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Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise (LFI), was the guest of “4 Vérités” on France 2, Monday October 9.
Reacting to the attack of Hamas against Israel, Manuel Bompard declared, Monday October 9, in “4 Vérités” on France 2: “The acts that were committed are, very clearly in international law, acts that amount to war crimes. And so I obviously condemn war crimes.“ The coordinator of La France insoumise (LFI) clarified talk “acts which are committed by the Hamas”before adding that he also condemns “other war crimes committed by the Israeli state against the Palestinians for years now”.
“We need a ceasefire”
There Prime Minister denounced the “positions” of LFIwhich are characterized according to her by “lots of ambiguity” And “of the’anti-Zionism“believing that “it is sometimes also a way of masking a form of anti-Semitism”. “It’s despicable and it’s infamous”replied Manuel Bompard. “None of us have ever been convicted of anti-Semitism”he recalled. “It’s a bad trial”added the coordinator of LFIseeing “a way for the government to absolve itself of its own responsibilities during this period”.
“I assume to say that the position of LFI is not in agreement with that of French diplomacy, because that of French diplomacy is in total break with France’s traditional position on this subject”continued the coordinator of LFIbelieving that“we need a ceasefire”. “France’s position must be one that cannot be aligned with the position of the Israeli far-right government, which will result in even more deaths”he said.