‘Gaza war didn’t come out of the blue’: French PM defends Israel in parliament
- April 12, 2024
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal came to Israel’s defense during a parliamentary session on Wednesday, resoundingly condemning the Hamas terror group and its supporters when asked if Paris would consider banning arms exports to Israel in light of the war in Gaza.
The question was presented to Attal by lawmaker Frédéric Mathieu of the far-left La France Insoumise, whose members Attal chastised for apparently asking the same thing at each Prime Minister’s Questions session.
“Before answering your question, I want to remind you — and I deplore and regret that it is necessary to do so each time in response to questions from La France Insoumise — that the dramatic situation being experienced in Gaza follows an absolutely vile, barbaric terrorist attack committed by Hamas on Israeli soil,” said Attal, who is of Jewish descent on his father’s side.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal came to Israel’s defense during a parliamentary session on Wednesday, resoundingly condemning the Hamas terror group and its supporters when asked if Paris would consider banning arms exports to Israel in light of the war in Gaza.
The question was presented to Attal by lawmaker Frédéric Mathieu of the far-left La France Insoumise, whose members Attal chastised for apparently asking the same thing at each Prime Minister’s Questions session.
“Before answering your question, I want to remind you — and I deplore and regret that it is necessary to do so each time in response to questions from La France Insoumise — that the dramatic situation being experienced in Gaza follows an absolutely vile, barbaric terrorist attack committed by Hamas on Israeli soil,” said Attal, who is of Jewish descent on his father’s side.
“Listening to you and your interruptions, it is as if the idea for Israel to operate in Gaza just came out of the blue one morning,” Attal continued.
“You never say a word about the victims of the Hamas attack. You never talk about our hostages, who are still being held — today in Gaza there are three French hostages,” Attal said before being cut off by applause from lawmakers agreeing with his statement.
