Manuel Bompard is “proud to carry with Rima Hassan, at the heart of the European campaign, this demand” for peace in Gaza

The coordinator of La France insoumise reacts to the controversies sparked by the presence of activist Rima Hassan on the party list for the 2024 European elections.

“It is a pride to carry with Rima Hassan at the heart of the European campaign, this requirement” of peace in Gaza, reacted this Saturday March 16 on franceinfo Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party is officially kicking off its campaign for the 2024 European elections with a first major meeting this Saturday in Villepinte. The presence on the LFI list of the controversial Franco-Palestinian activist specializing in the refugee issue is controversial.

This 31-year-old international law lawyer is accused of making controversial remarks against the State of Israel. “She is a brilliant person and precisely because she carries these demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, she finds herself confronted with a form of permanent cyberharassment”lamented Manuel Bompard.

“Smear campaigns” based on “false information” according to Manuel Bompard

First controversy: on October 7 in an interview with the media Le Crayon she declared that it was “TRUE” that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is taking legitimate action. Rima Hassan defended herself by explaining that the interview had been truncated, regretting “censorship”.

The lawyer is also criticized for her use of the slogan “from the river [Jourdain] at the sea [Méditerranée]”. A phrase associated by the hardest activists with the destruction of Israel. “I ask that all Palestinians, wherever they live, be delivered from all these oppressions, from the Jordan to the sea”, she defended herself. Manuel Bompard denounced this Saturday on Franceinfo a “fake news” about this controversy. According to the elected representative of La France insoumise, Rima Hassan said: “I fight for equal rights from the sea to the Jordan River. That means recognition of a State of Palestine, as stipulated by international law since 1967”he explained.

“I am proud that she is carrying these proposals and that she is carrying this commitment alongside us. And I would like the smear campaigns against her based on false information to stop immediately”strongly deplored Manuel Bompard.

The magazine Forbes ranked Riman Hassan among the 40 most influential women in the world. Scheduled for February, the ceremony of “40 women of the year 2023” was simply canceled after protests from Jewish personalities and organizations denouncing the presence on this list of the Propalestian activist.

Riman Hassan “is a personality who will carry in this campaign the demand for a ceasefire in Gaza. It is a pride to carry with Rima Hassan at the heart of the European campaign, this demand. Yes, we must move . The ongoing genocide in Gaza must stop as quickly as possible. France is doing nothing, the European Union is doing nothing.”he explained.