French Students Cancel «Israel» Festival

Local Editor

An "Israeli" festival at France's Lille University was canceled by the students who organized it as part of a university project, after pro-Palestinian activists demonstrated at its first cultural workshop.

Urged by pro-Palestinian group and university professors, protesters disrupted the event, titled "Stopover in "Israel"".

"The protesters told us that they were coming to demonstrate at all our activities, so we decided to stop," an "Israeli" organizer said.

On Wednesday, a letter signed by two professors was sent to the president of the university asking for the cancellation of the festival.

"Mr. President, to authorize a demonstration which, under cover of cultural openness, is an apology of this "Israel" shocked us deeply," wrote Moussa Nait Abdelaziz and Abdellatif Imad.

He further said: "Mr. President, would we have agreed to hold a watered-down demonstration on South Africa during the days of Apartheid and Mandela in prison?"

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team