{"id":12595,"date":"2024-01-26T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=12595"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:08:17","slug":"simon-weil-prize-withdrawn-from-french-writer-denounced-israels-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/simon-weil-prize-withdrawn-from-french-writer-denounced-israels-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Weil Prize Withdrawn from French Writer Denounced Israel’s Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agencies – Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, President of the Ile-de-France region (northern France), announced the withdrawal of the Simone Weil Prize from the French writer of Moroccan origins, Zainab Al-Ghazoui, due to her recent stance denouncing the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip.
\nP\u00e9cresse published a blog post on her Facebook account, in which she said, \u201cZeinab Al-Ghazwi\u2019s courage and her fight against Islamism led the Ile-de-France region to propose in 2019 that the French vote on her name – among 4 other names – to award her the Simone Weil Prize.\u201d
\n“The award is given every year by the Ile-de-France region to a particularly deserving French woman, who embodies Simone Weil’s legacy. But Zeinab’s recent statements about the tragic events that have taken place in Israel and the Palestinian territories since October 7 are outrageous and shocking,” she added.
\nShe continued: “It has terribly wounded the feelings of our citizens, those who suffered from the barbarity of the Holocaust.
\nIt does not seem to us that it is completely consistent with the message of peace that Simone Veil carried throughout her life, and who played an essential role in reconciliation between the Franco-Germans, especially in the European Parliament.”
\nTherefore, I have decided, in agreement with the rights holders of Simon Vale, to withdraw this award from it on behalf of the Ile-de-France region.\u201d
\nValerie P\u00e9cresse’s move came one day after Aurelien Weil, the grandson of Simon Weil, wrote a blog post in which he called on the president of the Ile-de-France region to take a strong step against Zeinab El Ghazoui because of her recent stance.
\nAfter the award was withdrawn, Zainab Al-Ghazawi wrote on her account on the \u201cX\u201d platform, saying: \u201c4 years ago, I had the honor of receiving the Simone Weil Award, an award from the public who voted overwhelmingly in favor of awarding it to me. For me, Simone Weil\u2019s teachings give humanity primacy.\u201d Always based on clan or politics.\u201d
\nShe added: “Weil’s legacy, in my view, is that human beings, regardless of their color, creed, language or gender, cannot be deprived of their right to live and freedom, including Palestinians, because Palestinians are human beings like you and me, sir.”
\nShe continued: \u201cFor me, honoring Simone Veil means rebelling against all civilian deaths, whatever their nationality or religion, and whatever the ideology of the killer. \u201cIf the Simon Feil Award means only being angry at the innocent victims of October 7th, and not the victims of October 8th, October 9th, October 10th, October 11th… to this day, well, I don\u2019t want that.\u201d
\nShe added: \u201cIf the Simone Weil Prize remains silent in the face of the internationally condemned criminal actions of Netanyahu\u2019s far-right government, I will be very happy to return it.\u201dOn the other hand, if the Simone Weil Prize means, as I believe it is, defending human beings against the collective crime committed by any fanatical regime, then I call on you to add your voice to mine in defense of the right of Palestinians to live in peace. Free from any occupation, colonialism or tyranny.\u201d
\nZainab concluded her post by saying: \u201cI also call on you, in the name of your grandmother and in honor of her legacy, to strongly condemn the Israeli government\u2019s crimes against thousands of Palestinian civilians, including more than 8,000 children who have been killed so far.
\nZainab Al-Ghazawi is a journalist and human rights activist. She was born on January 19, 1982 in Casablanca and obtained French citizenship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agencies – Sudan Events Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, President of the Ile-de-France region (northern France), announced the withdrawal of the Simone Weil Prize from the French writer of Moroccan origins, Zainab Al-Ghazoui, due to her recent stance denouncing the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip. P\u00e9cresse published a blog post on her Facebook account, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12597,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595\/revisions\/12597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}