The videos, published on social networks, arouse unease, not to say fear. We see a crowd chanting the slogan “Free Palestine” during the duo Shkoon’s concert given at the Bataclan on February 10. “Free Palestine, free Palestine” echoes in chorus, to a round of applause, the audience of the Parisian hall while the group begins Yamma mwel el hawa, a Palestinian song in which we hear: “I would rather be stabbed than live under the yoke of scoundrels.
“Free Palestine” at the site of the attack of November 13, 2015 which left 90 dead and hundreds injured? The images, and the very principle, created a wave of emotion. “These people don’t respect anything, they don’t have the respect for the victims who fell there,” Patrick Jardin, father of a victim of the Bataclan attacks, testified on CNews.
“What can I say… These young people don’t see that they support Hamas. Which is the result of ignorance of what the Muslim Brotherhood movement is and wants,” commented researcher (CNRS) Florence Bergeaud-Blacker.
Others see this scene as a tribute to the Palestinians, in the context of the war between Hamas and Israel. “It’s just wonderful. Long live humanity,” reports a user on X. “We must not make a shortcut between “Free Palestine” and support for Hamas,” launches another account.
Eyes are turning towards the Paris town hall – owner of the business – and towards Nicolas Dupeux, boss of Paris Entertainment Company, a company which brings together the management of the Bataclan, the Accor Arena in Paris Bercy and the future Arena de la door of the Chapel.
Shkoon, an oriental techno group founded by the Syrian Ameen Khayr and the German Thorben Tüdelkopf, is completing a tour which takes them to Turkey on February 24, then to Canada and Germany in May.
