2024-07-22 11:09:00
DThese are “disregarding” comments. Stéphane Séjourné responded this Monday, July 22, to the controversial comments of an MP Insoumis who confirmed that Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games “Israeli representatives are welcome in France ,” assured the French Foreign Minister.
Stéphane Séjourné, who announced from Brussels that he will meet in a few hours with his Israeli counterpart, opposed the comments of Thomas Portes, of the party La France insoumise (LFI), judging them “irresponsible and dangerous”
“I want to say, on behalf of France, that we welcome the Israeli delegation to France for these Olympics. I will also have the opportunity to speak to the government of Israel,” he said.
“Focus on the backs of Israeli athletes”
Stéphane Séjourné now responds to the comments made by Thomas Portes in Paris on Saturday during a rally in support of the Palestinian people, a few days before the opening of the competitions and soccer that Israel will play on Thursday in the Parc des Princes against The country of Mali.
“No, Israeli representatives are not welcome in Paris. Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Olympic Games in Paris,” said the MP, calling for the “deadline” of the Olympics to be used and “all the levers we have to create mobilizations” against the war waged by Israel in Gaza Gaza. , caused by an unexpected attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil.
“I think that French diplomacy must put pressure on the IOC so that the Israeli flag and anthem will not be accepted during these Olympic Games as we did for Russia,” the parliament explained on Sunday, saying that “We need to limit to double.”
These words caused tears. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused Thomas Portes of putting “a target on the backs of Israeli athletes” and denounced “attacks of anti-Semitism”.
READ again The safety of Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympics, how to avoid the nightmare of Munich 72On the LFI side, the representatives elected in their support for Thomas Portes, like the MP Aymeric Caron, who said an “unfair” argument, judging that “the flag of Israel, stained with the blood of innocent people of Gaza, should not float in Paris this summer.
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