The president of Amnesty International – France will share the stage with the European coordinator of the BDS National Committee (BNC) at a BDS France event called “How to End the Israeli Apartheid System” (Comment mettre fin au système d’apartheid israélien) on September 10.
Jean Claude Samoullier of Amnesty and the BNC’s Fiona Ben Chekroun will speak at the event on “Israeli apartheid,” which will happen at the Fete de l’Humanite Festival, an annual political and multicultural gathering organized by the communist party-affiliated newspaper l’Humanité. It is one of the biggest cultural events in France, with approximately 500,000 participants each year.
American Jewish Committee Europe general manager Simone Rodan-Benzaquen criticized the cooperation between Amnesty and BDS on Sunday.
“By partnering with the antisemitic BDS movement, the Fête de l’Humanité and Amnesty International France demonstrate – once again – that they are no longer for the defense of human rights but more than dubious ideological undertakings,” wrote Rodan-Benzaquen.
