in Le Monde, growing unease over the treatment of Israel in the newspaper

In the newspaper’s still brand new premises The World a bridge building adjoining the Austerlitz station, we only live in open space. Even directors do not have closed offices. Transparency and horizontality are essential, when we proclaim ourselves the “reference journal”. What flatters the feeling of equality does not necessarily promote dialogue and exchange. And in this open and prestigious editorial office which is just celebrating its 80th anniversary, things left unsaid are accumulating. “It’s a newspaper where people are convinced they don’t have a body, which claims to be neutral. So when it explodes, it’s ten times more violent” analyzes an editorial framework. “People are afraid, it’s omerta” testifies another journalist. For a year, there has been a deep anger both inside and outside the newspaper over the way it deals with the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The law of silence reigns within the editorial staff: proof of this is that all the journalists…