Jean-Luc Mélenchon is particularly angry with certain criticisms aimed at his camp. On his YouTube channel, the leader of LFI complained on Tuesday evening of a “rotten” political-media atmosphere in France and “created from scratch so that it ends badly” for the Insoumis. According to him, the members of his movement even feel “in danger”.
“The rotten atmosphere is when the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau attacks Insoumis parliamentarians to accuse them of anti-Semitism,” he asserts, while the tenant of Place Beauvau announced that he had reported to the courts the tweet of an LFI deputy, Marie Mesmeur. The latter had written on
Caron, Portes, Boyard threatened with death
For Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “anyone who opposes the genocidal policy of Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu is immediately accused of anti-Semitism.” The three-time presidential candidate underlines that Marie Mesmeur is “insulted daily on social networks and taken to task”, that “several of us had to change our telephone number because we were harassed night and day”, and that “some were physically pushed and then threatened with death.”
“We feel in danger,” he warns, also mentioning death threats against deputies Aymeric Caron, Thomas Portes and Louis Boyard. He therefore asks “that we consider the level of violence which has been reached against us and which is relayed by officials like Mr. Retailleau”.
Addressing Internet users, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also asked them “not to participate in this atmosphere in any way”, ensuring that “the Insoumis deputies keep moderation in everything they say”. “We must play a role, which consists, while maintaining the firmness of our positions, in not participating in or giving rise to the escalation that our adversaries would like to provoke to the detriment of our country,” he explained.
Our file on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On the night of November 7-8 after a Europa League match, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were chased and beaten in the streets of Amsterdam. These attacks, described as anti-Semitic in particular by Israel and the Dutch authorities, left 20 to 30 injured and sparked indignation in many Western capitals. According to the Dutch Prime Minister, a call to attack the Jews had been launched in advance on social networks. Isolated incidents also broke out before the match, including anti-Arab chants chanted by Maccabi supporters.
