The footage triggered a flood of responses. 10th of February, the music duo Shkoon performed on stage at the Bataclan in Paris. The group, which consists of a young German and a Syrian refugee, mixes Arabic sounds with electronic music. During their concert at the Bataclan, the Syrian-German duo took the opportunity to repeat the song “Yamma mwel el hawa”, which thematises the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The audience then began to chant “Free Palestine” during the concert to thunderous applause.
The images were recorded on film and circulated on social media, causing outrage. Hordes of left-wing Islamists chant “Free Palestine” at the Bataclan,” complained Jean Messiha. “They would have done better to hold a minute’s silence in memory of the 90 victims of Islamic terrorism who were killed, disembowelled and emasculated by their executioners,” he added. “In this terrible place of French pain, where the 90 martyrs of Islamic terrorism died, this demonstration is a desecration,” criticised MEP Gilbert Collard.
As a reminder, on November 13, 2015, there was an explosion at the Stade de France before shootings broke out on several terraces of cafés and restaurants in the 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris. At the same time, terrorists had attacked the Bataclan, where 1,500 spectators were attending the Eagles of Death Metal concert. The massacre left 90 people dead in the concert hall alone.
Lors d’un concert au Bataclan, le public scande « Free Palestine » – Valeurs actuelles