The decision to present the award to two organisations fighting to expose the unlawful actions undertaken by Israeli state in occupied Palestine has come under attack by pro- Israel French groups.. Francis Kalifat, the president of French-Jewish Representative Council of Jewish..…

Banded together in Union Defense of Merchants and Artisans, they were led by Pierre Poujade, bookseller from the little southern French of St. Winning election to the local council, the bookseller persuaded the council and the town's merchants to refuse tax payment and resist inspection..…