Early this morning, Israel was rocked by a brutal and unexpected Hamas attack on its territory, which is still ongoing today. When they woke up, the whole world was able to see, through the countless videos circulating on social networks, the horror of the ongoing fighting. Very quickly, reactions from the political class poured in. In French, English and Hebrew, President Emmanuel Macron "strongly condemned the terrorist attacks" and assured Israel of France's support.
On X (ex-Twitter), Marine Le Pen recalled that "terrorism cannot be tolerated" and that she stood "more than ever by the side of Israeli democracy". The president of the Republicans Eric Ciotti gave his "total support to Israel" and said that "the duty of France is to be more strongly at the side of the Jewish State". For his part, Éric Zemmour (Reconquête) sent his "thoughts and support to the Israeli people who are still suffering from jihad on their soil".
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No condemnation at LFI
If the overwhelming majority of political leaders of all stripes were moved by Hamas' aggression, La France Insoumise distinguished itself by justifying it in part. In a statement published on X, the far-left party chose not to condemn it. He even believes that "the armed offensive of Palestinian forces led by Hamas comes in a context of intensifying Israeli occupation policy in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem," thus blaming the Jewish state.
Same register for LFI MP Louis Boyard, who does not condemn and regrets that "France turns a blind eye to colonization and abuses in Palestine" and that it "sends back to back the violence of the Israeli state and that of Palestinian armed groups".
Jean-Luc Mélenchon also deplored "the violence unleashed against Israel and in Gaza", thus equating the Hamas terrorist attack with the Israeli response.
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A Less Ambiguous Left
LFI MP François Ruffin was less ambiguous than his colleagues. "Total condemnation of the Hamas attack," he wrote on X, saying he feared the "most brutal response from the Israeli government in 30 years." An observation "shared" by his colleague Alexis Corbière.
Elsewhere on the left, the national secretary of Europe Ecology The Greens Marine Tondelier expressed her "immense horror at the horror of the attacks" but called on Israel not to have "an indiscriminate reaction on the civilians of Gaza."
More bluntly, the national secretary of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, expressed his "unreserved condemnation of the Hamas attack" which he considers "unacceptable and unjustifiable."