French radical-left MP summoned by police over Hamas comments
Mathilde Panot, head of the radical-left La France Insoumise party in the National Assembly, is being quizzed as part of an investigation into suspected justification of "terrorism" over comments made about the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.
TheThe leader of far-left MPs in the French parliament was on Tuesday summoned for questioning by police in an investigation into suspected justification of "terrorism" over comments on the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, reports Yahoo! News.
Mathilde Panot heads the lower house of the parliament faction of the France Unbowed (LFI) party, which has been repeatedly accused by opponents of failing to clearly condemn the attack by Hamas.
The LFI – which is now France's strongest political force on the left – has in turn lashed out at what it sees as an erosion of free speech and accused Israel of committing "genocide" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
