Editorial: Le Monde

• The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has sparked passions in France.
• The level of tension and misunderstanding has reached an alarming point.
• The cancellation of the study days on 'Palestine and Europe' and the protests during the concert of the Israel Philharmonic in Paris are examples of the situation.
• Academic freedom is a fundamental democratic principle that needs to be upheld.
• The Minister of Higher Education has constrained this freedom by intervening in academic affairs.
• The Philharmonic's detractors unfairly treat artists as responsible for their leaders' policies.
• These attitudes undermine the necessary debate on the tragedy in the Middle East.
• The government has caused frustration by criminalising protest against its passivity in the face of the massacre in Gaza.

Conclusion: It's time for the debate on the Middle East to be conducted with serenity. We need to advance in understanding and respecting individual feelings, beliefs, and particularities.

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