In France, the position of La France insoumise is criticized
La France insoumise (LFI) was accused on Saturday of finding justifications for Hamas’ attack on Israel by denouncing the Islamist movement and Israeli colonization with one voice, a position inconsistent with that of the rest of its political leaders.
“The armed offensive by Palestinian forces led by Hamas is linked to the intensification of Israeli occupation policies in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” it said in a press release the faction of the party.
Party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon stated that “all the violence unleashed against Israel and in Gaza proves only one thing: violence only produces and reproduces itself.” “With horror, our thoughts and our condolences go out to all the disturbed populations affected by are affected by all of this. The ceasefire must be enforced,” he added on the X platform.
A position further supported by MP Louis Boyard (LFI) : “France has turned a blind eye to the colonization and abuses in Palestine for too long. For too long, France has pitted the violence of the Israeli state and that of Palestinian armed groups side by side. »
These LFI statements raised the ire of elected socialists, allies of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party within the New Ecological and Social People’s Union (Nupes). “Jews are always responsible for what happens to them. It is a constant in the anti-Semitic discourse,” replied Senator Laurence Rossignol (PS) to Louis Boyard. The President of the Court of Auditors and former socialist minister Pierre Moscovici showed his reluctance and judged the LFI’s positioning as “as shocking as it is desperate”.
For his part, the mayor of Reims, Arnaud Robinet, member of Edouard Philippe’s Horizons party, called for “the lifting of parliamentary immunity” from “rebellious” MPs who “crossed the red line” and called on “the Licra and CRIF to file a complaint” . .
Among the “rebels,” MP François Ruffin, one of the potential candidates for the 2027 presidential election, distinguished himself from his party colleagues by “totally condemning the Hamas attack.”