the President of the National Assembly rejects a request to lift immunity for MP Meyer Habib

Left-wing deputies accuse the elected representative of the 8th constituency of French people established outside France of “apology for Israeli war crimes” in Gaza.

Yaël Braun-Pivet says no. The President of the National Assembly rejected a request to lift the parliamentary immunity of MP Meyer Habib (LR) made by 39 left-wing MPs, who accused him of“apology for war crimes” Israelis in Gaza.

In a response made public on Saturday December 23 by deputies from La France insoumise (LFI), Yaël Braun-Pivet writes that “the remarks made by a parliamentarian in the hemicycle of the Assembly are covered, in accordance with article 26 of the Constitution, by the principle of irresponsibility, which is absolute and which no procedure allows to lift ‘”.

Socialist, environmentalist and rebellious deputies denounce a sentence pronounced by the elected representative of the 8th constituency of French people established outside France, during the question session to the government last Tuesday. “While the minister [des Affaires étrangères, Catherine Colonna] was invited to react to the death of a Quai d’Orsay agent following Israeli bombings on a residential building housing civilians, MP Meyer Habib distinctly and twice pronounced the words: ‘And this is not finished!'”.

The dissatisfied rebels

These words can “akin to the apology of war crimes”, estimated these deputies. Meyer Habib, whose constituency includes Israel, is a fierce supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, supporting the bombings and military operations in Gaza, launched after the Hamas attacks on October 7.

The decision of the President of the Assembly to reject the request for lifting of immunity aroused strong discontent on Saturday in the rebellious ranks. “The unconditional supporters of Israeli war criminals protect each other. A French MP can therefore calmly apologize for war crimes. What a shame!“, declared MP Thomas Portes on X.