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Melenchon criticized the cancellation of his conference on Palestine in Lille
At a meeting in Roubaix on Wednesday evening, Jean-Luc Mélenchon brushed off accusations of anti-Semitism, hours after the University of Lille banned a conference on Palestine he was due to hold there on Thursday with activist Rima Hassan. The event will take place. “I feel sorry for the president of the university because what he did is shameful,” said the Insoumis leader, criticizing “cowards who are unable to protect the freedom of the university.” announced at noon in a press release that “the conditions guaranteeing the calm of debate are no longer respected” due to the “alarming” rise in tensions in international organizations following the “military escalation that occurred on April 13 and 14 in the Middle East,” referring to the drone and a missile strike launched by Iran against Israel. “We will not remain silent. The conference of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Rima Hassan will take place in Lille this Thursday, April 18th. A message regarding the new location will be sent to those who are registered,” LFI responded in a press release. LFI has made condemnation of Israeli operations in Gaza one of the main thrusts of its campaign in the June 9 European elections, defending itself with blows from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s meeting and conference. “For PS Jérôme Guedge it was enough to denounce the logo of the students’ association, and for a Macronist member of parliament (Violette Spilebo, editor’s note) it was enough to call for unrest to destroy academic freedom,” lashed out in a conference disguised as a conference with anti-Zionist overtones, there was no places at a French university,” he reacted on Wednesday. – “Provocation” – LR head Eric Ciotti condemned the “provocation” that “incites conflict and imports into national territory” and welcomed the abolition, which has become “irreplaceable” in his eyes. The subject of criticism, in particular, is the logo of the organizing student association Free Palestine, which depicts an area covering Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. A way to “deny the existence of the State of Israel” for some, including the head of the socialist list in the European elections, Raphael Glucksmann, on Wednesday evening in front of about 1,200 people gathered in Roubaix, according to organizers. At the LFI meeting, Jean-Luc Mélenchon pretended to wonder: “Why did I become an anti-Semite at 70?” “He is anti-Semitic because he winks at working-class neighborhoods,” he added, imitating his opponents. “Thinking like that is racist!” “We don’t confuse a Jew with an Israeli warrior-killer,” he said to applause, while being careful not to confuse “Muslims and terrorists” before insisting that LFI is a “ballot.” for peace”. In a press release sent to AFP LFI, the Free Palestine association, created in November 2023 after the October 7 attacks, assured that its logo “in no way denies the existence of Israel.” We have simply mobilized a map that represents a region of the world through which there is an undeniable process of colonization, and the definition of whose borders is a matter of struggle,” the association clarifies, adding that it has “never promoted hatred or made anti-Semitic statements.” Last Wednesday, Mr Mélenchon’s conference at the University of Rennes was canceled for security reasons following a threatening email. Another was canceled in Bordeaux in October. Controversial French-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan, seventh on the LFI list for Europeans, said, that she was “extremely proud” to be on Manon Aubry’s list without directly mentioning the situation in Palestine on Wednesday night. She has said in the past that she advocates a “bi-national state” solution, while LFI advocates a two-state solution. , like the vast majority of the political class, Cry of the Soul has defended those who describe Israel as a “fascist colonial entity,” now declaring that she, as a “political leader,” is “in a framework of two states side by side.” -dac-bj/cnp/sp
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