2024-07-11 20:04:37
After the far-left gained a significant advantage in the French parliamentary elections, Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman called on French Jews to “leave France and immigrate to Israel,” stressing that “there is no time to waste.”
In the second round of parliamentary elections, no party won a majority. According to Le Monde, the left-wing New Popular Front alliance took 182 seats, while President Macron’s centrist alliance took 168.
French leftist leader Jean-Luc Malenchon has promised to “recognize the state of Palestine.” Lieberman said Mélenchon is known for his anti-Semitic remarks and hatred of Israel.
Earlier we wrote that an opponent of aid to Israel and Ukraine, as well as an ardent Germanophobe who wrote a book about “German poison,” could come to power in France.
In particular, Mélenchon opposes cuts in public spending and wants to lower the retirement age. In foreign policy, he is critical of Israel and arms supplies to Ukraine, while supporting peace with Russia.
His main target of criticism is Germany. In his 2015 book, Bismarck’s Herring: German Poison, he condemned Germany for its greed and social coldness, blaming it for Europe’s air pollution. He has shouted anti-Merkel slogans at rallies and called on her on social media to “shut up.”
Also, “Cursor” reported that the general director of the Quelita association for the absorption and promotion of Jewish repatriation from France, Ariel Kandel, stated that the results of the elections in France could become “another step” towards a mass exodus of Jews to Israel.