“Tel Aviv beach” in Paris sparks outrage a year after Gaza slaughter | The Electronic Intifada
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▻https://electronicintifada.net/sites/electronicintifada.net/files/styles/original_800w/public/telavivsurseine-1.jpg?itok=20xGvEV5×tamp=1438976015 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.
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.
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.
