Jean-Luc Mélenchon distributes the good and bad points on the situation in the Middle East. The leader of La France insoumise welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday evening, castigating in passing “the guilt and shame of our leaders who let this happen […] the massacre.”
“May the ceasefire hold and the lives of the survivors be spared from now on. May the hostages and prisoners return to life and the scars of their physical and moral wounds soften. May the living mourn their dead without fear and our tears erase the hatred they legitimately feel,” wrote the three-time presidential candidate on X. “And may the future not forget the guilt and shame that is that of our leaders who let it happen, looked the other way and encouraged the massacre,” he added.
Fabien Roussel welcomes the truce
After October 7, 2023, the Rebels made the Palestinian cause one of their main themes, describing the situation in Gaza as “genocide”. They were also accused of a lack of empathy towards the Israeli victims and hostages.
“The announcement of a truce is a relief for Gaza, for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for all of Humanity,” welcomed the head of the French Communist Party Fabien Roussel.
Our file on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The October 7 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,210 people on the Israeli side, the majority civilians, according to a count based on official data. Of 251 people kidnapped on the day of the attack, 94 are still being held in Gaza, of whom 34 are dead according to the army. At least 46,707 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Israeli military campaign of retaliation in the Gaza Strip which also caused a humanitarian disaster, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, deemed reliable by the UN .
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