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Mélenchon: Supporting Palestine requires no expectation of reward
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) in France, said people should expect nothing in return for supporting the Palestinian cause. Mélenchon stressed that people are social beings who instinctively care about the suffering of others.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France's left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI), appeared as a guest on TF1 Info's "Pourquoi Président(e)?" (Why President?) program, which features politicians ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Sharing an excerpt from the interview on his X account, Mélenchon said, "We do not need to expect any reward to support the Palestinian cause. We are social animals; we instinctively care about the suffering of others."
"The highest form of self-sacrifice"
Mélenchon said doing good without expecting anything in return was "the highest form of self-sacrifice," adding, "Why do I care about events taking place on the other side of the world? I expect no reward from this."
Mélenchon said thousands of people defend peoples in other countries by taking part in demonstrations that law enforcement authorities have not authorized, risking backlash from those around them or making donations, without expecting anything in return.
A turning point: the 2009 Gaza offensive
Responding to a question about why he has paid more attention to the Palestinian issue in recent years, Mélenchon said the turning point was Israel's 2009 "Cast Lead" operation. He said he realized at the time that Palestinians were under siege and that Gaza was described as an "open-air prison."
Mélenchon said acting without expecting anything in return stems from anger, while anger stems from "a sense of people's similarity to one another." He recalled Aristotle's description of humans as "political animals because they are social animals."
The remarks came after an October 24 march in Paris, which Mélenchon also attended and where Palestinian flags were prominent. The LFI leader has long strongly criticized Israel over the war in Gaza.
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