Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the figurehead of France’s largest leftist coalition, has voiced support for “the Lebanese resistance” amidst deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon. On 23 September, Lebanon’s deadliest day in two decades, the Morocco-born politician condemned the massacre committed by “the occupation army of Netanyahu,” which resulted in 492 deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee for safety. The Israeli military said it struck 1,600 Hezbollah targets in an operation aimed at dismantling infrastructure built up since the 2006 war. Lebanon’s health ministry reported that among the dead were…