Leader of left-leaning French party says country must recognise Palestinian state
Melenchon also said France must immediately recognise a Palestinian state to thwart Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu's war on Gaza. He added that the French government allows Netanyahu to do whatever he wants, and he [Melenchin] refuses to bow down to him.
He also said that Israel had committed piracy on Monday morning in international waters by detaining everybody on board a ship carrying humanitarian aid. He commended the bravery of the crew on board, which includes climate and political activist Greta Thunberg and a member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan.
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