Why was a university conference devoted to Palestine canceled at the College de France? This question was raised following the decision taken by the board of the institution to reprogram the event entitled “Palestine and Europe: the burden of past and contemporary dynamics”, which will be held on November 13 and 14, co-organized by historian Henry Laurens and the Center for Research and Arab Political Studies in Paris (Carep Paris).
The motivation that led to this radical decision – had not occurred since the Second Empire, when Ernest Renan’s policies were implemented “suspended until further notice” by Emperor Napoleon III, February 26, 1862 – challenges in order. According to Thomas Römer, administrator of the Collège de France, this has progressed well “in reaction to the controversy surrounding the outfit” from the event.
There “controversy” starting with an article from Pointpublished on November 7. Under the title “High-risk pro-Palestinian conference”, the media formulated a hypothesis “two days with a pro-Hamas bias”. List of speakers “Do not let(ant) there is no room for doubt”, “This conference will be pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist and decolonial”weekly results. The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (Licra), when asked, instead saw it as a case in point“entryism pure and simple”.
“Anti-Zionist Exhibition”
Soon after publication, the article was posted on X by Licra, which made the announcement “to enter” Minister of Higher Education and Research, because a “anti-Zionist conference” and a “misdirection” from the Collège de France. On November 8, at Europe 1, the league’s vice president, lawyer Galina Elbaz, described the speakers as from “very sulfurous personalities who have all taken positions that lead to an apology for terrorism”. A “anti-Zionist exhibition” where will it be found “Hamas defender, BDS activist (Boycott Divestment Sanctions)Al-Jazeera editorial »Licra emphasized.
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