A left-wing lawmaker in France was slammed for saying that the Israeli Olympic delegation was not welcome in Paris.
Member of the parliament from La France Insoumise (France Unbowed, or LFI), Thomas Portes addressed protesters in an indication in Paris on Saturday.
“No, the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris. Israeli athletes are not welcome in the Paris Olympic Games,” Portes mentioned.
The subsequent day, he informed the every day Le Parisien: “French diplomacy must put pressure on the International Olympic Committee so that the Israeli flag and anthem are not admitted in the Olympic Games, just as this was done for Russia. We must put an end to this double standard.”
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne on Monday described these remarks as “irresponsible and dangerous.”
“The Israeli delegation is welcome in France for the Olympic Games,” Sejourne informed reporters on his arrival on the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
“I will have the opportunity to reaffirm this to … my (Israeli) counterpart with whom I will speak on the phone in the next hours, to tell him that we will ensure the Israeli delegation’s security,” the French minister added.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin informed the broadcaster France 2 on Sunday that he proposed to President Emmanuel Macron that Israeli delegations ought to be protected 7/24 by French police forces via the video games.
Thomas Portes “put a target on the back of the Israeli athletes,” Darmanin mentioned.
The mayor of the southern metropolis of Nice, Christian Estrosi mentioned on X that he requests “a dissolution process against LFI.”
President and lawyer of the European Jewish Organization, Muriel Ouaknine-Melki informed the broadcaster Cnews that they might file a criticism towards Portes for incitement to hate.
Left-wing lawmakers expressed help for Portes on X.
“A genocide is still ongoing in Gaza. Nearly 40,000 people are dead. Rare people who denounce and ask for sanctions are targeted by the far-right. Support for Thomas Portes,” lawmaker Aurelien Le Coq mentioned.
The response towards Thomas Portes is “intolerable,” lawmaker Jerome Legavre famous.
Another lawmaker, Manuel Bompard, for his half, mentioned there may be “nothing anti-semitic in asking that, due to violations of international law, Israeli athletes compete in the Olympic Games under a neutral banner, as is the case for Russian athletes.”
LFI members have been brazenly expressing help for Gaza and the Palestinian trigger because the starting of the battle within the Middle East.
Since Tel Aviv launched its brutal conflict on Oct. 7, almost 39,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them girls and youngsters, whereas greater than 89,700 others are injured, in line with Gaza’s native well being authorities.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, which in its newest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to instantly halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah.
Source: www.anews.com.tr