French MEP accused of encouraging support for Hamas

“The only thing that prevents you from considering it is the coloniality of the world.”

The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) accused Hassan of calling on the public to join proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Hamas, who claim to be part of “Palestinian armed resistance”.

Writing on X, Crif said: “The organisations that claim to be part of the Palestinian ‘armed resistance’ — Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, etc — are all recognised as terrorists by the European Union.

“Can you imagine a European MP calling for people to join Al Qaeda or Daesh? If Rima Hassan wanted peace and truly defended the Palestinians, she would fight Hamas instead of defending it without taking responsibility.”

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed (LFI) is the largest party in the New Popular Front (NPF), the left-wing alliance which came to power in France’s general election in July.

Moshe Sebbag, a rabbi for the Grand Synagogue of Paris, told The Times of Israel that “it seems France has no future for Jews” following the election and advised young French Jews to leave the country for Israel.