At Yom HaShoah / Holocaust Day, so many people, in Israel and elsewhere, still share the nazi propaganda pictures to speak about Jewish suffering. The boy from the Warsaw Ghetto with the hands up, it's a nazi desire to show that Jews were weak. Yet they weren't, not more than anyone else.

Aziz Abu Sarah 🇵🇸 & Maoz Inon 🇮🇱, with their new book "The Future is Peace", at the @thedailyshow.com. Meeting the Pope is nice, but Jon Stewart?! Very happy to see this encounter. @azizabusarah.bsky.social @maozinon.bsky.social

I am now reading Polish weekly published after the 2WW by the Jewish union Hashomer Hatzair (השומר הצעיר). The "problem of [mandatory] Palestine" was presented as urgent because of thousands of survivors, "homeless Jews" in the US-zones around Europe, in various refugee camps 💔.

Left Renewal group is inviting us this Sunday, 12 April 2026 at. 15:00 UTC "Antisemitism, Racism and Empire" With Tereza Hendl, Yudit Namer and Anna C. Zielinska Join us, but maybe read this before if you can ! leftrenewal.org/articles-en/... @terezahendl.bsky.social leftrenewal.org/wi/

I just learnt that Allan S. Janik, a wonderful historian of ideas and of philosophy, author of "Wittgenstein’s Vienna", passed away on March 21, 2026. He gave us his Mittleeuropean Wittgenstein, the one that we got addicted to. (I don't know whether it is the "real" one, as the notion is tricky)

Donnie Darko 2026. "Why are you wearing that stupid man-suit?"

The Swiss national radio station wanted to know more about the Israeli death penalty law. So here, if you are ready for 8 minutes of sadness (in French). Starting at 7:30. Merci Coraline Pauchard (et Miruna Coca-Cozma) pour votre confiance. www.rts.ch/audio-podcas... @rts.ch

Cette loi largement décriée marque un recul inquiétant d’un Etat de droit « en faillite », insiste Anna Zielinska. Reste qu’un processus démocratique est toujours en place. Des élections législatives sont prévues. L’occasion de voir si « le discours fasciste a été accepté dans l’opinion publique ».

Had Gadya by Chava Alberstein, each Pessah it becomes more powerful: "What has changed for you? I myself changed this year. And on all the nights, I have asked only four questions. And tonight I have one more question: how long will the cycle of horror last."

Far right in France smears Sophie Djigo, a wonderful philosopher teaching in Calais whose pedagogical activities included meetings with people working with migrants. Accusations provoked a wave of hate messages & death threats. Sophie now sues political leaders who launched the hate campaign 🤍.

Reading this now ancient (2025) paper by Becca Lewis on early warnings against #technofascism, showing how the Silicon Valley was always virilist, and in rage against the “PC police”. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Nightmare for #LGBT+ folks in #Senegal “It’s no longer possible to live here”: the persecution of homosexuals intensifies. Since the law of March 11th doubling the penalties for homosexuality, Senegal has experienced a surge in violence. Hunts, attacks, denunciations: victims speak out.

#LondonInitiative The settler violence in West Bank against Palestinians – almost a policy for the current Israeli gvmnt – "is not only morally shameful but a strategic threat to the future of Israel". "It damages world Jewry and the relationship of future generations with Israel."

In the West Bank, actions against Palestinians are increasing without restraint. There is close to none law enforcement by Israeli authorities. The lines between the settlers and the military have become blurred & the police & Shin Bet are ineffective. Amos Harel & Yaniv Kubovich in Haaretz

Statement of the Senate of Tel Aviv University, issued on 22 March 2026, on Jewish terrorism in the West Bank. Interesting factual statement. "The State of Israel, as the authority responsible for the territories, bears a clear obligation [...] to ensure the safety and well being of all residents".

I am happy for two electoral results last night in France : Emmanuel Grégoire in Paris and Mathieu Klein in Nancy. They both believe that the only acceptable line for the Middle East is peace, as embodied by, among others, @standing-together.bsky.social

A beautiful Easter letter of the Polish senior clergy on "Christ's refusal of death and call for loving one's neighbour". "Among fatal deficits of love was (and unfortunately still is) anti-Semitism. But the Lord has led us (and continues to lead us) out of this "death" as well"

Come to Nancy 😍 "Fans of art nouveau have been on to Nancy’s secret for years. Swirling stone façades, slate grey witch’s hat-style turrets and florid stained glass grace every other corner in the city’s new town..."

Replay et la retranscription du webinaire que j'ai eu le plaisir d'animer récemment, merci #ShalomSalamJaffa & Michel Taubmann ! shalomsalamjaffa.substack.com/p/replayface...

Why noone in the US is brave enough to leak this kind of documents to the press BEFORE the events (before the war)? The servility of Trump's administration (the country of civil disobedience!) is mindblowing. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Psychologie politique : entre philosophie & passions 9 mars 2026, 18h30, en ligne Sarah Troubé De la post-vérité à la post-réalité : peut-on penser une psychologie du monde commun ? ✍️ forms.gle/zstkjUvKH8D5... #SeminaireP4 #ArchivesPoincaré #politicalpsychology #sfpj @afr-psypol.bsky.social

The Human Rights League @ldh.fr joins a series of condamnations of Jean-Luc Mélénchon for his recent antisemitic take (a stance on J. Epstein filled with allusions playing with antisemitic tropes).

Baptiste Scancar & David Causeur: 250,000 bogus scientific articles were published in 1999-2024 in cancer research – 10% of the total output, even before the AI. Cancer research is in danger. The research on AI itself is certainly worse. in @france.theconversation.com

Venez nous écouter en ligne ! Sur le terrain, des juives et des palestiniennes, chrétiennes ou musulmanes, oeuvrent depuis des décennies pour la paix. L'ESPOIR AU FÉMININ Webinaire de #ShalomSalam Dimanche 8 mars 2026 20h (Paris)| 21h (Jérusalem) Inscription : www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-is...

"Leila Shahid est morte de chagrin. De chagrin, de colère et d’impuissance. Dans un de ses derniers messages vocaux, elle me disait : « Vincent mon chéri, tu n’imagines pas dans quel état je suis. Je suis détruite, vidée, dévastée, et je pleure à chaque émotion »." Par @vincent-lemire.bsky.social

Social medias of major Israeli football clubs include Ramadan Kareem wishes. I thought I would share this since it's just a sheer goodness and hope for a dialogue. And of course: Ramadan Kareem if you celebrate! Below: Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi TA, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Beer Sheva [🔴] & Hapoel JLM.

On stage with some wonderful people from Standing Together, with Hanna Assouline and Vincent Lemire, but I guess it's with Ofer Bronchtein (sitting next to me on the picture) that I will spend a lot of time in months to come. Looking forward. fost-france-europe.fr/standing-tog...

Enregistrez vous pour suivre ces webinaires formidables organisés par LEFT RENEWAL – Alex Guschanski, Ben Gidley, Charlotte Rubin, Daniel Mang, Lumi C, Mahir Geçikligün, Natalie Högström. L'archive des enregistrements est également très précieux.

Pure evil. "Cabinet approves far-reaching moves to deepen West Bank control, reshaping land and authority. The cabinet approved decisions pushed by Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich expand settlement authority and allow enforcement actions even in Area A." www.ynetnews.com/article/sjqp...

So I finally looked at these Epstein files (I am weak). He was reading Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus. Mark Tramo, what is even going in these conversations over the years. Did you really want to settle the Wittgenstein versus Chomsky tension with Jeffrey Epstein?

I don't want to care about Epstein files. I don't want to get excited in front of the collapse of trust in Western politicians, as this is exactly what Kremlin wants. Let Americans deal with yet another drama, they have means to do it. Let's try to make the world better where we can.

A Zionist rabbi, Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), wrote this, and yet it proved to be useless: "A person’s ethical responsibility grows in accordance with his awareness of the interconnected nature of such a universe. And that too adds energy to his spirit in his quest to make himself whole."

On this Holocaust Memorial Day, I’m re-sharing our text that received a lot of silence in Germany as it is told from inconvenient perspectives. Yet, like the Jewish intellectuals we quote, we too believe there needs to be a different debate than that which flatters - or centres - German feelings

Le 11 février 2026 à 19h venez rencontrer Amal Ghawi & Itamar Avneri du leadership du mouvement Standing Together, avec la participation d’ Hanna Assouline, de l'historien Vincent Lemire et de musiciens ! Blog: fost-france-europe.fr/2026/01/22/s... Inscription: ✍🏼 www.imarabe.org/fr/agenda/ev...

The heads of the Arab parties Ra'am, Hadash, Ta'al and Balad signed an agreement today to establish the Joint List. It is signed by Ahmad Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Sami Abu Shehadeh, and Mansour Abbas, on the day of the biggest demonstration of the Arab sector in Israel. www.mako.co.il/news-politic...

CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. Bierce A. (1911). The devil's dictionary. In The collected works of Ambrose Bierce (Vol. 7). New York: Neale.

David Bobée du Théâtre du Nord de Lille a mobilisé 63 structures culturelles pour commencer une collaboration réunissant des artistes gazaouis sur les scènes française. Les difficultés administratives bloquent cette initiative.

בושה Israel is preventing a French researcher who studies the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from entering its territory @vincent-lemire.bsky.social Israel has refused the entry of social activists, but there are no known other cases in which it has refused to approve the entry of researchers.

On commence la 7e saison! Frédéric Fruteau de Laclos Séminaire de #psychologiepolitique 12 janv 2026 "Faire de la psychologie quand on est sociologue. Un programme politique" ✍️ forms.gle/zstkjUvKH8D5... #SeminaireP4 #ArchivesPoincaré #politicalpsychology #sfpj @afr-psypol.bsky.social

What a nice sheet of #stats about #vaccines! Saloni Dattani in @worksinprogress.bsky.social brings some sheer beauty with these lines. worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...

Bono from U2 joins our #FreeMarwanBarghouti crowd: "Like Mandela, Barghouti is not a man of nonviolence, but he is a man who has recognized the legitimate existence of the Other. Marwan Barghouti is certainly not Hamas—it’s difficult to imagine that Israel could compromise with such a group".

"Rights" are these insightful entities aiming at protecting the vulnerable whose vital interests or needs are threatened. So of course it was urgent to recognize the rights of the bees 🐝 ! The constitutional law in Peru (Provincia de Satipo) is incredibly inventive. #rightsofnature #animalrights

Perles un peu surprenantes. Gerhard Scholem à Hannah Arendt: "Arthur Koestler a raconté que [Walter] Benjamin lui avait cédé la moitié de sa morphine, dommage qu’il ne se soit pas montré plus généreux, car l’ami Koestler a ingurgité le tout à Lisbonne pour le vomir ensuite, un jeune homme sain !"

Itamar Ben Gvir applies his fascist agenda very selectively. And now he holds the record of the biggest number of deaths in Arab society in Israel (left without proper police services, access to justice and constantly harassed by settlers or extremists). www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/202...

I am still fascinated by the history of the emancipation of the Jewish people that gave birth to Eretz Israel. Not a linear & saint history, but a human one and filled with hope. The same hope that should feel the reality of the Palestinian State, with Marwan Barghouti out of prison. Pic: Ramallah

Rereading Sharon Rotbard, "White City, Black City" (2015): "Eastern European elements in Tel Aviv’s architecture of the 1920s were introduced in a similar way to Oriental influences: as something of a parody... ‘a mixture between Berdichev and Baghdad’".

You know that these are the most efficient people today, in Israel/Palestine, who can do something and are already doing something big time? my.israelgives.org/en/fundme/no...

Joann Sfar (www.instagram.com/p/DSZdxN1CMx...): Les mots de Alon Lee-Green cette semaine dans Haaretz. Le travail de Standing Together est courageux et montre l'avenir. Il ne tient qu'à nous que ces voix soient moins minoritaires. L'article sur Haaretz: archive.ph/7KTiu

And this response by @terezahendl.bsky.social , Yudit Namer, and @annaziel.bsky.social is also very good rat-fuer-migration.de/2025/01/16/a...

"When a 21-year-old college dropout suspended for cheating lectures us about technological inevitability, the response shouldn’t be moral panic but moral clarity—about whose interests are being served"