A French court has sentenced a nursing student to three years in prison for allegedly “glorifying terrorism” on social media.
Zaiter said “46 days after an arbitrary and unjust detention for having denounced the genocide and expressed my support for Palestine in Nice, I finally find my daughter.”
The trial highlights France’s stringent stance on public speech and pro-Israel laws.
I feel like a bit of context is appropriate ‡:
The vast majority of people in France criticizing Israel don’t get arrested. The French have even elected a French-Palestinian for the European Parliament (Rima Hassan), who’s been caught red-handed spreading fake news about Israel training dogs to rape palestinians, and is not in prison †
She won’t go to prison for this (suspended sentence, plus ankle bracelet).
I can’t tell if she actually advocated for terrorism, because I can’t find her exact words. But I wouldn’t be so quick to defend her given the circumstances. It could be true that she broke the law.
‡ https://qudsnen.co/?p=50621&
† https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/les-fake-news-de-rima-hassan-sur-la-guerre-a-gaza-27-06-2024-2564158_20.php