France Targets Israeli Women With "Genocide" Charges for Blocking Gaza Aid
Pro-Palestinian lawfare reaches a fever pitch as Paris issues warrants for activists Nili Kupfer-Naori and Rachel Touitou over Kerem Shalom protests.
In a move that legal experts are calling a radical escalation of "lawfare" against Israel, the French judiciary has issued summons against two Franco-Israeli activists. The charge? "Complicity in genocide" and "incitement to genocide."
The warrants, which were quietly issued in July 2025 and only recently came to light, target Nili Kupfer-Naori, founder of the "Israel Forever" movement, and Rachel Touitou, spokesperson for the "Tzav 9" organization.
Protest or "Genocide"?
The criminal investigation was sparked by complaints from radical pro-Palestinian human rights groups in France. The allegations center on the activists' roles in organizing protests at the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings throughout 2024 and 2025.
During these demonstrations, activists physically blocked trucks carrying aid, arguing that supplies should not be funneled into Gaza while Israeli hostages remained in Hamas tunnels. French authorities are now characterizing these civilian protests, and the rhetoric used by the women, as:
The Activists Strike Back
The accused are not taking the charges sitting down. Speaking to The News in early 2026, Kupfer-Naori slammed the French legal system, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the investigation.
"I have no intention of entering a French prison, not for detention and not for anything else," Kupfer-Naori declared. "This is antisemitic delirium."
Rachel Touitou was equally defiant, telling the French newspaper Le Monde that the judiciary seems "far more vigorous toward a complaint from a radical pro-Palestinian organization than toward incitement to terrorism by members of Parliament."
The Legal Trap: Can They Be Arrested?
Legal analysts clarify that these are currently "summons to appear" (mandats d'amener) rather than full-scale international arrest warrants (Red Notices).
However, the implications are still severe: