A far-left French MP who claimed that Hamas is a “resistance movement” faces possible criminal prosecution for making an “apology for terrorism” after French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced he would be referring the MP’s comments to the public prosecutor.
MP Danièle Obono, member of the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) led by former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, spoke about Hamas on broadcaster Sud Radio this week and stated, “Yes, Hamas is a resistance movement. It is an Islamist political group which has an armed wing and which resists Israel.”
