The founder of LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, gave a press conference after a trip to Lebanon on international politics this Thursday, January 18. The Insoumis leader, much criticized for his sensational outings in recent months, wants to gain height. But don’t forget to dish out a few blows along the way.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné committed a “ politician mistake » declaring that accusing Israel of “ genocide » came back to “ cross a moral threshold » and accusing the Insoumis of not “ not be clear about Hamas “, declared the leader of La France insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Thursday.
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The founder of LFI, who gave a press conference after a trip to Lebanon, also announced that the rebellious MP Éric Coquerel was in the process of setting up a delegation with ideally “ French parliamentarians from all sides » to go to Rafah, on the border between Egypt and Gaza.
“ When you are the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a country which is a party to the 1948 Convention for the Prevention and Prohibition of Genocide, you must weigh every word and every comma. To speak like that is to suggest that a conclusion of the ICJ which (…) would rule on a genocide, would not be accepted by France, which considered that it was a limit crossed”denounced the three-time radical left presidential candidate.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was in The Hague last week to supportthe referral to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by South Africawhich accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza.
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On Wednesday, in the National Assembly, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs declared: “ To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold. The notion of genocide cannot be exploited for political purposes. “. Political leaders cannot express themselves through “ approximate formulas » retorts Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
(with AFP)