Johan Frederik Hel Guedj

Auteur (Grasset, Calmann-Lévy) - L'Echo, premier quotidien économique de Belgique Group #mediafin, Collect #artmagazinecollect

[Johan Frederik Hel Guedj @JohanFHG]

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[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Why did you give Netanyahu a pass on what pretty much every expert now says is a genocide in Gaza?"

From my exclusive interview with ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who asked for arrest warrants for Netanyahu for war crimes & crime against humanity.

https://t.co/LCNrnaw2wS

[Jean Quatremer @quatremer]

Pour le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale, Karim Khan, il n'y a, jusqu'à ce jour, aucune preuve d'un génocide à Gaza. Et la clameur publique n'est pas une preuve. Encore un "complice des génocidaires"?

[Jean Quatremer @quatremer]

Le génocide se poursuit implacablement

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

When this sculpture was unveiled in 1753, people refused to believe it was made of marble.

They were convinced the artist had used alchemy...

The veil draped over the body of Christ was rendered with such impossible precision that the only explanation was that some chemical process had been used to turn a real cloth into stone.

The sculptor was a 33-year-old Neapolitan named Giuseppe Sanmartino. He had carved the entire figure, including the veil, from a single block of white marble.

We know this because the original commission documents survive, preserved in the Historical Archive of the Bank of Naples. A receipt signed by the patron, Prince Raimondo di Sangro, dated 16 December 1752, refers to "the statue of Our Lord in death covered by a veil also of marble."

The patron himself only deepened the mystery: Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero, was a Grand Master of the Neapolitan Masonic Lodge and a practicing alchemist...

He had commissioned the sculpture for the Cappella Sansevero, his family chapel in the heart of Naples, a space he had spent his life transforming into one of the strangest interiors in Europe, filled with allegorical statues and symbols of esoteric knowledge.

The legend that he had laid a real cloth over the figure and "marbleized" it through a secret chemical process took root almost immediately. And it has never fully died.

But the truth is stranger than the legend. Sanmartino did this with a hammer and a chisel...

Antonio Canova himself tried to buy the sculpture. According to tradition, when he was unable to, he said he would gladly have given ten years of his life to have produced something of similar perfection.

The Marquis de Sade, passing through Naples, paused to praise "the folds, the finesse of the veil… the beauty, and the regularity of the overall proportions."

The Veiled Christ has not left the city in over 270 years. To see it, you have to go there. I have, and I can tell you that no photograph prepares you for the moment you stand in front of it.

Sculpture, at its highest, really is a kind of alchemy. The transformation of cold stone into real flesh. As Alexander Pope wrote: "Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm."

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Douglas Murray obliterates the lie.

Gaza isn’t “occupied” or “sealed.” It has two borders: Israel and Egypt.

If you point to one and ignore the other, you’re not misinformed, you’re spreading propaganda.

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@HeidiBachram If it looks like an useful idiot, talks like an useful idiot, gestures like an useful idiot, it’s an…

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@BoudryPieter And a political personnel (elected officials) useless and plethoric, hosts of ministers (9 for health), and as many MP’s as France, for a population which is only a fifth, digging an absurd and huge hole in public finances.

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𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐀 “𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓”

Phillips, columnist for the 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 of London and one of the sharpest voices in the fight against post-October 7th anti-Semitism, previewing her new book 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦: 𝘈 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦.

Her advice when someone calls you a racist Zionist? Don’t get defensive. 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭.

“𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥: 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭”.

Then she loaded the rhetorical ammunition: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴”.

The question that ends the exchange: “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?”

This is what’s been missing from the Jewish response to the tidal wave of campus harassment, workplace hostility, and social media mob attacks since October 7th. Not more defensiveness. Not more “let me explain the nuance” hand-wringing. 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. Make 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 answer for the ideology they’re defending. Force 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 to explain why they’re allied with a movement whose founding charter calls for the genocide of Jews.

Phillips wrote this book after visiting Jewish communities in Britain, America, and Australia that were “struggling to cope with the relentless onslaught of lies, defamation and attacks” since October 7th (𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦). The book covers how to handle verbal ambushes, psychological isolation, and what she calls the paralyzing “red mist” of anger that prevents effective response.

Her closing line: “𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵”.

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[Johan Frederik Hel Guedj @JohanFHG]

@historyrock_ So dumb and boring. Brainwashed

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@realMaalouf

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@AmichaiChikli @UAntwerpen @ugent Welcome to Belgianisthan

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@ducarmedenis Rima Hamas finira aux poubelles de l’histoire

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Orson Welles shares an interesting story about Winston Churchill in this classic 1970 interview with Dick Cavett

[Eric Anceau @Eric_Anceau]

C’était Pompidou !

[Simao.rda 🦅🦁 @Simao_rda]

C’est ainsi qu’une antisémite comme Francesca Albanese est accueillie en Belgique, avec des applaudissements ! 🤯

Sur scène ? Petra De Sutter, une femme trans qui applaudit quelqu’un qui soutient le Hamas.
Temps de vie de Petra à Gaza ? 5 minutes.

J’espère que la VUB sera sanctionnée, les antisémites ont les combats et ne leur donne pas de doctorats. Via :@marcelsel

[Kosher @koshercockney]

This. Wow.

At the 1978 Oscars, Vanessa Redgrave used her acceptance speech to attack Jews using the term "Zionist hoodlums”.

Just after, Paddy Chayefsky, WWII veteran, takes the stage after winning an Oscar for “Network”

Listen to what he has to say..