French pro-Palestine protesters rallied in Paris on Thursday evening to urge the cancellation of an upcoming gala event featuring far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The protest took place at Trocadero Square, drawing a crowd of prominent French leftist politicians and activist groups calling on French authorities to block the “Israel is Forever” event, scheduled for 13 November. Attendees displayed Palestinian and Lebanese flags and held banners reading “The West is responsible for the genocide in Gaza” and “Boycott Israeli Apartheid”. Among the attendees was Mathilde Panot, …