The head of France’s National Assembly suspended the afternoon session of the lower house of parliament on Tuesday after Sebastien Delogu, a deputy of the left-wing Les Insoumis (LFI) party, waved a Palestinian flag to draw attention to the situation in Gaza, Reuters has reported.
“This is not tolerable,” said Yael Braun-Pivet as she suspended the session.
“We will continue to carry the voices of peace everywhere, all the time,” insisted the LFI party later on X where it posted a video of the incident.
The incident took place as junior trade minister Franck Riester was answering a question about the situation in Gaza, where Israel’s offensive against the Palestinians has stirred global condemnation for the number of civilians killed and wounded, most of them children and women.
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