Tenir Tête

Shocked by the pogrom perpetrated by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and bewildered by the Israeli army's response in Gaza, two French friends exchange letters expressing their concern about the resurgence of antisemitic acts and rhetoric worldwide.

By attempting to filter their emotions through reflection, they bear witness to the effects the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has had on non-partisan and non-belligerent minds, who yearn for justice to prevail, for the destruction of lives and cities to cease, and for calm to return both on the ground and in people's minds.

Acknowledging the fictional elements in his book, Paul Audi takes on the challenge of stepping into the shoes of these two witnesses to the present, who could never have imagined that anti-Jewish sentiment would return with such force and pervasiveness. It goes back to the root of an ancient evil, which has never disappeared, particularly in the Middle East where identity tensions are strongest.