Perhaps he was afraid that the accusations against him would weaken. This Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France insoumise estimated, in a blog note devoted in particular to the interview with Benjamin Netanyahu on LCI, that “anti-Semitism remains residual in France”, while the figures show a sharp increase in anti-Semitic acts in the country.
“Contrary to what official propaganda says, anti-Semitism remains residual in France. In any case, he is completely absent from popular gatherings,” writes Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Yet an increase in anti-Semitic acts
“The abusive paralyzing ray of the accusation of anti-Semitism is now without effect,” he adds.
However, anti-Semitic acts soared in France in the first quarter of 2024, according to government figures, which reported “366 anti-Semitic acts” recorded between January and March, an increase of 300% compared to the first three months of the year. 2023.
In January, the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (Crif) reported a sharp increase in anti-Semitic acts in France (multiplied by four in one year), going from 436 in 2022 to 1,676 in 2023, with an “explosion” after the October 7.
Mélenchon denounces lack of condemnations of Netanyahu on LCI
On his blog, Jean-Luc Mélenchon returns in particular to the sanction targeting the LFI deputy for Marseille Sébastien Delogu who was excluded from the National Assembly after brandishing a Palestinian flag and the controversies which followed.
For the three-time presidential candidate, the accusations of anti-Semitism against the rebellious MP David Guiraud, who had described Meyer Habib as a “pig” and a “pig”, are also “caricatural”.
Concerning the interview with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Thursday evening on LCI, he denounces a “deprivation of officiality” and a lack of condemnations of this interview granted to the person responsible for what the Rebels call a “genocide” in Gaza .
Already a controversy after October 7
“We had, however, observed in the recent past a raw emotion regarding the events of October 7,” writes the founder of LFI.
The Rebels created controversy after October 7 because of their reaction to the unprecedented attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel.
Many, including in their own camp, criticized a lack of compassion for the victims in the statement, which also called the Islamist movement’s attack “an armed offensive by Palestinian forces.”
Little support on the left
“Take a test of comparative sensitivity: try to compare the martyrdom of Gaza and that of the Warsaw ghetto, even from a distance, and you will quickly see the difference in capacity for indignation,” finally writes Jean-Luc Mélenchon on his blog.
In March, the boss of the communists Fabien Roussel established a parallel between the two situations, before saying he “regretted” a comparison which had “no place”.
The declarations of the leader of France Insoumise provoked a reaction from the boss of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, a former ally of Jean-Luc Mélenchon within Nupes.
“Why minimize anti-Semitic acts when everything indicates that they are exploding? Anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim racism are violent poisons. These struggles are inseparable,” he wrote on X.