A contracted professor at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) has been suspended as a precautionary measure after speaking about the situation in the Middle East in a mathematics class on Tuesday, September 3.
In the introduction to his course, Benoît Huou spoke for several minutes about a text published in “the international reference journal on health”, the lancetwho, on July 5, had estimated at “almost 200,000 dead” the number of Palestinian deaths from Israeli military attacks since the end of 2023.
“Everyone goes through this, from children to the elderly. In my life, I am 35 years old, I have never experienced such carnage, such a one-sided war.”the teacher declared in particular before 200 students, according to a recording broadcast on Channel X by the pro-Israeli account Sword of Salomon, which had made a “report”.
“The situation did not start on October 7 and it is dishonest to say that Hamas is responsible for what is happening now.”Benoît Huou continued, calling for a boycott of Israel. “I don’t want to talk about what happened on October 7, but nothing, absolutely nothing justifies massacring a civilian population as is happening”The teacher added while denouncing “tacit support” of the French government.
“Nauseating amalgams”
The school’s director, economist Christian Gollier, announced Benoît Huou’s suspension the day after the events, on day X. “Made in a professional context by a public official unfamiliar with the subject matter taught, these statements contravene the obligation of confidentiality in force in the public service.explains. TSE is an open space for sharing knowledge in the social sciences. This case will be investigated on its merits in the coming weeks within the framework of the current disciplinary proceedings. »
The Minister of Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, recalled for her part, still in “The role of higher education is to build a better society,” “fighting anti-Semitism and all discrimination”, “fighting against fake news and nauseating amalgamations”AND “act against hate and support all its victims”.
Basically, the text published in the lancet It does not correspond to a newspaper article but to a ” letter “that is, a contribution from readers. The review explains what it is “reflections” of readers in “content published in “The Lancet” or on other topics of interest to our readers” WHO “they are generally not peer-reviewed”.
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