“Tel Aviv Beach” in Paris Sparks Ou

“Tel Aviv Beach” in Paris Sparks Outrage a Year after Gaza Slaughter
By Ali Abunimah
Global Research, August 10, 2015
The Electronic Intifada7 August 2015
Region: Europe, Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Crimes against Humanity
In-depth Report: PALESTINE


Palestine solidarity activists in France are expressing outrage that a “Tel Aviv beach” is being created in Paris to promote Israel.
For a few hours on 13 August, a section of river bank in the French capital near the Pont d’Arcole, will be turned into “Tel Aviv sur Seine” (Tel Aviv on the Seine), complete with falafel stands and “Israeli nightlife.”
According to Coolisraël, a website that markets Israel to a French-speaking audience, the propaganda event is a joint project of the Paris and Tel Aviv municipal governments.

A promotional image for “Tel Aviv Sur Seine” shows what an area of Paris will look like on 13 August when it is refashioned as an Israeli beach.
A promotional image for “Tel Aviv Sur Seine” shows what an area of Paris will look like on 13 August when it is refashioned as an Israeli beach.
Tel Aviv sur Seine will be held at “Paris Plage,” a simulated beach the city sets up in the summer.
Lionel Choukroun, director of Agence Culturelle, the company that is producing the event, says the idea is “to give Parisians and tourists the Tel Aviv experience without having to go anywhere.”
The Israeli embassy in Paris is heavily promoting Tel Aviv sur Seine on its Facebook page and Twitter accounts.

Beach massacre
In August last year, Israel was in the midst of its 51-day attack on Gaza, dropping the equivalent of an atomic bomb on the besieged territory, killing more than 2,200 people including 551 children and causing utter devastation. While people were partying on Tel Aviv beaches, Palestinian children were being slaughtered by Israeli shells a few miles away on Gaza’s beach. A year later, Israeli bombs are still causing horror in Gaza. On Wednesday,leftover Israeli ordnance exploded, ripping through a house near Rafah. Four members of the Abu Nukira family were killed by the blast; dozens more Palestinians were injured.
“Festive”
The Paris municipality is sending a form response to citizens who email MayorAnne Hidalgo to express outrage at Tel Aviv sur Seine. The city’s response, a copy of which was seen by The Electronic Intifada, states: “This festive day, open to all, underscores the strong cultural and high-tech ties between Paris and [Tel Aviv].” The city says that the project was conceived as a result of Hidalgo’s visit last May to present-day Israel and the occupied West Bank. It adds – in a form of balancing rejected by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – that Paris plans to pursue “partnerships with Bethlehem,” in the occupied West Bank, “in the field of water management.”
“Provocation”
BDS France, a national coalition that supports the Palestinian campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, has denounced Tel Aviv sur Seine. “One year after Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ in Gaza, less than one month after the Israeli parliament voted to authorize the force-feeding of prisoners, one week after the latest colonial violence burned alive the members of the Dawabsha family in Duma in the occupied West Bank killing 18-month old baby Ali, the incursion of Tel Aviv onto Paris Plage is a real provocation,” BDS France said in a statement. “Tel Aviv is not a city like others,” BDS France added, “it is built on top of the ruins of seven Palestinian villages.” BDS France called on the public to email Paris City Hall and to leave comments on Mayor Hidalgo’s Facebook page. There is perhaps one unintended irony in the event organizers’ desire to give Parisians a taste of Tel Aviv without them actually going there. That might be the only way they’ll experience Israel given that tourists have been staying away from it in droves since last summer’s attack on Gaza.

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"Tel Aviv Beach" di Paris Sparks kemarahan setahun setelah pembantaian GazaOleh Ali AbunimahGlobal penelitian, 10 Agustus 2015Intifada7 elektronik Agustus 2015Kawasan: Eropa, Timur Tengah & Afrika UtaraPerihal: Kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaanMendalam laporan: PalestinaAktivis Solidaritas Palestina di Perancis menyatakan kemarahan yang "Tel Aviv pantai" sedang dibuat di Paris untuk mempromosikan Israel.Selama beberapa jam pada tanggal 13 Agustus, Bagian dari tepi sungai di ibukota Perancis dekat Pont d'Arcole, akan berubah menjadi "Tel Aviv sur Seine" (Tel Aviv di Seine), lengkap dengan falafel berdiri dan "Kehidupan malam Israel."Menurut Coolisraël, sebuah website yang pasar Israel kepada khalayak berbahasa Perancis, acara propaganda merupakan proyek gabungan dari pemerintah kota Paris dan Tel Aviv.Sebuah gambar promosi untuk "Tel Aviv Sur Seine" menunjukkan apa sebuah wilayah di Paris akan terlihat seperti pada tanggal 13 Agustus ketika itu dibentuk sebagai pantai Israel.Sebuah gambar promosi untuk "Tel Aviv Sur Seine" menunjukkan apa sebuah wilayah di Paris akan terlihat seperti pada tanggal 13 Agustus ketika itu dibentuk sebagai pantai Israel.Tel Aviv sur Seine akan diadakan di "Paris Plage", sebuah simulasi pantai kota set up di musim panas.Lionel Choukroun, Direktur Agence Culturelle, perusahaan yang memproduksi acara, mengatakan Idenya adalah "untuk memberikan Paris dan turis Tel Aviv pengalaman tanpa harus pergi ke mana pun."Kedutaan besar Israel di Paris berat mempromosikan Tel Aviv sur Seine pada halaman Facebook dan Twitter account.Beach massacreIn August last year, Israel was in the midst of its 51-day attack on Gaza, dropping the equivalent of an atomic bomb on the besieged territory, killing more than 2,200 people including 551 children and causing utter devastation. While people were partying on Tel Aviv beaches, Palestinian children were being slaughtered by Israeli shells a few miles away on Gaza’s beach. A year later, Israeli bombs are still causing horror in Gaza. On Wednesday,leftover Israeli ordnance exploded, ripping through a house near Rafah. Four members of the Abu Nukira family were killed by the blast; dozens more Palestinians were injured.“Festive”The Paris municipality is sending a form response to citizens who email MayorAnne Hidalgo to express outrage at Tel Aviv sur Seine. The city’s response, a copy of which was seen by The Electronic Intifada, states: “This festive day, open to all, underscores the strong cultural and high-tech ties between Paris and [Tel Aviv].” The city says that the project was conceived as a result of Hidalgo’s visit last May to present-day Israel and the occupied West Bank. It adds – in a form of balancing rejected by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – that Paris plans to pursue “partnerships with Bethlehem,” in the occupied West Bank, “in the field of water management.”“Provocation”BDS France, a national coalition that supports the Palestinian campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, has denounced Tel Aviv sur Seine. “One year after Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ in Gaza, less than one month after the Israeli parliament voted to authorize the force-feeding of prisoners, one week after the latest colonial violence burned alive the members of the Dawabsha family in Duma in the occupied West Bank killing 18-month old baby Ali, the incursion of Tel Aviv onto Paris Plage is a real provocation,” BDS France said in a statement. “Tel Aviv is not a city like others,” BDS France added, “it is built on top of the ruins of seven Palestinian villages.” BDS France called on the public to email Paris City Hall and to leave comments on Mayor Hidalgo’s Facebook page. There is perhaps one unintended irony in the event organizers’ desire to give Parisians a taste of Tel Aviv without them actually going there. That might be the only way they’ll experience Israel given that tourists have been staying away from it in droves since last summer’s attack on Gaza.