As the conflict in the Middle East enters a new phase, The northern front with Hezbollah seems to be the priority of the moment for Israelthe book The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon is a valuable document for understanding the evolution of the situation in the region since the attack by the Islamist movement Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023.
When the Hamas attacks took place, the perpetrator and his family, kibbutz residents of Nahal Oz, are among the first to be affected. While they are already accustomed to missile warnings, they understand on this day of October 7 that Hamas terrorists have invaded their community, and that this day will be different from all the others they have known. Amir Tibon returns to the recent events between Israel and Hezbollah, on the question of Zionism, the military legitimacy of Israel’s response to Hamas in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s position on the release of the Israeli hostages.
“We expected an escalation, a conflict with Hezbollah. The day after the Hamas attack. (…) The conflict was heating up more and more, gradually.”
Manu Chao: the return of a discreet superstar
Manu Chao, emblem of alter-globalization, increasingly withdrawn in recent years, releases his fifth album after 15 years Long live you. The cartoonist Gaston, author of the comic strip From Hand to Hand Chaohad the opportunity to be the star’s traveling companion during his modest tour during the summer of 2023. Like the concert that the singer gave in Vitry-sur-Seine on Tuesday September 17, 2024, he now prefers acoustic concerts, with a sober scenography, rather than “grandiose big stadiums” and an enormous technical team, Gaston, who has been following him for years, tells us. Concerts that bring together all generations, and an audience that says a lot about the evolution of the singer and his career: “There is [un public de] 40, 60 years old, it’s a bit like the heart. (…) 20, 30 years ago, there were lots of new generation hippies who arrived and discovered. But one thing that’s funny is that before Manu was considered a punk from the alternative scene. Today, he’s a hippie from the alter-globalization scene.”
A free and secretive artist, whom Gaston’s comic strip seeks to depict as faithfully as possible.
A program with the participation of Yann Bertrand, journalist in the culture department of franceinfo.