French Judge: All Palestinians in Gaza Eligible for Refugee Status

2.1 million people live in Gaza, and a new judicial ruling in France gives every single one of them the right to move to France. 

If I were Bibi Netanyahu, I would buy every single one of them a plane ticket and wave goodbye as they took their free trip to Paris. If I were a Gazan, I would accept that free ticket and get on the first plane, hoping that the free room and board will allow me to enjoy my time there. 

Judge rules all Palestinians living in Gaza are eligible for asylum in Francehttps://t.co/prVXtxk2AB

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The decision is absurd, of course, but perfectly consistent with the law. 

France’s top asylum court has ruled that all Palestinians living in Gaza are now eligible to apply for full refugee status, overturning a previous decision.

The National Court of Asylum (CNDA) issued the decision in response to an appeal from a Palestinian woman whose initial asylum request had been denied by France’s refugee authority, OFPRA.

The court found that Israeli military actions in Gaza meet the threshold for “persecution” under the 1951 Geneva Convention, qualifying the applicant—and by extension all Gazans—for refugee protection, according to JFEED.

While OFPRA had rejected the woman’s claim based on the absence of direct, personal persecution, the CNDA ruled that the conduct of war in Gaza is serious enough to constitute persecution on a group level.

This is Merkelism at its finest. Angela Merkel, we must admit, had a valid moral argument for opening the floodgates to accept the stream of refugees fleeing war in the Middle East. The danger to the refugees was real, unlike most of the asylees who have been admitted into the United States, just as it is undeniable that the war in Gaza has rendered some areas of Gaza unlivable. Whoever you blame–Israel or Hamas–the facts on the ground confirm that Gaza is a terrible place to live right now. 

Yes, but… 

French court rules all Gazans can seek asylum in France.

France’s National Court of Asylum (CNDA) has ruled that all Palestinians living in Gaza are now eligible to apply for full asylum status in France after ruling they are facing “persecution.”

This is how Gazans… pic.twitter.com/BtbPaEPMx2

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 14, 2025

The abstract arguments do not jibe with the realities of importing hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of refugees from a culture that has been plagued by war for generations. One that is steeped in antisemitic and genocidal ideology, has social norms that are grossly incompatible with Western Culture, and whose population is undeniably filled with sexual predators who will threaten French women. 

Not to mention the enormous financial cost that French taxpayers will be forced to pay. 

Syrian refugees have turned out to be a plague on Europe. That sounds harsh, and perhaps even racist–although I would contend that it is not race that is the problem, but the culture of the Middle East. Just as Pakistanis are disproportionately likely to commit sex crimes in Great Britain, other Middle Easterners are similarly inclined on the continent. 

Everybody knows this, but the governments of Europe work diligently to cover up the facts. The grooming gangs scandal in Britain went on for decades, and only did so because nobody in power wanted to confront the problem. 

Finland put this PSA out as a means of countering sexual assault from migrants.

I’m serious. You are to PoMo dance away the rape. 😵‍💫👶 Why is western society being led by braindead narcissists? pic.twitter.com/IoKyLOJ7dv

— Theo Jordan (@Theo_TJ_Jordan) April 18, 2024

Refugees are tearing European countries apart. Governments are raiding citizens–even throwing them in jail–for complaining about the problem. Muslims are marching in the streets calling for Sharia law, and crime is shooting through the roof. 

The elite want more of this for some reason. I can understand why the transnational elite dislike the hoi polloi; what I cannot understand is importing a hostile population to replace them. Do they really believe that their countries can remain wealthy and relatively peaceful when they import the entire Middle East into their midst?

Even the hostility toward Israel is a reflection of this suicidal impulse. European leaders, with few exceptions, blame Israel for not going quietly into the night. It is their responsibility to sit there and take it as homicidal maniacs rape, murder, and terrorize their citizens. 

I suppose you could applaud Europeans for practicing what they preach by offering themselves up for similar human sacrifice. 

A better solution is to recognize the reality that some cultures are incompatible with our own. The Muslims recognize that–this is why they want to establish Sharia law in European countries and are agitating to make it happen. 

Civilizations are much more fragile than we assume. They are built over centuries, and while they can be resilient to self-inflicted wounds, they aren’t so much when invaded from the outside. Turkey used to be Greek. The Roman Empire fell when the Germanic tribes became the dominant force in the region. Or, if you want to be anticolonialist about it, look at what happened when Europeans came to the Americas. 

It’s just a fact. You can be moralistic as you like about it, but the facts don’t lie.