Khaberni - The French police conducted extensive arrests against Gaza supporters in Marseille in the south, while the German authorities brought three men to trial on charges of belonging to the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas.
The Marseille police announced that about 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested while trying to block the road to the EuroLinks arms company, accused of selling military components to Israel.
The police stated, "In the afternoon, a group of individuals again tried to close the EuroLinks site in Marseille."
It added, "More than 100 people were arrested during this unauthorized gathering."
It explained that some were arrested "for participating in riots after being warned, and others for causing harm or violence against persons representing the authority."
On social media, photos taken by demonstrators showed Palestinian flags on the company's headquarters and slogans like: "EuroLinks kills Palestinian children" and "Stop arming Israel."
In recent months, movements have intensified in front of this company's headquarters in Marseille, targeted by a complaint from the Human Rights League notably on charges of complicity in committing crimes against humanity and genocide.
On September 18, about 100 people blocked the site with garbage containers and a banner that read "Close the genocide factory."
In June, dockworkers affiliated with the "CGT" union at the Marseille-Fos port refused to load EuroLinks containers headed to Israel, expressing their refusal "to participate in the ongoing genocide committed by the Israeli government."
In the same context, a member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, called for another action on Thursday evening at Roissy Paris airport to stop "a flight carrying weapons components headed to Israel."
"Planning Attacks"
On the other hand, prosecutors in Germany today, Thursday, said that a judge ordered the detention of three men on a provisional basis on suspicion of belonging to Hamas and planning to attack Jewish targets in the country.
The prosecutors elaborated that they suspect the three men are foreign agents for Hamas and are involved in purchasing firearms and ammunition to be used in attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions.
The three were arrested yesterday, Wednesday, coinciding with increased security measures around Jewish buildings one week before the second anniversary of the attack Hamas launched on Israel.
Hamas denied any link to the three suspects in Germany yesterday, describing the accusations as baseless. It emphasized that "its policy has always been and continues to be to restrict its struggle against the Zionist occupation only within Palestine."
The prosecutors said, "The men appeared before an investigative judge in the Federal Court of Justice who issued arrest warrants and ordered their provisional detention."
The three men were arrested in Berlin. Only their first names were disclosed according to German privacy laws, they are Wael F.M born in Lebanon and the German citizens Abed Al J. and Ahmed E.
The office of the Attorney General said that counter-terrorism investigators monitored the suspects, and during an arms delivery operation, they found weapons including an AK-47 assault rifle, a Glock pistol, and large quantities of ammunition.
