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Mélenchon: Supporting Palestine requires no expectation of reward
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the French party France Unbowed, said supporting the Palestinian cause requires no reward because people are social beings who care about the suffering of others.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing party France Unbowed, said there was no need to wait for any reward to support the Palestinian cause. “We are social animals; we spontaneously empathize with the suffering of others,” he said.
He made the remarks in an interview for TF1 Info’s “Why president?” series, which the channel is filming with politicians ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
“The highest form of altruism”
Mélenchon called the willingness to act without expecting a reward “the highest form of altruism.” “Why do events on the other side of the world concern me? I expect no reward from it,” the politician said.
He said thousands of people risk their safety to defend other peoples: They take part in actions that security forces do not approve of, endure the disapproval of those around them or donate money without expecting anything in return.
A turning point: 2009
Asked why the Palestinian issue became so important to him only later in life, Mélenchon said the turning point was Israel’s “Cast Lead” operation in Gaza in 2009. He then realized that Palestinians were trapped in an enclave described as an “open-air prison.”
The politician explained that such engagement stems from indignation, and indignation from a “sense of human similarity,” citing Aristotle’s idea that humans are political animals because they are social animals.
He made the statement a day after mass protests in France, which Mélenchon also attended. Palestinian flags were visible at demonstrations in Paris and other cities.
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