French Lawmaker Accused Of Knocking Down Israeli, EU Flags At Oct. 7 Exhibition
The Parliament said the incident is under investigation after witnesses and cameras were cited, while lawmakers demanded disciplinary action and sanctions.
- 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, while Bellamy's office stated surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts would support the allegations, according to Le Figaro.
- Following her description of the October 7 attack as "legitimate," French authorities previously questioned the French-Palestinian activist, and dozens of lawmakers have since requested 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 that knocking down the flags did nothing to ease the suffering of October 7 victims.
- About 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, with about 250 taken hostage; the European Union designates Hamas a terrorist organization.
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European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Mecola said on Tuesday she takes the accusations that a French far-left MP threw an Israeli flag to the floor during a commemoration of the victims of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack very seriously.
The President of the European Parliament reacted after an incident involving MEP LFI Rima Hassan at an exhibition on the victims on 7 October The President of the European Parliament
Visiting an exhibition dedicated to October 7, Monday, the MEP LFI removed an Israeli flag from its support, accidentally dropping that of the European Union, explained his team to the AFP, stressing that this gesture was "in the denunciation of the genocide still ongoing led by the Israeli government".
"No flag has been trampled or damaged," the Euro MP's team said France was insoubted to contradict certain accusations. She claims to have wanted to remove the flag of the Hebrew state in a "gesture" of "denunciation of genocide" in Gaza.
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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.
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