Demonstrators rallied Thursday in the French capital, Paris, in favor of Palestine and called for a boycott against Israeli athletes participating in a basketball game.
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00:00Demonstrators rallied Thursday in the French capital Paris in favour of Palestine and called
00:05for a boycott against Israel athletes participating in a basketball game.
00:10The protest was held at the Porte de la Chapelle and was organised by pro-Palestinian groups such
00:17as Urgence Palestine and Extinction Rebellion. The demonstrators opposed what they termed
00:24spot washing or the use of sports events to normalise or improve the international image
00:30of the state of Israel. They carried placards with slogans like we don't play with genocide
00:37and called to cancel the match as a symbolic rejection of normalisation with Israel.
00:42The basketball match was between the Paris Basket and the Maccabi Tel Aviv.