LFI committed “a political mistake” by not calling Hamas “terrorist”, concedes Clémentine Autain

A week after the attacks perpetrated by Hamas on Israeli soil, the death toll of which rose to more than 1,300, La France insoumise (LFI) still refuses to firmly condemn and qualify as “terrorist” the Palestinian movement. Sunday guest of the “Grand Jury-RTL-Le Figaro-M6”, the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, Clémentine Autain, conceded a “political misconduct” of its movement.

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In its first press release, which highlighted “a context of intensification of the Israeli occupation policy”LFI expressed, according to it, “words” nor enough “strong”, nor enough “clear”. “I don’t understand, personally, why we have trouble with this term ‘terrorist’”, she continued. Before distancing yourself a little further: “What Hamas did was Islamist terrorism.” Only her colleague from the Somme, François Ruffin, had before her marked her difference with the rebellious position in the columns of the World.

Despite this step aside, Clémentine Autain united behind her movement, whose “starting fault” was according to her “instrumentalized” And “caricatured» by his opponents. “We cannot say that LFI supports Hamas. They want us to be told that since it is Islamist terrorism, we can attack Palestinian civilians”, she thundered. And to add: “We were ordered to choose a side, as if we had to be on the side of the crazy Hamas or Israel which is a colonizer.”

“Blind revenge”

While Israel is due to launch its ground counter-offensive in Gaza shortly, the former member of the PCF has at the same time denounced the “chain war crimes” in which it would be “engaged” the Hebrew State. “Israel has the right to defend itself. But here we are talking about crimes against humanity. White phosphorus is circulating, it seems. Do you really think that with the law of retaliation, we will find peace again?”she castigated.

In this “cycle of violence” in the Middle East, Insoumise criticizes Emmanuel Macron and the government of “not making France’s voice heard loud enough” to find a “peace solution”. “When I hear over and over again: unconditional support (from France to Israel), it’s giving a blank check for blind revenge”she scolded, in reference to the words spoken Tuesday in the hemicycle by the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet.