The pro-Palestine organization Samidoun France should be disbanded because it reenacted the October 7 massacre last weekend in Brussels, the Jewish Observatory of France (OJF) said Thursday.

The French Interior Ministry should dissolve Samidoun France, pursuant to Article L212-1 of the Internal Security Code, OJF president René Levy said.

The OJF said was also referring the matter to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office due to publicly condoning acts of terrorism and inciting hatred.

The OJF felt “profound outrage” at the pro-Palestinian activists’ reenactment of the October 7 massacre that took place in front of crowds during the third annual “Resistance Festival,” which ran from June 6-8 in Brussels, Levy said.

“This staging, which glorified Hamas terrorist attacks with inert bodies, fake blood, and cries of victory, exceeds all moral and legal limits... France must never become a refuge for those who celebrate terrorism,” he said.

A man holds a placard calling for a total boycott of Israel during a pro-Palestinian protest in Brussels, January 19, 2025. (illustrative) (credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron)
A man holds a placard calling for a total boycott of Israel during a pro-Palestinian protest in Brussels, January 19, 2025. (illustrative) (credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron)

Pro-Palestinian activists stage October 7 reenactment 

"France must never become a refuge for those who celebrate terrorism," he added.

Pro-Palestinian activists dressed as Hamas terrorists reenacted the October 7 Massacre in central Brussels during the third annual Samidoun-organized "Resistance Festival," which ran from June 6 to Sunday, June 8.

Videos from the event show masked men in keffiyehs and army fatigues pointing prop guns, while other actors play dead bodies heaped on the floor. When the men playing Hamas terrorists see that everyone is dead, they put their arms around one another and raise their hands in victory. Fake blood is also seen in the video.