“Let us not be indirectly complicit in this genocidal risk,” warns Fabien Roussel

“Let us not be indirectly complicit in this genocidal risk” in the Gaza Strip, warned the national secretary of the PCF, Fabien Roussel, Tuesday April 9 on franceinfo. On October 7, the Hamas terrorist attack killed 1,170 people, mainly civilians. The war waged by Israel in retaliation has caused, in addition to destruction and nearly 33,200 deaths, a humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million inhabitants besieged by the Jewish state, where humanitarian aid controlled by Israel is arriving in dribs and drabs.

“France should refer the matter to the International Court of Justice to raise awareness about the ongoing genocide in Gaza”continues Fabien Roussel. “France should take this initiative, put all its weight behind it,” he adds. According to the boss of the PCF, France, because of its “significant political and diplomatic weight” must be “more on the offensive”. “France does not use this weight”he regrets.

Asked about the initiative of French Presidents Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah II to call for a ceasefire “immediate” and their warning against an Israeli offensive in Rafah, Fabien Roussel responds: “Finally !”. But according to the communist deputy, “we must move on to sanctions” And “be more political”. “All that is very soft on the part of France which can be a bit of a leader”he adds, before calling for recognition of the State of Palestine. “If France has one thing to do, it is to recognize the State of Palestine, it is a strong political act which would have resonance especially on the international scene”explains the elected official from the North who visited Jerusalem and Ramallah at the beginning of March.