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The leader of La insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, called on Friday to “put Palestinian flags wherever possible” from Tuesday October 8, in reaction to a circular from the Minister of Higher Education, Patrick Hetzel, on the “maintaining order” in universities a few days before October 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel.

Mr. Hetzel justified this warning by a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations this week in in front of Sciences Po and the Institute of Oriental Languages, actions which he believes will “against the principles of neutrality and secularism”.

“It’s an abuse of power”said Mr. Mélenchon during a political meeting in the capital. The minister “says that as the university is secular, we should not talk about Gaza”more “talking about geopolitics is not an attack on secularism”he developed.

“I ask young students to “rebellion”, not to accept this ban”he continued, objecting that“at university, we are talking about adult citizens who are adults (…) so they say what they want, because we are in a free country”.

“So I recommend that from the 8th [octobre] we put Palestinian flags wherever we can, so that this person does not have the last word”he added.

A few minutes later, Mr. Mélenchon also suggested that“a flag that we could put with that of the Palestinians is that of Lebanon”where the Israeli army’s bombings against Hezbollah have left more than a thousand dead over the past ten days. “The Lebanese army has no means of combat and does not have the possibility of protecting its own borders”he lamented, judging that “It’s total hypocrisy to say that Hezbollah poses a problem”.

“Hezbollah is a component of the Lebanese people and it is not up to us to decide who is a good component and who is a bad one”he insisted, stressing that “the Lebanese people have the right to sovereignty over their territory”. Before encouraging his troops again: “Put up Lebanese flags so that the Lebanese know that we have not forgotten them, that we are not abandoning them to murder [et] to the violence of the terrifying neighbor that they have the misfortune to have at their side. »

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