By Sally Goldman
Since June 27, the French capital, Paris, has been living in the rhythm of violence, after the killing of a teenager of Algerian origin, Nael Al-Marzouki, at the hands of the French police, as a result of his failure to comply with their orders to stop at the checkpoint, and before we delve into the repercussions of the waves of violence that affected Paris and spread to several cities, let’s get to the bottom of the case, a teenager who does not have a driver’s license that allows him to drive a car, drives his car at an excessive speed, did not comply with the request to stop and continued driving quickly, so one of the checkpoint personnel opened fire in the direction of the car, and Nael was killed and died, the policeman expressed his remorse for the death of the teenager while he was submitting For the investigation, at a time when social media caught fire with the incident and a systematic campaign began, to say the least, to portray the issue as if it was a racist crime against Arabs, Africans, and Muslims, protests escalated over Nael’s killing and turned into acts of vandalism, burning and looting, all under the title of protest and victory over the killing of Nael .
Wait gentlemen, is this how victory is achieved for Nael? It’s Absolutely not and this was confirmed by Nael Al-Marzouqi’s grandmother, who called for stopping the exploitation of her grandson’s case, as acts of violence are categorically rejected by her and the family, and demanded that the law be taken and that the police be held accountable according to the law.
A white march in honor of the soul of Nael, rejecting all manifestations of violence committed in the name of him , and whoever monitors the events finds that there are hidden hands running rounds of violence, vandalism, and looting, which caused economic losses that exceeded 100 million euros as a result of the destruction of facilities, and more than 10 malls and 200 supermarkets were vandalized and looted And 250 tobacco stores and 250 bank outlets, not to mention the indirect losses, specifically on the tourism sector, where about 25 percent of reservations were canceled.
In the past weeks, the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman visited France, and held meetings to present the Expo 2030, Paris witnessed the most important summit on the financial level. The summit of the “New Global Financial Pact” issued by Prince Mohammed bin Salman was held, and it was the focus of the summit that will strengthen the position of Paris in the future, there was preparation for a visit by Algerian President Abdelaziz Tebboune to France, and the government of President Macron was counting importance on that visit to establish good relations between France and Algeria and to overcome the past, events will cast a shadow over that visit, if it took place.
So, by scrutinizing the developments taking place in France and how the pace of violence has escalated in French cities as if the kite bird is transporting the fuse of unrest from one city to another and from one neighborhood to another to put President Macron and his government in an internal political impasse, but it seems that it has external echoes, and here the question arises who in favor of violence in French cities? Who has an interest in the growth of racist discourse? What is the role of the extreme right in exploiting what happened? Does the violence attributed to foreign communities or is there someone who exploits the persistent and continuous negligence of contracts against Arab and African communities?
Many questions need clear and explicit answers, and the coming days and weeks are sufficient to provide answers. And we say to those who cheered the waves of violence and went to liken them to the Arab Spring, let the minds of the garrison calm down. Chaos is not in anyone’s interest, even if we affirm that the issue is beyond the murder of a teenager, who is meant to be another Bouazizi, but wait, it is France, the state of institutions and the law, therefore no matter how severe the crisis is the solution remains through institutions and the law, not the street. The game of the street burns everyone and wastes rights, which is unacceptable.