October 7 massacres: “Netanyahu knew” – In the press

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On the front page of the press, reactions to the decision of twelve countries, including France and the United Kingdom, to sanction trade with Israeli colonies, illegal under international law.

Ed Miliband, the head of British diplomacy, descendant of Jewish refugees, denounces on this occasion “an ongoing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank perpetrated by terrorist settlers” – a resounding declaration on the front page this morning of Independent. INews reports the “fury” of the Jewish state in the face of these accusations, described as “scandalous lies” and its decision to close the British consulate in Jerusalem in retaliation. The British government’s decision is criticized by The Times. The conservative daily maintains that “British sanctions will do nothing to help the Palestinians” and that these measures “could prove extremely counterproductive and risk fanning the flames of anti-Semitism”.

Andy Burnham, the Labor Prime Minister, justifies his position in The Guardian. According to him, these sanctions “do not target the Israeli people but the unacceptable policies” of the Netanyahu government “and the suffering they inflict on the Palestinians.” “I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. This is why we are acting to ensure that this hope remains,” he wrote. This speech does not convince Opinion. The newspaper mentions “an announcement which does not eat bread” and which has “no reason to worry the Netanyahu government and its far-right allies”. The French daily recalls that the EU had already decided, in 2015, to label products from Israeli settlements – a measure “largely circumvented by Israel as the future ‘ban’ risks”. Asked by The New York Timesformer Israeli army officers warn that “settler violence in the West Bank” and their “impunity” are “destroying Israel’s democratic values ​​from within.”

Israel, where Haaretz claims that Benjamin Netanyahu had been informed of the Hamas attack before October 7, 2023 without transmitting this information. These revelations about a call from the President of the United Arab Emirates, who allegedly warned Netanyahu of imminent danger, do not come as a surprise Yediot Aharonotfor whom this episode “is added to the series of alarm signals sounded before October 7”, notably by Egypt, and whose common point would have been the way in which Netanyahu would have reacted to it, with “boredom and indifference”. A presumed passivity which is now being followed by denials from the Prime Minister. At any rate, Yediot Ahranot believes that these revelations “will not encourage anyone to change their political opinion” and will have “no influence on the elections” – which Netanyahu will probably lose, according to him. “After three years of lies and bloodshed, it is possible that (our revelations are) a decisive element for undecided voters”, still wants to believe Haaretz. The major left-wing daily persists and signs: “Netanyahu knew”. For the newspaper, his responsibility “extends even further to the years preceding the (October 7) massacre during which he allowed Hamas to be financed to the tune of millions of dollars, while blocking any diplomatic initiative and strengthening the occupation which fuels terror.”

In France, many reactions to the publication of the new Pisa ranking on the achievements of 15-year-old students. According to this ranking, France falls 18 ranks, to land in 27th place out of 91 – a “tumble” which is panicking. Le Parisien/Today in France. For Le Figaroit is the fault of “hordes of ideologues, fanatics of pedagogism and egalitarianism (who) insist on disqualifying virtues as basic as the merit of the student and the authority of the teacher”. Release points to “the development of screens and social networks”, the instant culture “of all images” which erases “the long time of reading”. “And the responsibility of teachers?”: for Opinion“it is time to ask the question of the selection, training and quality of the work of teachers” but also the relevance of the countless reforms carried out over the last 15 years, including those of the two Macron mandates – challenged by the Minister of National Education in Kak’s drawing: “Your second mandate will not have done better than the first. This shows that repeating a grade is not always useful.

Small consolation for France: the decline concerns all OECD countries. The Times of Israel notes that the country records its worst results, and falls to 33rd place, a drop attributed by the Minister of Education to the “war conditions” in which the tests were carried out. No war in Spain where El País However, also mentions “an alarming drop in the level of students”, who also record “the worst results” since the creation of the Pisa ranking. An “educational debacle” that the newspaper calls for to be urgently stopped “for the good of what is most precious: (the) citizens of tomorrow”. Even in Switzerland, whose students remain among the best in Europe, Time worries that they have lost “the equivalent of a school year in reading and math” in 10 years. For the newspaper, we must “stop asking anything and everything from school” and “concentrate on its primary mission”: “read, write, calculate”.

A word, to finish, about the disappearance of the father of a character dear to children of the 70s. At that time, schoolchildren came home quickly after class not to jump on their cell phones, but to not miss “Children’s Island” and its character Casimir. The evening announces that Yves Brunier, the creator and performer of the orange dinosaur has just died at the age of 85. Goodbye to the “gloubiboulga”. For those under 20 who don’t have “the ref” as they say today, I suggest instead taking an eyelash at the Guardianwhich reports that the creators of the series “South Park” decided to rename it “South America” to make fun of Trump’s habit of renaming everything. What scoundrels.

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