Ramy Shaath, doesn’t that ring a bell? His story is, however, an exemplary illustration of French naivety in the face of the violence of pro‑Palestinian activism, far‑left extremism, and its connections with the Muslim Brotherhood. Let’s start with the end: the prefecture of Hauts‑de‑Seine has initiated a procedure to obtain the expulsion of this Egyptian activist. The state has long accused him of extremist positions, very ambiguous statements about the October 7 pogrom, and activism within shady organisations such as “Urgence Palestine”. Nothing extraordinary? On the contrary. Because Ramy Shaath is in France thanks to the personal and determined involvement of one man: Emmanuel Macron. He tweeted on January 8, 2022: “I salute the decision of the Egyptian authorities to release Ramy Shaath. I share the relief of his wife Céline Le Brun, whom he finds in France, with whom we have not let go. Thank you to everyone who played a positive role in this happy outcome.” Interviewed in Elle and on RFI, his partner had multiplied interventions to proclaim her husband’s innocence, detained in Cairo for activism presented as peaceful. Yet there was already cause for suspicion. In Egypt, he was suspected of ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and had launched the BDS movement. But an entire cohort of commentators presumed that the Egyptian authorities’ suspicions were necessarily unfounded, to the point of convincing Emmanuel Macron to welcome Shaath onto our soil. What do you think he did once he arrived in the country that had fought for him? He started again. At the point of co‑founding “Urgence Palestine”, as Ramy Shaath himself explains on the site “Contretemps”: “I started working on the idea of Urgence Palestine and on the formation of Palestinian organisations from the beginning of 2023. At the time of the October 7 attack, we were ready to form a new community.” On his Facebook page, he posts: “If Gaza burns, Paris will burn too,” as Omar Youssef Souleimane, author of *Complices of Evil*, dedicated to the links between LFI and Islamists, reminded. Still, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau had initiated a dissolution procedure against this group, accusing it of contributing to a “climate of hatred against the French community.” Moreover, his spokesperson is awaiting judgment for “apology of terrorism,” and the organisation counts many figures linked to political Islam, such as Elias Imzalène. In summary: Emmanuel Macron pressured a strategic ally in the fight against the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, to bring an activist onto our soil who part of the authorities now consider dangerous and hostile to French interests. Four years later, the Ministry of the Interior must now fight to obtain his expulsion. This story is not an anecdote. It is an example. Of a blind power in the face of Islamist peril and the influence of its networks. __📲 Relay on X! 👉 Join Identité Libertés