srael of the policy of occupation of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem”. Mélenchon doubled down in response to a backlash, failing to condemn his deputy Daniele Obono, who called Hamas a “resistance movement”.
The left under Mélenchon has focused on the Palestinian cause. In his concluding speech in the first round of elections, the leader stood next to Rima Hassan, a prominent figure in LFI. A French-Palestinian lawyer, Hassan has called the October 7 attacks a “legitimate action”.
Not much of a choice for French Jews, then: a toxic far-right party with a history of antisemitism – notably from Marine Le Pen's father Jean-Marie, convicted multiple times of hate speech and Holocaust denial – and now a toxic far-left party, enthusiastically embracing the new antisemitism.
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