Ayman Odeh on Yitzhak Rabin's death 🕯️: "The Kahanist right [...] didn't just assassinate Rabin, they also succeeded in taking away from us the idea that it is possible to end the occupation, and the possibility of establishing a just peace here, an Israeli-Palestinian peace."

Nir Eisikovits: Barghouti is no Mandela – at least not yet. But letting him go might just set in train a comparable historic shift. By releasing him, the Israelis will signal that they would like to find a more peaceful way to coexist, while also setting up a negotiating partner for themselves.

Eva Illouz has once again been cancelled, at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Because she taught at #HUJI. Or because she is Israeli? Earlier this year, she denied the Israel Prize because the Israeli Edu Minister thought she was too critical. All support to Eva 💙 www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

An important mission for academia right now. "Toxic online communities like the one I fell into are prevalent because there’s a vacuum to be filled: a vacuum of physical spaces for boys to connect and reflect."

🏳️‍⚧️ phobia bores them finally. "Earle-Sears, a Rep., poured millions $$ into this ominous advertising blitz attacking her Democratic opponent for governor, Abigail Spanberger, as a radical on transgender issues." "the line of attack does not appear to be working as well for her as it did for Trump"

Meet Standing Together in Paris! Rencontrez Standing Together à Paris ! Mandatory registration / inscription obligatoire ✍🏼 forms.gle/VAX3MZTQzqmz... @standing-together.bsky.social @fostfranceeurope.bsky.social

#PCPSR poll If they don't #FreeMarwanBarghouti, Hamas will use the existing despair to destroy Palestinians and the Middle East in general. Barghouti's charisma makes him win the presidential elections (8+10) despite a large popularity of Hamas as such (12). @vincent-lemire.bsky.social

Not great news for Netanyahu. Maybe some good news for the rule of law, who knows. Likud 25 seats (down), Bennett 21, the Democrats a bit up at 12 seats. Smotrich, Blue White and some others don't pass the threshold. #israelielectoralpoll www.maariv.co.il/news/politic...

The poll of the day in France — National Rally (Rassemblement national, former Front National) is becoming really mainstream. Published by @liberation.fr this morning.

⚠️ Avec @annaziel.bsky.social nous avons voulu vous présenter Marwan Barghouti, le Mandela palestinien, emprisonné depuis 23 ans. Son passé, son présent… et son futur. À lire et à faire lire #FreeBarghouti 🇵🇸🇮🇱

With Vincent Lemire, we're revisiting some elements of the pasts – and of the future of Marwan Barghouti. #freeMarwanBarghouti @vincent-lemire.bsky.social

"In my Gaza there are hundreds of local leaders who are waiting for a chance to work with our new international partners. From imams and teachers to community organizers and future political leaders, we may need help from the outside, but we can do a lot of the groundwork in remaking Gazan society"

My passion for #PCPST polls is the reason of my insomnias. Here, "Armed Attacks, PNA Performance, The Palestinian Legislative Council, Corruption" December 1996: Palestinians do not like armed attacks, trust the government, and hope that corruption will decrease. pcpsr.org/en/node/548

#NoKings protests all over the US now. I would really prefer that the American democracy survives.

Au Moyen-Orient, la paix maintenant ? par Élisabeth Quin –  Une discussion sur Marwan Barghouti, avec des archives #FreeMarwanBarghouti @28minutes-arte.bsky.social @artefr.bsky.social

The fact that Smotrich is up again in the polls kills me. He was under the threshold for a while, now he is at the very bottom, but he is in. #israelielectoralpoll www.maariv.co.il/news/politic...

Vincent Lemire in @lemonde.fr on #MarwanBarghouti In 2002, he reiterated his "strong condemnation of any attack on civilians inside Israel, our future neighbor." In 2016, he wrote: "We cannot separate the liberation of the land from the liberation of the people" @vincent-lemire.bsky.social

Marwan Barghouti suffered four broken ribs after being beaten by Israeli prison guards last month, following the visit by Itamar Ben Gvir. At the same time, Ben Gvir said that he was “proud that Barghouti’s conditions have changed drastically” during his tenure. #FreeMarwanBarghouti בושה

💛 Freedom of the hostages is the first step to get out of intellectual, political and emotional captivities we are all in. (Thinking about the title by Czeslaw Milosz, "The Captive Mind", "Zniewolony umysl").

Hope (for saved hostages) and despair (for the destroyed Gaza). This morning, between Palestine and Israel.

There was a memorial space for the children of Gaza located on Yefet Street across from Hajj Kahil, in Tel Aviv. The Municipality decided to take it down, while 80% of the Arab families in Jaffa have family in Gaza. @standing-together.bsky.social is planning to reconstruct this space tomorrow.

I didn't expect this kind of support 🕊️ "US Jewish community leader lobbied for Marwan Barghouti’s release. Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu’s office". www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...

« The unchained workers of decay were waiting in a dormant state for the necessary conditions to be established, when they might recommence their interrupted struggle. » László Krasznahorkai, The Melancholy of Resistance

I was busy with careful joy because of the promise of the hostages release and the end of war, but apparently there are bad news too. According to Netanyahu's Office, Marwan Barghouti will not be released in the deal. And yet, more than ever, #FreeMarwanBarghouti

Insomnia. Then, it was in Tel Aviv in January 2024. The soil, sometimes, was trembling. 🟣

"Now, the #PTSD is routinely featured on morning news shows and in mainstream cultural events. “There is no household in Israel without this thing … this thing that grows in darkness, in shame, in silence,” said Udi Kagan, (אודי כגן) in a stand-up monologue." (www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVq...)

The split between the US diaspora and Israel seems to be widening (it's close to obvious, but still, interesting numbers from Washington Post). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

(Poll after the Trump/Netanyahu press conference). Netanyahu has stated his support for President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. What is your position? 65% – Support Netanyahu's statement 11% – Oppose Netanyahu's statement 23% – Don't know www.maariv.co.il/news/politic...

« emigre European scholars in the 1930s gave social psychology in the United States a strong German accent » (Rogers, Everett M, A history of communication study : a biographical approach, New York, The Free Press, MacMillan International, 1994, p. 316)

Anna C. Zielinska par Aurélie Filippetti : la poésie contre le ressentiment La directrice des affaires culturelles de la ville de Paris salue la passion poétique et politique de sa camarade maîtresse de conférences en philosophie

Nice work on the questions by the Alliance for Middle East Peace, even if the sample is too small (less than 500 people). legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2... @grandcontinent.bsky.social @johnlyndon.bsky.social #AllMEP

Latest election poll in Israel: The opposition bloc is strengthening this week – a majority of 62 seats ; 48 seats for Netanyahu's coalition. The Arab parties = 10 seats (Maariv/Lazar Research) www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/...

Libé souffre un peu à devoir reconnaitre qu'Emmanuel Macron a eu raison. Nous sommes toutes et tous là, chère Alexandra Schwartzbrod! :) @liberation.fr

Joann Sfar on @standing-together.bsky.social, Breaking the Silence and others 💜

In several cities in Poland, the reading of the names of Palestinian children murdered in Gaza continued throughout Sunday. From 6 a.m. and until the last name of nearly 20,000 children is read. Places: Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice, Toruń, and Olsztyn.

I was looking for some theoretical / philosophical materials on Selichot סליחות, pre-Kippur prayers for forgiveness. And I found this in Yeshayahu Leibowitz. The coexistence of deep wisdom about human condition and superficial cruelty about earthly matters in some of the best minds (rav Kook, e.g).

Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

Jean-Pierre Filiu: Hamas's Overwhelming Responsibility for the Palestinian Catastrophe "When Israeli troops besieged the PLO in Beirut in 1982, Arafat agreed to be evacuated to end the suffering of civilians. Today, Hamas continues to put its party interests ahead of those of the population."

Uri Misgav There's no need to bomb Tel Aviv like you did in Serbia. An embargo on offensive weapons and a threat of cutting off relations will suffice. Just bring Netanyahu and his despicable acolytes to their knees and help us boot him to the dustbin of history. Now. We can't take it anymore.

My obsessions are very predictable but apparently funny enough to be described. Allen Ginsberg would be amused. Aurelie Filippetti knows me better than anyone, and then the photographer Christophe Maout seems to have a similar sense of humour as I do. Thanks for this @liberation.fr 😘

Based on our conversations, a simple fact emerged: Anyone who claims that the images of starvation in the Gaza Strip are a result of acute genetic or other diseases, and not due to a grave shortage of food, are lying to themselves. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Libération: "La scène se déroule quelques heures plus tôt, sur la célèbre place Habima [...]. Des militants du mouvement arabo-juif Standing Together distribuent aux participants des pancartes violettes sur lesquelles les slogans sont inscrits en arabe et en hébreu." 🟣 @standing-together.bsky.social

In the 1980, "the official left parties in India had bitterly criticised the movement in Poland as a CIA funded conspiracy, whereas India’s small independent left circles tried to give a small voice to Polish workers struggles". 🇵🇱💜🇮🇳 Thanks Harsh Kapoor for this reminder! #solidarnosc #solidarity

Guerre à Gaza: entre Israéliens, nous ne parlons plus la même langue, par Etgar Keret dans Libération "Lorsque nous cessons de regarder les murs de la tour et que nous nous regardons dans les yeux, nous voyons quelque chose de complètement étranger"

Just opened Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and what do I find. We're all there, Eve, we're all there.

I miss times when I could dismiss Gideon Levy as too radical. "Ben-Gvir wants to destroy the Arabs or, at the very least, expel them from their land. The Barghouti I knew wanted with all his heart for Israelis and Palestinians to live together, in equitable and just conditions, of course"

I now understand why Prof Daniel Haimovitz from my (former) Ben Gurion University #BGU didn't sign the letter by most of the univ. presidents in Israel. Because he was busy expelling his own protesting students. Following a demand of a phony NGO. Whom are these people afraid of? בושה

Gwenaelle Lenoir dans @mediapart.fr "En Israël, l’opposition est inaudible au Parlement et impuissante dans la rue" ... Radiographie d’une opposition en déshérence stratégique. @standing-together.bsky.social @frstandingtogether.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Eva Illouz: Friends of Israel must not avert their eyes from the nature of the government in Jerusalem, its misbegotten priorities, its incompetence and its no longer justifiable Gaza war. But we must also remember that Israel's internal extremism is fueled by the external antisemitism from abroad.