Rima Hassan is a French Palestinian jurist and member of the European Parliament for La France Insoumise.
The recent highly publicized arrest of France Insoumise lawmaker Rima Hassan was the latest step in a campaign to vilify her. She spoke to Jacobin about the criminalization of Palestine solidarity.
A member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan was detained by Israel in June after she joined the aid flotilla to Gaza. She told Jacobin about her experience — and why another aid mission is setting off this Sunday.
This morning, Israeli authorities captured the aid boat Madleen, halting its mission to Gaza. Just hours before it was intercepted we spoke to Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament who was aboard the vessel.
Ahead of June’s European elections, the French left is divided over Gaza. Rima Hassan, a Franco-Palestinian jurist and activist standing for France Insoumise, tells Jacobin why it's shameful for left-wingers to fail to defend Palestinians' rights.