A Statement about the Gaza Genocide

We have to speak up against the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people perpetrated by Israel in Gaza.

The indiscriminate bombing of civilians, the massacre of children, the use of hunger as a weapon, the sieges and forced displacements amount to a horror that cannot be described as self-defence.

Among us LWP volunteers are Jews and Muslims; Europeans and Americans; and people from many other backgrounds; we each raise our voice against the war crimes and the crimes against humanity. Whatever standing we have among our peers, we wish to use it to call for the Israeli government and military to stop the brutality and to be held accountable; and for the West to start actively opposing the violations of international law in Palestine instead of ignoring or supporting them.

May the Palestinian people, like the Israeli people, have a future of self-determination, and may they both share in a future of safety, peace and flourishing.

Michele Lavazza

Vinicius Perenha

Mohcen Houari

Cristiano Moita

Matej Kapus

Jorge Ostos

Tommaso Furlan

Onur Canpolat

Eric Ochoa

Joshua Eisenthal

Melina Bentes

About the author

Michele Lavazza

Michele Lavazza is a translator, digital humanities enthusiast, learning technologies specialist, and free culture advocate. He holds a Master’s Degree in philosophy from the University of Milan; his thesis on Wittgenstein and transcendental philosophy was partly written in Milan and partly at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He founded the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project in 2020.