Sylvain Cypel
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Sylvain Cypel is senior editor at the French newspaper Le Monde
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Cypel holds degrees in Sociology, Contemporary History and International Relations. Cypel, whose father was a leader of the Zionist movement in France, lived in Israel
for 12 years. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
, and was a member of Matzpen
. In 1970, together with Menahem Carmi, he split away from Matzpen, and established the Workers' League (commonly known as Avantgarde, trotskist movement). He is currently a correspondent to Le Monde in New York City.
Cypel is the author of Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse (2006, Other Press), which looks at the history of thought in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
.
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
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Cypel holds degrees in Sociology, Contemporary History and International Relations. Cypel, whose father was a leader of the Zionist movement in France, lived in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
for 12 years. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
, and was a member of Matzpen
Matzpen
Matzpen is the name of an anti-capitalist and anti-Zionist organisation, founded in Israel in 1962 which was active until the 1980s. Its official name was the Israeli Socialist Organisation, but it became better known as Matzpen after its monthly publication....
. In 1970, together with Menahem Carmi, he split away from Matzpen, and established the Workers' League (commonly known as Avantgarde, trotskist movement). He is currently a correspondent to Le Monde in New York City.
Cypel is the author of Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse (2006, Other Press), which looks at the history of thought in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...
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Works
- Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse, 2007 Other Press. ISBN 978-1-59051-210-4, ISBN 1-59051-210-3