Archive for Israeli bombardments
brûler la terre, détruire la pierre…
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags cover, ecocide, Geneva Conventions, hegemony, Israeli bombardments, Israeli government, Israeli military, Lebanon, Libé, Unesco World Heritage List, war crimes on May 16, 2026 by xi'an
Civilians in Lebanon are already paying an unbearable price with children, health workers and journalists amongst those killed—the latest attacks will only escalate this devastating human toll
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags Agent Orange, Amnesty International, Beirut, ceasefire, civilian deaths, freedom of press, Hezbollah, international humanitarian law, Israeli bombardments, Israeli government, Lebanon, Stop the War, Trump administration, war crimes on April 11, 2026 by xi'an
mirror of the warmongers
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags civilian deaths, imperialism, international law, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israeli bombardments, Israeli government, Lebanon, pro-democracy protesters, Russian invasion, theocracy, Trump administration, Ukraine, United Nations Charter, US Congress, US politics, Vladimir Putin, war crimes on March 11, 2026 by xi'anThe New York Times reporter Anton Troianovski drew a ghastly parallel between the declarations of Russian officials on the invasion of Ukraine and of US officials on the attacks on Iran. As a background for the lack to a long term strategy behind these attacks and the highly unlikely emergence of an Iranian democracy…
“[the United States] didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it.” — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
“We didn’t start the so-called war in Ukraine. Rather, we are trying to finish it.” — President Vladimir V. Putin
“This is a special military operation. If Russia had started a full-scale war, it would have been over long ago.” Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin
“I think it’s an operation.” — Speaker of the US Congress Mike Johnson
“We haven’t even yet started anything in earnest.” — President Vladimir V. Putin
“We haven’t even started hitting them hard.” — President Donald Trump
“I am appealing to the military of the armed forces of Ukraine. Do not allow neo-Nazis and Banderites to use your children, wives and elders as a live shield. Take power into your own hands.” — President Vladimir V. Putin
“I call upon all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize this moment to be brave, be bold, be heroic, and take back your country” — President Donald Trump
“the leaders of France, Germany and the UK (…) are the ones that are wrong by refusing to come to the Iranian people’s aid and adding insult to injury, you’re suggesting we should continue to negotiate with religious Nazis.” — US Senator Lindsay Graham
While the NYT article does not get into a similar mirroring with Israel official statements on their attacks on Iran and Lebanon, they also follow the very same warlike rhetoric…
Iran cannot be bombed into democracy
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Ali Khamenei, democracy, freedom of religion or belief, imperialism, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israeli bombardments, military intervention, Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize, non-violence, political assassination, religious authoritarianism, theocracy, Trump administration, US politics, نرگس محمدی on March 5, 2026 by xi'an
“Violence, whether imposed from outside or within, is not the solution. What they want is not intervention, but recognition of the people’s will and their struggles; not foreign armies, but international solidarity; not war, but peace.” نرگس محمدی / Narges Mohammadi, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
the symposium is cancelled
Posted in Books, pictures, University life with tags British history, censorship, Centre arabe de recherches et d'études politiques de Paris, Collège de France, Europe, French history, French Ministry of Higher Education Research and Innovation, French politics, Gaza, Gaza war, history, Israel, Israeli bombardments, Palestine, symposium on December 8, 2025 by xi'an
