2023-11-12 16:46:39
On the defensive. Guest this Sunday, November 12 of “BFM Politique”, in partnership with Le Parisien – Today in France, Manuel Bompard defended for almost an hour, step by step, the absence of his movement in the march against anti-Semitism organized Sunday afternoon in Paris.
First, the national coordinator of LFI regretted that the tribute in front of the monument in memory of the Vél d’Hiv roundup in Paris, supported by LFI, on Sunday morning, was disrupted by counter-protesters shouting ” Anti-Semitic LFI”.
“I have no mea culpa to make on anti-Semitism”
“There is no ambiguity” from LFI in the fight against anti-Semitism, he affirmed. And he said: “If wanting to pay homage by laying wreaths in front of the monument for the Vél d’Hiv is an ambiguity, you are losing your mind. »
LFI finally chose to participate in this event, launched at the call of youth organizations, after refusing to participate in the big march launched by Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of the National Assembly, and Gérard Larcher, his counterpart of the Senate. “I have no mea culpa to make on anti-Semitism,” he added.
March against anti-Semitism: “Some of my colleagues will participate elsewhere in France because the appeal messages excluded the participation of the extreme right”, underlines Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) pic.twitter.com/xOdbahpKiF
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Raised several times about the very controversial absence of his movement at this march, Manuel Bompard justified it by the presence of the extreme right in the processions. “This afternoon, you will find in processions people who are in a party founded by proven collaborationists, that shocks me,” said the MP for Bouches-du-Rhône.
“The objectives of the demonstration were not clear”
And to target the article written by the presidents of the two assemblies and published in Le Figaro this week. “The objectives of the demonstration were not clear. There was a forum and, in this text, we consider that the only one responsible for anti-Semitism is Islamism, he believes. If we want to demonstrate against anti-Semitism, why make a link with what is happening in Palestine and Israel? We also mix the fight against anti-Semitism and a kind of unconditional support for Israel. Through this text, Madame Braun-Pivet and Mr. Larcher created the conditions for the arrival of the RN. Those who participate in an operation to whitewash the anti-Semitic positions of the far right are those who will demonstrate this afternoon. »
From then on, the Insoumis said he was basically closer to Emmanuel Macron than to Yaël Braun-Pivet. “The President of the Republic is right to add, in his letter to the French, the slogan of peace. I find myself closer to the president,” he admitted.
“Why would I sanction a person who recalled a historical context? »
Before once again adopting a defensive posture on the case of LFI deputy David Guiraud, accused of having relativized Hamas attacks in Israel, during a conference in Tunisia last Friday. In a short video, we hear him pronounce the following sentence: “The baby in the oven was made, in fact, by Israel, the disemboweled mother was made, it’s true, by Israel.” Then, after a hesitation: “I think it was in Sabra and Chatila.” The Sabra and Chatila massacres in 1982 were committed by Lebanese Christian phalanxes allied with Israel during a military intervention by the Jewish state in Lebanon. Since then, on social networks, David Guiraud has admitted to having been wrong about Sabra and Chatila, but has denied any minimization of October 7.
“Aren’t you tired of distorting people’s words? », Annoyed Manuel Bompard. “David Guiraud recalls that we are talking about a 75-year-old conflict, during which there were acts of horror. When he says that some were committed by Israel, he is not saying that it was not committed by Hamas. The trial against him seems unacceptable to me,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s right arm.
The elected official therefore does not see any reprehensible facts. “Why would I sanction a person who recalled a historical context in which the horrors of October 7 took place? », he asked, rejecting any relativization of the attacks. This Sunday, a Renaissance deputy, Violette Spillebout, and an LR, Meyer Habib, each announced that they were going to refer David Guiraud to the public prosecutor. Finally, asked about the broadcast this week in the Assembly of a film bringing together images of Hamas abuses, Manuel Bompard declared that he would go there “if he were invited”. But he wanted “the horror to be shown in its entirety”.
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