Protests have swept the globe in response to the current Israeli attack on Gaza and thousands have taken to the streets in France this past week, including multiple demonstrations in Paris. Thousands gathered in the Barbès district Paris for a demonstration, while a major protest was staged in downtown Paris to protest the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who was hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week.

During the visit Livni openly turned down E.U.-driven proposals for a ceasefire claiming that “there is no humanitarian crisis in the [Gaza] Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce,” despite widespread reports from human rights organizations outlining massive shortages of medical supplies, food stocks, while thousands have been injured and over 400 Palestinians killed under the latest Israeli bombardment unleashed on the Palestinian people of Gaza.

-- Carole Kerbage is a political science student and activist in Lebanese civil society, trying to create political and social change. Currently, she is a freelancer journalist, publishing articles in different Lebanese and Egyptian newspapers and taking photographs to develop photography skills and to support her journalistic work.