“Jean-Luc Mélenchon is all hate”, believes Olivier Véran

“Jean-Luc Mélenchon is full of hatred“, estimated this Tuesday on franceinfo the spokesperson of the government Olivier Véran, after the position of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the attack of Hamas against Israel then his reproaches to the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (Crif) formulated Monday 9 October. For Olivier Véran, the leader of La France insoumise is “against a current“.

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A few moments before, he had estimated that “Israel experienced its September 11th“.”Israel is a friend, a country we support“, he added, specifying that “The Palestinians are also the victims of this Hamas“.

Since Saturday, LFI’s positions on the Hamas attack against Israel have been considered ambiguous, even complacent, by its left-wing partners, as well as the government. Monday evening, Jean-Luc Mélenchon notably wrote on X (ex-Twitter): “By forcing everyone to align with the position of the Israeli far-right government, by agreeing to demonstrate with the RN, by insulting the futile elected representatives of the PS, the Crif isolated and prevented the solidarity of the French with the will of peace and the request for an immediate ceasefire“.

This message was sent a few hours after the rallies in solidarity with Israel to which Crif had called.