French Lawmaker Accused Of Knocking Down Israeli, EU Flags At Oct. 7 Exhibition
European Parliament leaders said cameras and eyewitnesses will help determine whether Hassan should face discipline, including a reprimand or suspension.
- 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; Bellamy's office stated surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts would support the allegations, according to Le Figaro.
- French authorities previously questioned the French-Palestinian activist after she described the October 7 attack as "legitimate," prompting dozens of lawmakers to request that her parliamentary immunity be lifted.
- Bellamy urged the Parliament presidency to sanction Hassan without delay, calling the act an "indignity," while German lawmaker Hildegard Bentele noted knocking down the flags eased no suffering of October 7 victims.
- 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 President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, announced on Tuesday that she took seriously the accusation of Rima Hassan, a French-born Palestinian deputy for the radical left-wing "France" party, "to remove the Israeli and European flag during an exhibition dedicated to the memory of the victims of the October 7 attacks." This news was posted via Cedarnews News.
Rima Hassan's actions came under scrutiny after she lowered the Israeli flag at an event at the European Parliament held to commemorate the October 7 attacks.
Rima Hassan is suspected of having overthrown the Israeli and European flags during an exhibition dedicated to 7 October 2023 in the Strasbourg Parliament. A gesture condemned by the president of the institution Roberta Metsola, the head of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot calling for "exemplary sanctions" if the facts are proven. For his part, the elected of La France insoumée pleads an evil while reiterating his accusations of "genocide" towa…
A French MEP from the radical left, Rima Hassan, is in Parliament's collimator, accused of overthrowing Israeli and European flags during an exhibition dedicated to the attack on 7 October 2023 in Israel. ...
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