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- In March 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, the highest court in the French judicial system, upheld the conviction of Mohamed Makni, a businessman, father, and deputy mayor of Echirolles.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
A recent decision by a French court seems to deny the widely accepted right of occupied populations to resist.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. The criminal room of France's highest court in Paris, February 13, 2014 [Charles Platiau/Reuters]On May 27, the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence sentenced me to pay a fine of €17,000 ($19,500), which includes compensation to Zionist associations that were civil parties to the case. It was a clear example of the troubling evolution in the French judiciary’s treatment of the Palestinian cause.
Today, another case deserves greater attention because of what it signifies and reveals, because it is difficult to distort, and above all because it sheds light on a profound transformation in the French judicial system’s approach to Palestine. In March 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, the highest court in the French judicial system, upheld the conviction of Mohamed Makni, a businessman, father, and deputy mayor of Echirolles.