The leader of the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon called on Saturday for an immediate “ceasefire” in Gaza, where according to him “a terrible massacre” is taking place due to Israeli bombings. “The most important, the most urgent, the most immediate thing is: cease-fire,” urged Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the sidelines of a demonstration in Paris calling for peace.
“It is an absolutely terrible massacre which is in place and which is organized by Mr. Netanyahu in a methodical and not at all improvised manner,” insisted the leader of LFI during a press briefing, thus singling out the Prime Israeli minister.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon rejects the idea of a “humanitarian truce”
While Israel continues without respite its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after having suffered bloody and unprecedented attacks on its own soil on October 7, Jean-Luc Mélenchon strongly criticized “the obvious planning of the disappearance of everything that lives” in the small Palestinian territory, where the humanitarian situation is catastrophic.
The leader of the Insoumis also targeted the position of France, which calls for a “humanitarian truce”. “Why talk about a humanitarian truce? What does that mean? Who will decide the start and especially the end of the truce?” protested Jean-Luc Mélenchon, asking French diplomacy to “stand down.” resume” and express “clear words”.
The whole Nupes
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was also pleased to see the Nupes organizations present in full on Saturday, after having experienced tensions within the left-wing alliance over the conflict, with LFI refusing in particular to qualify Hamas as a terrorist movement.
“I am very happy to see that the initial tension in the social movement and on the left is decreasing and that we are finally finding ourselves on reasoned and reasonable positions which are basically quite traditional: cease-fire so that the massacre stops, the release of the hostages, the discussion on the two States which is the only way to guarantee the security of everyone,” he argued.