Representative Thomas Portes from the “Proud France” party said yesterday, Saturday, that Israeli officials are committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, and called on his country’s government to impose sanctions on Israel.
Portes published this statement through his account on the
The French MP described Netanyahu as “an extreme right-wing fanatic who is addicted to hatred for Palestine, and who must be unable to harm others.” He stressed the importance of France immediately starting to take measures to impose sanctions on Israel.
He also criticized the presence of the Israeli ambassador in France, pointing out that these Israeli officials are committing genocide, and this cannot be tolerated.
On December 18, a number of left-wing representatives in the French capital, Paris, criticized Israel following the killing of an employee in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the aggression on the Gaza Strip, and demanded the imposition of sanctions on Israel.
Prominent members of the French Parliament accused the government of failing to take the necessary measures to protect its employee and his family.
Since the seventh of last October, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, which as of Friday resulted in the death of more than 21,000 people, in addition to the injury of about 56,000 others, most of them children and women. This war also caused massive destruction to infrastructure and created an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to Palestinian and international reports.
