Alain Dewaele, Joué-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : After the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, the aggression of Iran under false pretenses, and the deadly bombings of Lebanon, it is likely that Israel has far more accomplices than friends. However, the media in our beloved country, guilty of astonishing leniency towards this country, do not extend to other crimes committed in the name of Zionism. Let us remember that its territorial objective is to create “Greater Israel” by appropriating, with impunity, territories and resources from its neighbors.
“The separation between politics and spirituality is a fundamental democratic issue”
“Is there any of these so-called news channels that remind us that the UN, for decades, has been passing resolution after resolution demanding that Israel stop creating new settlements in the West Bank and prepare to take back its land-stealing colonists?”
“How is it possible that their columnists, reminding us at every turn that Hamas and Hezbollah fighters are ‘terrorists’, forget to mention that the Israeli prime minister himself is wanted for suspicion of ‘war crimes’. Who would dare to call the UN and the International Criminal Court anti-Semitic?”
Gods of war
Alain Greillet, from Loudun (Vienne) : “The conflict in the Middle East presents the increasing role of religion in the structuring of power and in the legitimization of conflicts. Iran is the most accomplished example of a regime based on religious legitimacy. The authority of the mullahs is not limited to the spiritual sphere: it is the core of the governance system, where politics and religion are inseparable. The political legitimacy of the Gulf monarchies also partly rests on religious references.
“Beyond the issues related to the Iranian nuclear program, it may be through the religious prism that this conflict could be analyzed. Donald Trump’s rise to power relied on decisive support from evangelical circles. The creation, on February 7, 2025, of a ‘faith office’ at the White House, as well as the organization of prayer sessions bringing together influential pastors, demonstrate an assumed intertwining of political power and spiritual reference. Some of his supporters do not hesitate to present the American president as a leader ‘appointed by God’, conferring an almost messianic dimension to his actions.
“In Israel, the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu relied on political forces from the religious and nationalist right to engage militarily in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. All these major actors in the conflict illustrate a common trend: the explicit use of religion as the foundation of power.
“The conflict in the Middle East appears as a revealer of a broader evolution. Religion has become an instrument of political legitimation and a vector of confrontation. The civilizational or spiritual dimension is mobilized in discourses to justify the confrontation, transforming geopolitical rivalries into existential oppositions without the possibility of compromise.
“In France, the law of December 9, 1905, constitutes the basis of this separation between the state and religious institutions. In this context, the principle of secularism retains all its relevance. At a time when religion is entering the heart of power strategies and war logic, the separation between politics and spirituality appears more than ever as a fundamental democratic issue.”
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