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UEJF to file complaint against French MP after Haniyeh social media post

The Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) announced on X, formerly Twitter, that it would file a complaint against the Urgence Palestine collective and La France Insoumise member of parliament Sophia Chikirou on grounds of “apology for terrorism,” the French daily Le Parisien said on Friday. 

French law defines apology for terrorism “as presenting or commenting favorably either on terrorism in general or on terrorist acts already committed.”

Based on social media screen captures, Le Parisien noted that Chikirou appeared to have reposted on a private social media account posts created by Urgence Palestine containing photos and captions with background on Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. 

Among one of the photos presented by the French daily is a black and white image of Haniyeh along with a caption written by Haniyeh’s son, eulogizing him. 

Requesting the lifting of parliamentary immunity

The statement posted on UEJF’s X, read “By presenting the leader of a terrorist organization as a martyr responsible for a resistance organization and by passing over in silence his crimes deliberately targeting civilians, Urgence Palestine and Sophia Chikirou intend to present Ismail Haniyeh as a respectable man worthy of praise and heartfelt tribute.”

 FILE PHOTO: Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas Gaza government, talks to his supporters during a Hamas rally marking the anniversary of the death of its leaders killed by Israel, in Gaza City March 23, 2014. (credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM/FILE PHOTO)
FILE PHOTO: Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas Gaza government, talks to his supporters during a Hamas rally marking the anniversary of the death of its leaders killed by Israel, in Gaza City March 23, 2014. (credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM/FILE PHOTO)

UEFJ added it would be “filing a complaint with the National Counter-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office against the Urgence Palestine collective and Member of Parliament Sophia Chikirou for apology for terrorism. The UEJF will request the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of the LFI MP.”

Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, Iran, early Wednesday morning last week.

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