The Doomed Marriage of the Far Left and Islamism
26th November 2024
The far-left deputies of La France Insoumise have just quietly proposed a bill in the French National Assembly to repeal the offence of apology for terrorism. Today, the end of this legal offence would mainly benefit these same MPs, who give unlimited support to organisations close to Hamas and Hezbollah. To mark the occasion, Le Figaro Magazine has devoted a major investigation to revealing the many links between the French far Left and Islamism—at the crossroads of electoral opportunism and ideological conviction.
The investigation was entrusted to a poet and journalist of Syrian origin, Omar Youssef Souleimane, who has closely followed the activities of pro-Palestinian groups operating on French soil by infiltrating them. Wearing sunglasses, make-up, and a Palestinian flag and keffiyeh, he has taken part in numerous anti-Israeli demonstrations, amply supported by the deputies of La France Insoumise (LFI). He reveals the extent to which the French far Left has fully endorsed the Palestinian cause by forging links with Islamists—a union cemented by antisemitism.
The discourse of the far Left in favour of the Palestinian cause is rooted in classic anti-colonialist rhetoric. This time, the settler is no longer the white French or European, but Israel, with the complicity of the West. Speaking of Israel, the anti-colonial motif is everywhere. They talk about “the genocidal colonial army” and “the tanks of the colonial army.” In the role of the oppressed, the Palestinian—but in his most radical form, i.e., the Hamas militant.
There is no such thing as ‘Islamism’. Islamism is just a term invented to disguise the fact that all Muslims believe the same things but some are more literal about it than others.