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After S. Chikirou’s tribute to Hamas leader, the left is divided
A part of the left is protesting against messages posted by Sophia Chikirou. On Instagram, the rebel relayed a tribute to the leader of Hamas, presented as a martyr. The PS denounces an apology for terrorism.
(France Info)
A part of the left is protesting against messages posted by Sophia Chikirou. On Instagram, the rebel relayed a tribute to the leader of Hamas, presented as a martyr. The PS denounces an apology for terrorism.
Her face embodies new divisions within the New Popular Front. Sophia Chikirou, LFI MP close to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is criticized for having relayed a tribute to Ismaël Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas terrorist group assassinated on Wednesday July 31.
At the origin of the controversy: screenshots from Sophia Chikirou’s personal Instagram account posted by an Internet user on X. Documents, originally published by the collective urgence Palestine. These publications are now untraceable on Sophia Chikirou’s Instagram account, but the LFI MP has not denied this post.
Several Socialist Party officials were outraged and called for sticking to the line of the New Popular Front.You can’t praise a leader of a Hamas group by saying he’s a martyr, because he’s not a martyr.“, declared Arthur Delaporte, socialist deputy of the 2nd constituency of Calvados. For its part, the Union of Jewish Students of France announced that it was filing a complaint for condoning terrorism.
