French far-left party calls for ban on Israeli singer Eyal Golan's concert in Paris

La France Insoumise accuses pop star of promoting 'genocide' over remarks made after October 7 Hamas attack; producers reject demand, calling boycott effort antisemitic and affirming their commitment to holding unifying event for French Jewish community

France’s far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) on Wednesday called for an immediate ban on an upcoming concert by Israeli pop star Eyal Golan, scheduled for May 20 at the Dôme de Paris. In a statement released in the National Assembly, the party, led by radical leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, said Golan “should not come to sing the praises of genocide in Paris.” LFI condemned the concert, describing it as “a true mouthpiece for supporters of genocide” in Gaza.

2 View gallery Eyal Golan ( Photo: Moti Kimchi ) “We ask the prefect to ban it immediately,” the party said, referencing the 54-year-old singer’s social media post the day after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, in which he wrote, “Leave no soul alive”—a phrase LFI claims called for “the extermination of the Palestinian people.” LFI added that Golan “repeated the statement a week later, before receiving support from far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir,” and argued that the event, expected to draw more than 4,500 people, “constitutes a real voice for genocide supporters. France cannot tolerate such an unnecessary insult to the thousands of Gaza victims and their loved ones.

” Get the Ynetnews app on your smartphone: Google Play : https://bit.ly/4eJ37pE | Apple App Store : https://bit.ly/3ZL7iNv “We call for a broad mobilization to prevent this event from taking place.

No one should come to Paris to sing hymns to the genocide of the Palestinian people,” LFI lawmakers concluded. 2 View gallery Jean-Luc Mélenchon ( Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch ) In response, concert organizer Liam Productions issued a statement criticizing the call for a ban: “On Holocaust Remembrance Day, as we remember the consequences of staying silent in the face of hate, far-left parties in France seek to boycott an Israeli artist simply because he is Israeli. This is not freedom of expression—it is antisemitism disguised as morality.

The people of Israel will not be silent, will not apologize and will not stop singing.” “We are excited and look forward to meeting the Jewish community in France, which has long awaited an Eyal Golan concert in the region. We promise a unifying and special evening.

Am Yisrael Chai,” the statement said. >.