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Over 50 French town halls raised the Palestinian flag despite government opposition, marking a significant political gesture ahead of Macron's planned state recognition at the UN.
- On Monday, over 50 French town halls, including Nantes and Saint-Denis, flew Palestinian flags despite an Interior Ministry ban on such displays.
- The flag raisings followed Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau's directive ordering legal action against mayors, days before President Macron's planned UN recognition of Palestine.
- Socialist leader Olivier Faure attended Saint-Denis’s flag-raising, condemned Retailleau’s order as "absurd indecency," and defended the flags as symbols of freedom and self-determination.
- France projected Israeli and Palestinian flags on the Eiffel Tower Sunday, while Macron called for peace, an immediate ceasefire, and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
- The flag controversy highlights deep social tensions in France amid France’s recognition of Palestine, reflecting polarized reactions from large Jewish and Muslim communities.
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Palestinian flags fly over French town halls as municipalities defy a government ban ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s planned recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo: Screenshot More than 50 municipalities across France defied an Interior Ministry order on Monday, raising Palestinian flags on their facades ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement recognizing a Palestinian state later in the day. The contentious gesture came after …
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Dozens of French towns flout government warning to fly Palestinian flag
More than 80 town halls in France hoisted the Palestinian flag Monday ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by President Emmanuel Macron in defiance of a government warning not to do so.
Despite the intimidation of Bruno Retailleau, several French communes have deployed a flag on their pediment in tribute to the recognition of Palestine. The left-wing elected officials denounce "an instrumentalization of the state" by the resigned interior minister.
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