List of pro-Palestinian protests in France

This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in France including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.

List

Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.

Pre-2023

Date	City/town	Estimated attendance	Description	Ref
20 June 1982		?	Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters also protested for peace in Lebanon.
1 May 1986		?	March through the city center as part of the International Workers' Day parade.
30 March 1994		?	Rally in support of Palestinians.
6 April 2002		30,000	Demonstration in the city center. Protesters demanded the withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian territories.
2 March 2008		500	Demonstration in the city center.
28 December 2008		1,400	Demonstration in the city center in reaction to the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip.
29 December 2008		700	Demonstration and march through the city center.
29 December 2008		1,000-2,000	Demonstration in the city center.
29 December 2008		3,500-5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
3 January 2009		20,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009	Agen	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Albi	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Angoulême	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Auch	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Besançon	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Colmar	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009		?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Évry	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Le Creusot	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009		?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Pau	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009	Roanne	?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009		?	Demonstration in the city center.
10 January 2009		1,600-4,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		1,800-8,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		2,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		2,000-5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		2,500-6,000	Demonstration and march through the city center. Some protesters defaced the windows of a McDonald's restaurant.
10 January 2009	Grenoble	3,500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		8,000-10,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		10,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
10 January 2009		30,000-100,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
5 June 2010		1,000	Demonstration in the city center.
5 June 2010		1,000	Demonstration in the city center.
5 June 2010		1,000	Demonstration in the city center.
5 June 2010		2,000	Demonstration in the city center.
5 June 2010		5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
13 July 2014		10,000	Demonstration outside a synagogue where a pro-Israel event was taking place. Ended with police intervention.
19 July 2014		2,000-3,000	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
23 July 2014		14,500-25,000	Demonstration and march through the city center. Ended with police intervention. Ten protesters were arrested.
24 May 2017	Pau	?	Demonstration in front of the prefecture in support of Palestinian political prisoners and against the Brussels NATO summit.
9 December 2017		1,500-2,000	Demonstration at the Place de la République against a visit of Benjamin Netanyahu.
16 December 2017		150	Demonstration in front of the American consulate in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
16 December 2017	Grenoble	200	Demonstration and march through the city center in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
16 December 2017		300	Demonstration and march through the city center in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
16 December 2017		1500	Demonstration and march through the city center in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
1 April 2018		300	Demonstration at the Place de la République against the killing of demonstrators in Gaza by the Israeli army.
1 May 2018		?	March through the city center as part of the International Workers' Day parade.
12 May 2018	Grenoble	100	Demonstration and march through the city center in commemoration of the Nakba and in support of the March of Return.
12 May 2018		500	Demonstration and march through the city center in commemoration of the Nakba and in support of the March of Return.
12 May 2018		2,000	Demonstration and march through the city center in commemoration of the Nakba and in support of the March of Return.
17 May 2018		2,000	Demonstration at Place de la République and at the Trocadéro.
19 May 2018		150	Demonstration at Place Kléber.
5 June 2018		?	Demonstration and march through the city center against a visit of Benjamin Netanyahu.
5 June 2018	Pau	70	Demonstration in front of the prefecture against a visit of Benjamin Netanyahu.
17 April 2019	Pau	100	Demonstration in the city center in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners in Israel. Protesters also demanded the release of Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah arrested in France.
18 April 2019		100	Demonstration in the city center in solidarity with Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel.
20 April 2019		30	Demonstration in the city center in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners.
30 June 2019		50	Demonstration in the city center against the inauguration of a Jerusalem square in the city.
19 October 2019	Lannemezan	500	Demonstration and march towards the Lannemezan prison to demand the release of Georges Abdallah.
27 June 2020		2,500-3,000	Demonstration and march through the city center against Israel's annexation of Palestinian territories.
10 September 2020		50	Demonstration at the Pont des Invalides against the United Arab Emirates recognition of Israel.
27 March 2021		?	Demonstration in the city center.
12 May 2021		200	Demonstration at the Les Invalides in support of Palestine following attacks on Al-Aqsa and the Gaza Strip. Ended with police intervention. An organizer of the protest was arrested. Several protesters were fined.
15 May 2021		1,000	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
15 May 2021		1,000	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
15 May 2021		1,500	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
15 May 2021		4,000	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
15 May 2021		2,500-5,000	Demonstration in the city center, a day after a French court banned protests in support of Palestine. Ended with police intervention, including the use of tear gas and water cannons. 44 protesters were arrested.
21 May 2021	Nanterre	100	Demonstration in the city center.
21 May 2021	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	200	Occupation of the Pont de la République.
22 May 2021	Pau	150	Demonstration in the city center.
22 May 2021		2,000	Demonstration in the city center.
23 May 2021		1,000	Demonstration in the city center.
27 November 2021		150	Demonstration at the Pont de la République in solidarity with Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel.
1 May 2022		?	March through the city center as part of the International Workers' Day parade.
25 October 2022		50	Demonstration at Place Saint Augustin. Protesters handed approximately 37,000 signatures demanding the release of Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel.
4 December 2022	Nanterre	50	Demonstration at Place Gabriel Péri.

2023

Date	City/town	Estimated attendance	Description	Ref
14 February 2023		50	Demonstration outside the parliament against a visit of Benjamin Netanyahu.
4 March 2023	Grenoble	100	Demonstration and march through the city center against attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages, including the recent attack in Huwara.
18 March 2023	Argenteuil	?	Demonstration outside the sub-prefecture.
2 April 2023	Nanterre	50	Demonstration at Place Gabriel Péri.
1 May 2023		?	March through the city center as part of the International Workers' Day parade.
5 July 2023	Pau	?	Demonstration along the route of the 2023 Tour de France, which the protesters called a "whitewashing operation for Israeli crimes".
10 October 2023		500	Demonstration at the Place de la République.
12 October 2023		3,000	Demonstration in the city center despite the ban on pro-Palestinian protests by the government. Ended with police intervention, including the use of tear gas and water cannons. Ten protesters were arrested.
13 October 2023	Grenoble	?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
13 October 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
13 October 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
13 October 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
13 October 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested.
14 October 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Some protesters were arrested including French-Algerian journalist while covering the protest.
19 October 2023	Lannemezan	300	Demonstration and march towards the Lannemezan prison to demand the release of Georges Abdallah.
22 October 2023		15,000	Demonstration in the city center. First demonstration authorized by the French government since 7 October.
28 October 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
28 October 2023		3,000-4,000	Demonstration in the city center. 1,359 protesters were fined 135€ for "participating in an illegal demonstration".
2 November 2023		1,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
2 November 2023		2,000	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023	Villefranche-sur-Saône	150	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023		300-400	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023	Nancy	500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
4 November 2023		600-2,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
4 November 2023	Grenoble	2,500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
4 November 2023		6,000	Demonstration in the city center.
4 November 2023		1,000	Demonstration in the city center. Protesters chanted slogans such as "So, so, so, solidarité avec les Gazaouis" and "Israël terroriste, Macron complice".
4 November 2023		19,000-60,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
9 November 2023		500	Night vigil at Place Kléber.
10 November 2023		250	Demonstration and march through the city center.
11 November 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
11 November 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
11 November 2023		?	Demonstration in the city center.
11 November 2023		500	Demonstration in the city center.
11 November 2023		500	Demonstration in the city center.
11 November 2023		1,300	Demonstration in the city center.
11 November 2023		2000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
11 November 2023		16,200	Demonstration and march through the city center.
18 November 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
25 November 2023	Carcassonne	50	Torchlight march through the city center.
2 December 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
2 December 2023	Carcassonne	100	Demonstration in the city center.
9 December 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
16 December 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
16 December 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
16 December 2023	Chambéry	200	Demonstration in the city center.
17 December 2023		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
17 December 2023		?	Demonstration outside a shopping center.

2024

Date	City/town	Estimated attendance	Description	Ref
21 January 2024		?	Car parade with protesters waving Palestinian flags. Ended with police intervention.
14 February 2024		500	Demonstration outside the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
18 February 2024		500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
9 March 2024		?	Peace march. Protesters covered a distance of 36km, representing the distance between Gaza City and Rafah.
9 March 2024		750	Demonstration in the city center. Protesters unfurled a large banner reading "Levée du siège criminel de Gaza".
9 March 2024		900	Demonstration in the city center.
9 March 2024		11,500-60,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
24 April 2024		50	Occupation of a Sciences Po building. Ended with police intervention.
25 April 2024		150	Occupation of a Sciences Po building. Protesters blocked the entrance with trash, pieces of metal and wood, and a motorcycle. Lasted until 26 April. Ended with police intervention.
29 April 2024		50	Encampment at the Sorbonne University. Ended with police intervention.
30 April 2024		?	Demonstration at Tolbiac campus.
30 April 2024	Menton	30	Occupation of a building at the Sciences Po Menton.
30 April 2024		50	Demonstration in front of the Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg.
30 April 2024	Grenoble	50	Sit-in outside Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. Protesters occupied the tram lines blocking tram traffic.
30 April 2024		200	Demonstration at the courtyard of the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon.
2 May 2024	Saint-Étienne	15	Occupation of a Sciences Po campus. Lasted until 3 May. Ended with police intervention.
2 May 2024		80	Blocking of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille. Protesters demanded the end of a collaboration between Sciences Po Lille and Tel Aviv University.
2 May 2024		100	Occupation of an amphitheater at Institut d'études politiques de Lyon. Protesters unfurled a large Palestinian flag.
2 May 2024		300	Encampment at the Sorbonne University.
18 May 2024	Grenoble	1,500	Demonstration and march through the city center on occasion of the 76 years of the Nakba.
18 May 2024		5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center on occasion of the 76 years of the Nakba.
27 May 2024		10,000	Demonstration in the city center in reaction to the Israeli strike that killed at least 45 people in a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day.
28 May 2024		5,000	Demonstration at the Place de la République.
1 June 2024		22,000	Demonstration and march through the city center. Some protesters also paid tribute to anti-fascist activist Clément Méric.
5 October 2024		200	Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters held a minute of silence in homage of the murdered Palestinians.
5 October 2024		200	Demonstration and march through the city center.
5 October 2024		300	Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters chanted the name of imprisoned Lebanese pro-Palestinian activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah.
5 October 2024		300	Demonstration and march through the city center.
5 October 2024		350	Demonstration and march through the city center.
5 October 2024		5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters demanded the government to recognize the state of Palestine.
9 November 2024		500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
13 November 2024		3,000	Demonstration outside a far-right pro-Israel gala that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was scheduled to attend.
14 November 2024		500	Demonstration before a UEFA match featuring visiting Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., less than one week after riots during and after their last game in Amsterdam caused an international incident. Scuffles and altercations between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel supporters occurred after the match. Some protesters defaced a McDonald's restaurant and a Starbucks. Ended with police intervention, including the use of tear gas.
7 December 2024		?	Demonstration and march through the city center. A counter-protester teared down a sign from demonstrators and brandished a firearm. The individual was arrested.

2025

Date	City/town	Estimated attendance	Description	Ref
25 January 2025		5,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
30 March 2025		500	Demonstration and march on the occasion of the Land Day.
10 April 2025		?	Demonstration outside a factory of STMicroelectronics against its collaboration with Israeli defence companies.
1 May 2025	Colomiers	?	Demonstration at a roundabout.
1 May 2025	Muret	?	Demonstration at a roundabout.
1 May 2025	Tournefeuille	?	Demonstration at a roundabout.
25 May 2025		4,000	Demonstration at the Place de la République.
1 June 2025		1,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
9 June 2025	Montargis	?	Demonstration as part of a demonstration against far-right groups.
10 June 2025		8,000–50,000	Demonstration in the city center, demanding the release of activists on the Madleen detained by Israel.
14 June 2025		?	Demonstration in the city center.
14 June 2025		?	Demonstration in the city center.
14 June 2025		?	Demonstration in the city center.
14 June 2025		?	Demonstration in the city center.
14 June 2025	Romans-sur-Isère	670	Demonstration in the city center.
14 June 2025	Grenoble	1500	Demonstration and march through the city center.
14 June 2025		1,300-3,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
14 June 2025		9,000-150,000	Demonstration and march through the city center.
20 June 2025	Massy	300	Demonstration in the city center.
26 July 2025		?	Demonstration at the La Madeleine church.
2 August 2025		?	Demonstration at Place Broglie.
6 August 2025		?	Demonstration and march through the city center.
16 August 2025		?	Human chain from Place Kléber to Pont de l'Europe.
4 September 2025		3	Attempted breaking into a synagogue where a meeting on aliyah - immigration of Jews to Israel - was taking place. Ended with police intervention. Three activists were arrested.
4 October 2025		5,000–10,000	Demonstration in the city center.
17 October 2025	Tournefeuille	50	Demonstration at a roundabout.
6 November 2025		?	Disruption of a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Lahav Shani. Protesters stormed the stage and set-off a few smoke bombs.
8 November 2025		?	Demonstration in the city center.