PARIS, May 28, 2025 (WAFA) – Around 300 French-speaking writers, including two Nobel laureates in literature, Annie Ernaux and Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, have condemned the genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strop in an op-ed published Tuesday, calling for "an immediate ceasefire."

"Just as it was urgent to qualify the crimes committed against civilians on Oct.7, 2023, as war crimes and crimes against humanity, it is necessary today to name the genocide," they write in the op-ed published by the French daily Liberation.

"More than ever, we demand that sanctions be imposed on the State of Israel, call for an immediate cease-fire — which ensures safety and justice for Palestinians.

They also called for "the release of the hostages, the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners arbitrarily detained in Israeli prisons, and which puts an end, without delay, to this genocide," as they wrote in their letter.

Among the signatories are recent Goncourt Prize laureates, such as Herve Le Tellier, Jerome Ferrari, Laurent Gaude, Brigitte Giraud, Leila Slimani, Lydie Salvayre, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Nicolas Mathieu, and Eric Vuillard.

K.T