
Communist presidential candidate Fabien Roussel on Wednesday accused the Israeli government of Benyamin Netanyahu of practicing state terrorism, while condemning the barbaric act of terrorism of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, during an interview on LCI.
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The Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, sparked an ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, with heavy civilian casualties on both sides. Fabien Roussel is the candidate of the French Communist Party in the presidential election.
Communist presidential candidate Fabien Roussel on Wednesday accused the Israeli government of Benyamin Netanyahu of “practicing state terrorism”, while condemning the “barbaric act of terrorism” of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.
“There is another terrorism that is rampant, it is the state terrorism of an Israeli far-right government which is that of Mr. Netanyahu,” affirmed on LCI the PCF candidate, who first affirmed “to have a thought” for the victims of October 7, assuring that “terrorism must be condemned without any qualms”.
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“I draw a parallel between the Israeli government of Mr. Netanyahu and the Hamas terrorist group,” assured Fabien Roussel. “They are in the mirror damaging their people and creating the conditions so that there is no peace in this region of the world,” he added. “The Israeli and Palestinian voices of peace are not heard because there are mirrored extremist forces which clash and sow hatred,” he lamented.
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