Omer Bartov and the limits of historical comparison

For historian Omer Bartov, the memory of the Shoah has overshadowed the Nakba and contributes to the continuation of the Palestinian catastrophe: in his latest...

By Eva Illouz

Eva Illouz: “If Zionism is hijacked by an authoritarian and anti-democratic political project, what will be left of it?”

Accused by the Israeli Minister of Education Yoav Kisch of “anti-Israeli ideology”, sociologist Eva Illouz has seen her nomination for the Israel Prize contested. She...

By Eva Illouz

Of Campus Protests and Virtuous Antisemitism

On what cultural soil is the radical condemnation of Israel based? Eva Illouz applies the principle of deconstruction of representations so beloved of part of...

By Eva Illouz

Eva Illouz : How the Left Became a Politics of Hatred Against Jews

The famous philosopher Judith Butler, invited by a collective of decolonial and anti-Zionist associations, declared - once again - during a round table in Pantin...

By Eva Illouz

Israel Is Facing Existential Threats From Inside and Out. There’s One Solution

Israel faces an existential threat on multiple fronts. Externally, the country's militarily challenging enemies are piling up. But we cannot overlook what threatens Israel from...

By Eva Illouz

Genocide in Gaza? Eva Illouz replies to Didier Fassin

Is Israel committing a "genocide" in Gaza? This is what Didier Fassin suggests in an article recently published on the French AOC magazine website. Bruno...

By Eva Illouz