The conference, finally canceled by Mayor Grégory Doucet, was initially to be held this Wednesday in the presence of the Franco-Palestinian lawyer.
Le Figaro Lyon
The controversy over the round table on the Oslo accords, which was finally cancelled, and over the arrival of Salah Hamouri has reached the ranks of the National Assembly. This Tuesday, the deputy of Val-de-Marne Mathieu Lefèvre questioned Gérald Darmanin on what he considers to be “a mock conference“. “Her outfit would have been a scandal“, he declared in the Hemicycle.
If Grégory Doucet, the mayor of Lyon, announced the cancellation of the event on Monday, the Minister of the Interior for his part explained that this decision had in part been dictated by pressure from the State: “at my request, the prefect of the region mentioned with the mayor of Lyon that if this conference was maintained, it would be proposed by the State to ban it for threat to public order“. Gérald Darmanin also welcomed Grégory Doucet’s decision. “It is fortunate that the mayor of Lyon has given up on his deadly project because there can be no doubt about the fight against anti-Semitism in our country.“, he concluded.
The Chief Rabbi of Lyon slams the door
On Monday, the mayor of Lyon declared: “AIn view of the situation in the Middle East, the irresponsible and unacceptable postures calling for hateful and anti-republican demonstrations, and my role in ensuring everyone’s safety, I have decided, with my team and the people participating in this conference, to postpone its holding“.
Last Friday, the chief rabbi of Lyon announced his decision to withdraw from the group “Concorde et Solidarité” created in 2002 by the town hall of Lyon after the attack against the synagogue in the La Duchère district. A departure in the form of a protest against the invitation by the municipality of the Franco-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri to the conference, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Oslo agreements.
On Sunday, during the commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, which took place on Place Bellecour, a thousand members of the Jewish community of Lyon booed the name of Grégory Doucet, who did not participate in the ceremony. For his part, the mayor of Lyon now claims to want “organize public meetings soonon the real situation in Israel and Palestine, and this “in connection with recognized academics, for some living in Israel“.
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