Around 40 far-left MPs in France signed a draft resolution condemning the Israeli "institutional apartheid regime" against the Palestinians, which was condemned by several associations that accused the move of being "anti-Semitic". 

The text accuses the Israeli occupation of establishing a system of "systemic oppression and control by one group."

In their draft resolution, the deputies wrote: “Since its creation in 1948, Israel has pursued a policy aimed at establishing and maintaining a Jewish demographic hegemony and expanding its control over the territory for the benefit of Israeli Jews.”

The draft resolution supports a solution based on "coexistence between two states on the basis of the 1967 borders."

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To help achieve this, the signatories called on the French government to “recognize the State of Palestine,” and demanded that the United Nations impose an arms embargo on the occupation, and “target sanctions” against Israeli officials “most implicated in the crime of apartheid.” They also demanded a boycott of Israeli products.

The text, which was submitted by Communist MP Jean-Paul Lecocq, was signed by about 20 deputies from his parliamentary bloc, including former presidential candidate Fabien Roussel, and deputies from the "France Proud" (radical left) party, such as Adrien Katniss, socialist Christine Pierce-Bonn, and both Aurelian Tashi and Sabrina Sabaihi of the Green Party.

The communist bloc must put the draft resolution on the agenda, to be discussed in the National Assembly.