France has “a major responsibility” in this “carnage”, says Manon Aubry

The rebellious head of the list in the European elections calls for an “arms embargo”.

France has “a major responsibility” in this “nameless carnage” which is taking place in the Gaza Strip, says Manon Aubry, head of the LFI list in the European elections, guest of Demain l’Europe on franceinfo on Wednesday April 3. She doesn’t hesitate to speak of “genocide” regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip because “the International Court of Justice made a decision a few months ago saying that the risk of genocide was imminent and since then, there have been several thousand deaths “, she says.

“France sent 100,000 pieces of machine gun ammunition which were used to massacre the Gazan people,” accuses Manon Aubry. France bears a major responsibility. France and the European Union bear a particular responsibility.” by sending weapons to Israel. In four months in Gaza, “no more children” are dead “than in all international conflicts in four years. This is, today, the assessment of the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu. she insists.

The head of the rebellious list demands a “arms embargo”. “The massacre in Gaza is not a crime we can do nothing about,” she maintains. She ensures to fight in the European Parliament “that France and the EU stop sending weapons to Israel”, while he “Lack of weapons in Ukraine” and for “the suspension of the association agreement between the EU and Israel”. Established in 2000, this agreement is the main legal instrument governing bilateral relations between Israel and the European Union.

The military operation in the Gaza Strip has left more than 32,900 dead to date, the majority of them civilians, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement’s Ministry of Health. After the death of seven humanitarian workers on Monday in a strike, the Israeli army recognized on Wednesday a “serious error”. The request for a ceasefire “must result in sanctions against the Israeli government”, calls Manon Aubry.

She also believes that Spain has “reason” to relaunch the debate on the recognition of a Palestinian state before the summer. “I regret that France shows double standards when it comes to defending international peace, defending the sovereignty of States and borders” declares the rebellious candidate who “formally requests that France recognize the State of Palestine as quickly as possible.”