MEP Rima Hassan, affiliated with La France insoumise, is once again the subject of a complaint for “apology of terrorism”, following her controversial publications on social networks and her alleged support for the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. As revealed The Point this Wednesday, December 31, the complaint filed the day before by the Jewish Observatory of France, accuses the Franco-Palestinian of having openly legitimized and incited “ join the Palestinian armed resistance » in several publications on X (formerly Twitter).
These posts, including a December 18 tweet calling “ all Franco-Palestinian » to support this resistance, are the subject of screenshots included in the file. As the complaint states, “the term Palestinian armed resistance is directly associated with Hamas, an organization designated as terrorist by the European Union.” “It's not just a question of semantics. These comments explicitly validate the legitimacy of Hamas, which constitutes an offense of advocating terrorism. “, explain at the Point Me Rachel Lefèvre, co-author of the complaint. Contacted on this subject, Rima Hassan did not respond to requests from Point.
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The MEP nevertheless reacted to X. “ Already spoiled for 2025. The first complaint was for my birthday. The second for the new year. Behind this complaint, still the same propaganda network of the Israeli regime, the Jewish Observatory of France represented by Déborah Journo (who had also worked to have my last conferences canceled) », she wrote this Wednesday.
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“These speeches influence the younger generations”
This case is part of a series of controversies surrounding Rima Hassan. She had already been involved in a pro-Hamas demonstration in Jordan in August and accused in November of harassment on social networks towards lawyers who supported the banning of one of her conferences. Me Déborah Journo, also co-author of the complaint, declares that this multiplication of incidents “calls for a firm legal response, because these speeches particularly influence younger generations. » According to Me Journo, this complaint “is not just a question of legality. Ms. Hassan's comments endanger national cohesion and normalize extremist positions. »
As a reminder, on November 19, LFI deputy from the North Ugo Bernalicis tabled a bill aimed at repealing the offense of advocating terrorism, denounced as a tool of political repression. According to the LFI parliamentarian, since “ the war crimes and massacres perpetrated on October 7, 2023 by Hamas in Israel »this notion would be used to silence pro-Palestinian voices. A text which did not fail to arouse an outcry within the French political class.
