“It’s to tell the Palestinians that they are not alone,” according to LFI MP Eric Coquerel

“It’s a symbolic gesture, to tell the Palestinians that they are not alone,” explained, Saturday February 3, on franceinfo the LFI deputy Eric Coquerel from Cairo, while a delegation of around twenty left-wing parliamentarians will go to Rafah on Sunday, on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. .

“We come to bring the demand for a ceasefire, to a place where no group of French parliamentarians has come since October 7”explained the MP, also president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.

“It’s a gesture to say that people are asking for a ceasefire,” he continued. “At the same time, we are going to see the wounded, refugees, to give them support and try to attract the attention of public opinion.”

The MP also explained that the delegation will meet members of UNWRA, the United Nations Agency for Aid to Palestinian Refugees, to which several countries have suspended funding after accusations of the possible involvement of some of its members. employed in the October 7 attack in Israel.