Opinion French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. Photo: Abacus Press / Reuters. JNS.org – Palestine solidarity activists have found themselves a new hate figure in the person of Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister of France. Darmanin announced last week the dissolution of two Palestinian solidarity organizations: the Comité Action Palestine (Palestine Action Committee) and the Collectif Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Overcome Collective), on the grounds that both groups promote hatred, violence and discrimination. His decision outraged the vocal pro-Palestinian lobby in France, which warned that those hardline anti-Zionist groups overlooked by the interior minister, such as BDS France, Samidoun and the...