The French government will deport Gaza students who have been accused of reposting anti-Semitism content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the foreign minister said on Friday that her repost would increase anger.
“She has to leave the country. There is no place in France,” Jean Noel Barott said in an interview with radio station France Information, not to mention whether authorities will return students to Gaza.
The Foreign Minister did not name the woman who was also expelled from a university in Lille, northern France.
The incident has led to a political fire, dominating French news reports, where the Home Minister says her content will become “Hamas propaganda.”
Her French and Israeli review prior to her arrival in France did not reveal “anti-Semitic and unacceptable” posts, Barott added that all French evacuations from Gaza will be suspended until the results of an investigation into the incident are revealed.
France has evacuated hundreds of people from Gaza since October 7, 2023, since the Hamas attack on Israel, and last Tuesday, Barott said he is “dedicated a lot of energy” to drive hungry journalists out of the enclave from France’s AFP. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet said whether these evacuations will continue.
Barott added that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “inhuman” and is a “scandal that must be stopped immediately.”
Polyr, a female university, Science, did not specify the post that caused controversy, but said its content was a “direct contradiction” with its value.
“(Polyr of Science) fights against every population against all forms of racism, anti-Semitism, discrimination, as well as calls for hatred of all kinds,” the university said on X on Wednesday.
The university said it invalidated student admissions after consulting with several government agencies, including the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
“France does not need to welcome international students who defend terrorism, crime against humanity, and anti-Semitism. Those international students who hold or communicate such statements, whether from Gaza, have no place in our country,” Minister Philip Baptist wrote of X.
Other senior ministers were repeatedly angry at the student’s posts and said the issue was introduced to the judicial authorities.
