Europe 1 3:59 p.m., April 8, 2024

The philosopher, who has become a commentator on contemporary conflicts through his publications, is releasing a new book: “The Solitude of Israel”. In this plea, he returns to the Hamas attack of October 7 in the Jewish State, where he went the next day. He speaks at the microphone of Thomas Isle, in “Culture Médias”.

Having just finished a documentary on the front line in Ukraine, he took "the first plane possible" towards Israel, the day after the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7. First in the bereaved southern towns, then in the kibbutzim, Bernard Henri-Lévy documented, in his own way, the greatest attack on the Jewish community since the Second World War. Guest of

Media Culture

this Monday, the philosopher "the most mobile of his generation" talks about his latest work,

The Solitude of Israel

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“They do evil for evil’s sake.”

In this plea, he describes the first days in a battered country after the Hamas attack. “I saw an Israel in a state of shock, traumatized,” recalls the philosopher. He describes Hamas terrorists driven by “a passion for evil.” "They are proud of it. They do evil for evil's sake. In general, we do evil for the passion of revenge, the desire to conquer a territory or the desire to impose an ideology," explains he at the microphone of Thomas Isle.

Unlike

other war crimes in the past, according to BHL, they had a desire for “exhibition”. "These Hamas terrorists, like the Daesh terrorists who lined up prisoners on a beach to behead them in chains, like the Al-Qaeda terrorists who beheaded Daniel Pearl (American journalist taken hostage in 2002 in Pakistan, editor's note ), their passion is the passion for evil,” he explains.

️ “You are creating generations of Hamas support” launches @NPolony to @BHL in a lively exchange



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Trenched position

A book to also denounce the inaction of the international community. "1.2 million innocent people are massing in Rafah. Israel says in every tone that it will not launch its offensive until these refugees are safe, evacuated. And there is a very simple way: we must that the Egyptians open their border and welcome them on a precarious basis, for only a few weeks. Why don't they do it?", indignant Bernard Henri-Lévy.

His position, very clear-cut, has also caused controversy. Guest of the show

Quelle Époque!

Saturday March 23, the tone rose between the essayist and the editor-in-chief of

Marianne

, Natacha Polony. The latter recalls that if it is necessary to condemn the attack of October 7, “the government of Benjamin Netanyahu does not deserve unconditional support”. “It is called war crimes to bomb a civilian population, to deprive it of electricity, water and medicine,” she retorted to BHL, considering that support for the policy currently pursued by Israel had the effect of effect of “manufacturing generations of Hamas supporters”.