The Gazaouie student who arrived in France as part of a scholarship before old anti -Semitic publications on her social networks left France on Sunday, July 4 for Qatar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
“The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, underlined the unacceptable nature of the remarks relayed before her entry on French territory by Ms. In view of their severity, Ms. Attalalah could not remain on the national territory. She left France today to join Qatar and continue her studies there“, Written the Quai d’Orsay in a press release.
The young woman’s lawyer, Me Ossama Dahmane, confirmed in a statement that she had “makes the choice, in consultation with the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, to continue his studies in another country, in a spirit of appeasement and to preserve his security“, even if she”firmly challenges all the charges it is subject“. According to the lawyer, the facts alleged against the young woman”Rest mainly on tweets set off again, detached from any context“.
Strengthening controls
The young woman, beneficiary of a student visa and a government scholarship as part of a program for students Gazaouis, was to join Sciences Po Lille at the start of the school year. She arrived in France on July 11, according to a French diplomatic source.
But the discovery of publications calling for killing Jews on social networks in the past two years, eliminated since, led to his unsubscription, a judicial investigation for the apology of terrorism, and an investigation to determine why this had not been detected upstream.
AFP has not been able to confirm the screenshots allocated to this student by Internet users and the media. Sciences Po Lille said on Wednesday that “The comments on the girl’s social networks are confirmed“, without providing more details.
The lively controversy aroused by this case brought Jean-Noël Barrot to announce on Friday that France has been frozen all its evacuation programs from Gaza pending the conclusions of a survey on the flaws which prevented the detection of these publications. Questioned by AFP, the Quai d’Orsay did not specify how many people were affected by this decision, invoking reasons of confidentiality.
Moreover, “All the profiles that have entered France will be the subject of a new verification”he added, while France has welcomed hundreds of Gazaouis since October 7, 2023.