France Insoumise continues to play its own part.
In the war raging between Israel and Hamas, the party coordinated by Manuel Bompard has always refused to qualify the Islamist movement as a terrorist organization, while vilifying, whenever it can, the policy and response of the Israeli government. .
A position which leads the rebellious lieutenants to support the majority of comments and actions in favor of Palestine.
Even if it means denigrating Israel, often minimizing the repercussions that this can have on the Jews of France.
The episode of the blocking of the main Sciences Po amphitheater on Tuesday confirmed this strategy.
As a reminder, around a hundred students invaded the room as part of a
“day of European university mobilization for Palestine”.
Blocking the entry of a young woman from the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF).
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According to the association, the activists chanted at her:
“Don’t let her in, she’s a Zionist.”
If this exclusion aroused an almost unanimous outcry, the rebellious lieutenants blew hot and cold.
Condemning anti-Semitic insults if they were confirmed, their support for militant action was always in order.
As shown by the reaction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Wednesday evening.
Responding to pro-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan, present on the LFI list at the European elections, the tutelary figure of La France Insoumise simply mentioned a
“derisory incident”
, the resonance of which took on too great a
“national media scale”
.
The conviction of Emmanuel Macron
While the activist complained of
“pressure”
and
“threats”
before a conference she gave last week in the Parisian school, the former presidential candidate railed against
“indignations of variable geometry”
which are, according to him,
“sickening”
.
As of Tuesday, this same Rima Hassan, according to whom the attack of October 7 was
“legitimate”
, had already distinguished herself by
“supporting all the students and all the faculties who are mobilizing against the ongoing genocide.”
“Your revolt is healthy and beautiful
,” she added.
Without a word for the discriminatory remarks and the exclusion of the Jewish student.
On Wednesday morning, LFI deputy Adrien Quatennens nevertheless affirmed on BFMTV that
“any anti-Semitic act should be prohibited.”
It must be said that the controversy has taken a national turn.
After the visit of the Minister of Higher Education and Research Sylvie Retailleau, it was Prime Minister Gabriel Attal who visited Sciences Po this Wednesday. The opportunity to announce that the government was going to take legal action after the events of Tuesday.
A little earlier today, Emmanuel Macron denounced the reported remarks during the Council of Ministers as
“unspeakable and (of) perfectly intolerable”.
The head of state
“clearly and firmly reiterated his position,” insisted government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot.
Yes, university establishments are autonomous, but this autonomy in no way justifies the slightest beginning of separatism.”