Jean-Luc Mélenchon's method of communication will not change. Even though the fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies on this Friday night. While the Israeli military has "significantly" increased its strikes and expanded its ground operations on the Gaza Strip, the former rebellious presidential candidate belched at X-ray against the "ongoing mass slaughter" in the Palestinian enclave. The tutelary figure of La France Insoumise also denounced the action of the "powers (which) refuse to impose the ceasefire." After refusing to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization, which has caused more than 1400,<> deaths on the Israeli side, the Insoumises had already warned against the Israeli state responding too strongly, which would cause significant civilian damage.
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This is the line defended once again on Friday night by Jean-Luc Mélenchon: "This moment in history is a shame forever for the criminals who commit it, for those who support them unconditionally, for those who let it happen and for those who are afraid to protest." He therefore places the entire blame on Israel. But this statement comes as no surprise to the rebellious leader. Last Sunday, he mocked Yaël Braun-Pivet's trip to Israel. The speaker of the National Assembly had been accused of having gone "camping" in Tel Aviv to encourage "massacres". Enough to trigger a new controversy, and to feed the trial of anti-Semitism made, for a few weeks, against La France Insoumise.
"We don't ask terrorists for a ceasefire"
Despite the criticism, the ideological line of the LFI tenors has not been mentioned since the beginning of the Hamas offensive on October 7. Even if it means isolating the movement, coordinated by Manuel Bompard, within the left. During the debate on the conflict held on Monday in the National Assembly, the leader of the rebellious deputies, Mathilde Panot, urged the French government to "bring all its weight" to bear in favour of a "ceasefire" in the Middle East. Before mocking France's alignment with "the United States and the Israeli government going to war on the far right". Marine Le Pen's retort was not long in coming from the podium of the Palais Bourbon: "We are not asking terrorists to ceasefire, but to lay down their arms and release the hostages.
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