France’s anti-terror prosecutors are set to investigate “complicity in genocide” and “incitement to genocide” over French-Israelis suspected of having blocked air intended for war-torn Gaza, a source close to the case said Friday.
The investigation comes after the Jewish French Union for Peace (UFJP) and a French-Palestinian victim filed a legal complaint in November, levelling accusations of "organizing, participating in and calling for the participation in concrete activities to block humanitarian aid" for Gaza, "including physically preventing the passage of trucks at border checkpoints controlled by the Israeli army".
Their complaint targeted alleged French members of pro-Israel groups "Israel is forever" and "Tzav-9".
It was not immediately clear how many people had been accused.
Two lawyers for the plaintiffs, Damia Taharraoui and Marion Lafouge, told AFP they were happy a probe had been launched into the events in January 2024, when they said "no one wanted to hear anything about genocide".
