Corinne Mellul

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Oct 14, 2024, 6:53 PM

One full year. What goes on in the minds of hostages still alive in Gaza? By now they must have understood that their government – the State of Israel! – will not bring them back home. Some of them at...

Aug 8, 2024, 7:47 AM

Reassessing Israel’s appeal from France

Antisemitic incidents in France nearly quadrupled last year, with 74 percent of the increase occurring after October 7. Does this make me, a Jew living in France, want to move to Israel any time soon? Absolutely not. The paradox in...

Apr 4, 2024, 12:57 AM

The cost of ignoring Gazan suffering

Palestinians mourn after identifying the bodies of relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment on the southern Gaza Strip, at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, on February 10, 2024. (Said Khatib/AFP)

The belief that only Hamas is responsible for the death & destruction shields Israelis from the horror being inflicted on civilians

Jan 20, 2024, 11:49 PM

Israel has abandoned the hostages

Was the freeing of hostages ever a priority for Israel’s war cabinet? More crucially, does the Israeli public believe that the freeing of hostages is as compelling an imperative as “winning” the war – however the government eventually chooses...

Dec 25, 2023, 12:25 PM

Many voices called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign in the days following October 7. Weeks later, some pundits still occasionally remind the public that Hamas was able to perpetrate the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust...

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About Me

Corinne Mellul teaches political science and geopolitics at a Paris university. Her research today focuses on the place of ethics and integrity in the behavior of elected officials and members of government in democracies.