Palestine : « C'est la liberté d'expression qu'on veut censurer »

The world has been navigating troubled waters for 200 days. More than six months since the massacres perpetrated by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in Israel, 1,100 dead, and still 130 hostages in Gaza. More than six months of massacres by the Israeli army in Gaza, more than 34,000 dead and tens of thousands wounded, orphaned, and missing. These massacres deny our shared humanity. No one can justify them. In these troubled waters, a mixture of feelings coexist, uneasy: fear, rage, and sometimes hatred, indignation, and anger. Some essentialize Jews, fueling an unacceptable antisemitism. Others essentialize Palestinians or Muslims as supporters of Hamas, and cast a permanent suspicion on them as soon as they express solidarity with Palestine. Demonstrations have been banned. Activists, researchers, students, and union members have been sanctioned, questioned, and censored. Some are being tried or summoned for "glorifying terrorism." But they are neither terrorists nor apologists for crimes. They are defending political opinions. These opinions may not be popular. Does that justify silencing their freedom of expression? If they are targeted today, could we not all be targeted tomorrow? Mediapart's special program with: Véronique Bontemps, anthropologist and research fellow at the CNRS; Rima Hassan, candidate for La France Insoumise in the European elections; Céline Verzeletti, Confederal Secretary of the CGT; Tayeb Khouira, spokesperson for the Sud Aérien union; Olivier Besancenot, activist with the New Anticapitalist Party and former presidential candidate; Cyrielle Chatelain, President of the Green Party group in the National Assembly; Vanessa Codaccioni, Professor of Political Science at Paris 8 University; Carine Fouteau, President and Director of Publication of Mediapart. Mediapart has only one source of funding: subscription revenue. No billionaire shareholders, no advertising, no state subsidies, no money from Google, Amazon, Facebook… ➡️ To help us enrich our video production, support us by subscribing from €1 (https://abo.mediapart.fr/abonnement/d.... ➡️ If you are already a subscriber or would like to support us in another way, you can make a donation (https://donorbox.org/mediapart?defaul...) ➡️ Sign up for our newsletters! https://mdpt.fr/newsletters-mediapart