French Lawmaker Accused Of Knocking Down Israeli, EU Flags At Oct. 7 Exhibition
- On Monday in Strasbourg, France, European Parliament member François-Xavier Bellamy accused Rima Hassan of knocking down Israeli and European Union flags during a memorial exhibition for victims of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre.
- Céline Imart, a Les Républicains member, claimed witnesses saw Hassan trampling the flags, and Bellamy's office stated surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts would support the allegations, Le Figaro reported.
- Following her description of the October 7 attack as "legitimate," French authorities previously questioned the French-Palestinian activist, prompting dozens of lawmakers to request that her parliamentary immunity be lifted.
- Calling the act an "indignity," Bellamy urged the Parliament presidency to sanction Hassan without delay, while German lawmaker Hildegard Bentele noted the flags' removal did nothing to ease October 7 victims' suffering.
- About 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and about 250 were taken hostage; the European Union designates Hamas a terrorist organization.
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The MEP LFI is accused of having overturned two flags during an exhibition dedicated to the 7-October attacks. His entourage confirms that she withdrew the Israeli flag, but says that the fall of the support was accidental.
French Lawmaker Accused Of Knocking Down Israeli, EU Flags At Oct. 7 Exhibition
STRASBOURG, FRANCE (VINnews) — A French member of the European Parliament was accused Monday of knocking down the Israeli and European Union flags at an exhibition commemorating the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, drawing calls for sanctions from fellow lawmakers. François-Xavier Bellamy, a member of France’s conservative Les Républicains and a vice […]
The MEP LR said on Monday that the gesture of the elected LFI was "a way of complicity with those who seek to reimport anti-Semitic hatred that has made the worst hours of our continent's history".
France: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, announced on Tuesday that she took seriously the accusation of Rima Hassan, the original French-Palestinian deputy of the Apostolic Party France, that the Israeli and European flags had been removed during an exhibition dedicated to the memory of the victims of the 7 October attacks. The Hassan team confirmed that the Deputy had indeed removed the Israeli flag, but the fall of th…
MEP Rima Hassan accused of overturning Israeli and EU flags displayed at the European Parliament in tribute to victims of the 7 October attacks
CRIF President Yonathan Arfi described the alleged incident as potentially a “desecration” if the allegations were confirmed, arguing that the context of a commemoration for the victims of 7 October made the alleged actions particularly serious.
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