Grégory Lafitte

Co-Founder & Director of Forum for Cultural Diplomacy, Associate Professor #Logic #Literature #Philosophy #JewishCulture

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

Antisemitism is not only hatred of Jews.

It is a civilizational illness: a poison that ultimately corrodes the societies that tolerate it.

What if civilizations do not only clash—but commit suicide?

My new essay: “The Suicide of Civilizations.”

https://t.co/GSX5QPFLrz

[Leon Saltiel @LeonSaltiel]

Today we mark the 75th anniversary of the UN Refugee convention. Prominent Jewish individuals were key in contributing, such as celebrated author and jurist Albert Cohen who was pivotal in creating a travel document for refugees, resembling that of a national passport. @Refugees

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

Must read interview with my friend, the indefatigable @kinsellawarren, on how coordinated anti-Israel propaganda campaign blindsided the West after Oct. 7. His book 'The Hidden Hand', is an absolute MUST READ!

https://t.co/bCKPD8OAm8

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

“That year, Libya became Judenrein marking the end of a Jewish presence that had lasted more than two millennia and predated the seventh-century Arab conquest and colonisation by hundreds of years.”

A moving, powerful read in @Telegraph by @DavidHarrisNY

https://t.co/H0BbJE1CTe

[Ynet Global @ynetnews]

Elie Wiesel’s secret archive

Unpublished letters, a deep friendship with Primo Levi, conversations with Albert Camus and Allen Ginsberg’s original ‘Kaddish’ manuscript reveal a new portrait of Wiesel, the Nobel laureat...

https://t.co/bqwTsgxXTX

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

“Removing Zion and Jerusalem from the Jewish map would be akin to removing Mecca and Medina from the Muslim world. It is unthinkable.”

Read @DavidHarrisNY’s latest oped in the @Telegraph — unfortunately essential. #antiZionism #antisemitism

https://t.co/PlSVEO7i4L

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

Le 26 juin 1945, la Charte des Nations Unies était signée.

81 ans plus tard, la question n’est pas seulement de réformer l’ONU mais de raviver le multilatéralisme et lui rendre son âme.

Sur la cité de Rousseau, le refuge de Borges et l’Esprit de Genève :
https://t.co/80EivblP7y

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

On 26 June 1945, the UN Charter was signed in San Francisco.

81 years later, the question is not only how to reform the UN — but how to revive multilateralism and restore its soul.

My essay on Rousseau’s city, Borges’ refuge, and the Spirit of Geneva:

https://t.co/tU9PTFl3ep

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

“Could it be that the Palestinian cause can be made to fit into the all too simplistic binary narrative of oppressor and oppressed, with Israel cast as villain, a framing that echoes age-old tropes […]?”

—Must read @Telegraph article by @DavidHarrisNY

https://t.co/h7Jbq3fvGz

[Bernard-Henri Lévy @BHL]

Day after day, taking distance with Israel. If not worse…

[Renaud Capuçon @RCapucon]

It was an honor to perform in @G7 Evian 🇫🇷with my friends @YoYo_Ma @RidoutTimothy @BeatriceRana for the World leaders in La Source Vive at the invitation of President @EmmanuelMacron
📷@Elysee

[Bernard-Henri Lévy @BHL]

Solitude d’Israel…
https://t.co/OE5IMJJMjM

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

Évian is not only a setting for diplomacy.

It is also a warning.

One hopes the Quai d’Orsay — and perhaps the Élysée too — will remember that before turning a landscape into a stage.

@jnbarrot @EmmanuelMacron

https://t.co/ErROXYwCug

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

I went to Évian by boat.

With Moses, Jonah, Orwell — and the memory of 1938.

Some names are never only names.

Évian is one of them.

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

My latest essay:

https://t.co/J0oMerkQ0y

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

I went to Évian by boat.

With Moses, Jonah, Orwell — and the memory of 1938.

Some names are never only names.

Évian is one of them.

[Grégory Lafitte @gregthl]

As the G7 prepares to return to Évian, I dare to hope some delegate will stumble upon the plaque recalling what happened there in 1938.

Perhaps they will pause.

Perhaps they will read.

Perhaps Évian will become, for a moment, a warning again.

[David Harris @DavidHarrisNY]

My latest oped, in the venerable @Telegraph, on this consequential anniversary date in Middle East history.

“Fifty-nine years ago, Arab states sought to eliminate Israel. They’re still paying the price.” https://t.co/uxhzTgiY2l

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

The West is “sleepwalking” into catastrophe on antisemitism.

Powerful warning and call-to-action by @DavidHarrisNY, during his visit last week to Australia, hosted by @AIJAC_Update & JDC.

Story in @J_wire:

https://t.co/cXfVhDNxgd

[Ignazio Cassis @ignaziocassis]

Une démocratie commence à se fragiliser lorsque certains de ses citoyens recommencent à vivre dans la peur.

À Genève, lors du dîner-conférence de la @CICADch consacré à l’engagement de la #Suisse contre l’#antisémitisme, j’ai rappelé que dans un contexte international marqué par la polarisation, la désinformation et la montée des discours de haine, la lutte contre l’antisémitisme concerne toute la société et la défense même de nos valeurs démocratiques.

🗣️ https://t.co/AvCNBWPzzq

[Allister Heath @AllisterHeath]

This is a turning point in history, the moment the West could be lost https://t.co/nERyHeY7LL