VIDEO. “Provocation”: what is this item of clothing worn by Rima Hassan behind Mélenchon after the first round of the legislative elections ?

During Jean-Luc Mélenchon's speech after the announcement of the results of the first round of the legislative elections on Sunday June 30, 2024, Rima Hassan wore a keffeih. We explain the controversy that this sparked.

Sunday evening, during Jean-Luc Mélenchon's speech after the announcement of the results of the legislative elections, Rima Hassan wore a keffeih. The garment did not fail to provoke a reaction from its detractors, and to trigger a new controversy over the MEP.

What is a keffiyeh?

The MEP wore a keffeih, a sort of light checkered scarf, on her shoulders. The Palestinian keffeih is a symbol of Palestinian struggle , pose L’Orient XXI. Activists of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) wore it from the beginning of the 20th century.

In a message posted on ~em> "A little reading on the history of the Palestinian keffiyeh, symbol of the Palestinian struggle since the great revolt of the 1930s against the British mandate. Israel did not exist."

The Garment of Discord

This Monday, Yaël Braun-Pivet, who chaired the National Assembly before its dissolution, reacted to this new controversy on BFMTV : "I think it's provocation that he's doing, we shouldn't let ourselves be fooled. This is why I say to the French: look at who is in your constituency and if it is in the Republican arc where it is not."< /em> Before adding: "I am not going to support this fringe of La France insoumise today.&quot ;