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Mélenchon pledges French naval escorts for Gaza aid flotillas

The promise depends on a presidential victory, not an announced deployment, and has drawn criticism from Israel's ambassador to France.

Channel: Al Araby Arabic channel ·

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صدمة إسرائيلية بسبب سفن حربية فرنسية .. ما القصة؟ | تواصل

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0:00Mélenchon promises naval protection for Gaza aid flotillas if he wins the French presidency.
1:11The report links his Le Bourget speech to calls for sanctions and opposition to territorial annexation.
2:04Speech footage shows Mélenchon promising French ships to escort civilian flotillas seeking to break the blockade.
2:46The broadcast presents Israeli ambassador Joshua Zarka's criticism of the proposal on X.
3:09A political profile covers Mélenchon's movement and previous presidential campaigns, followed by supportive social media reactions.

French warships would escort civilian aid flotillas heading to Gaza if Jean-Luc Mélenchon wins the presidency, according to a report by Qatar-based Al Araby Television. The French left-wing politician presented the pledge at a political gathering in Le Bourget as part of his proposed change in France's policy toward Israel.

Presented by Amani Jouha, the report places the promise within Mélenchon's campaign for the 2027 presidential election. He leads La France Insoumise, the movement he founded, and has contested three previous presidential elections.

The central distinction is between a campaign commitment and military action already underway. Despite the report's title, "صدمة إسرائيلية بسبب سفن حربية فرنسية .. ما القصة؟ | تواصل" ("French warships shock Israel: What's the story?"), the segment concerns ships Mélenchon says he would send if elected, rather than French warships already dispatched to Gaza.

In footage of his address, Mélenchon promises French vessels to accompany citizen-organized flotillas seeking to break the blockade. The report also says he called for sanctions against Israel and opposed annexation of southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights.

The broadcast then presents criticism posted on X by Joshua Zarka, Israel's ambassador to France. It treats his response as the Israeli diplomatic reaction to the proposal, before outlining Mélenchon's political career and showing supportive social media posts.

The report drew about 209,000 views since yesterday, making it the most-watched new upload among the Arab world's leading news channels in that period.