Former editor of Politis and Middle East specialist, Denis Sieffert offers a critique of the disinformation at work in the French media, between mendacious narratives and the relaying of Israeli propaganda, in the wake of the shockwave of the October 7, 2023 attack. He dissects the various strategies deployed: the inverted representation of the dangers, according to which it is Israel's existence that is threatened; selective compassion; the "right of Israel to defend itself," which has allowed the inference that October 7 was the beginning and obscured the colonization; the injunction to recognize the terrorist nature of the operation, without conceding the slightest resistance; the "formidable trap" of the November 12, 2023 demonstration against antisemitism, instrumentalized in defense of Israeli policy; the The criminalization of anti-Zionism, equated with anti-Semitism, etc.
He then analyzes the discourse of a number of French intellectuals (notably the political scientist Gilles Kepel, the sociologist Eva Illouz, the rabbi Delphine Horvilleur, and the journalist Caroline Fourest) and compares it to reality.
His argument is constantly punctuated by numerous clarifications, to preempt any reductive accusations and prevent the manipulation of his remarks, regardless of its source. One might only be surprised that he considers La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) to be "radical left."
In conclusion-concise and illustrating this constant vigilance toward nuance-he states that: "Anti-Semitism is neither imaginary nor residual, and Hamas terrorism is indeed an abomination. But neither anti-Semitism nor Hamas violence is the primary cause of the conflict." To claim otherwise is to participate in the Zionist manipulation machine. Essential reading!
Ernest London (UCL Le Puy-en-Velay)
Denis Sieffert, *The Wrong Cause: Intellectuals and Israeli Propaganda in France*, Lux, 2026, 184 pages, EUR17.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Sieffert-La-Mauvaise-cause-Les-intellectuels-et-la-propagande-israelienne
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