13/06/2025, 10:11

Correct the censorship applied on our petition.


Nouveau texte de pétition:

It is our opinion that aA genocidal campaign is unfolding before our eyes in Gaza, led by the State of Israel. The figures speak clear for themselves: 90 deaths per day, a third of them children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The genocidal offensive against the Palestinian population is currently accelerating: more than 2.4 million Gazans are in the grip of famine, with the Israeli army blocking access to humanitarian aid getting into the region.

As Pasteurians, we cannot remain indifferent to this situation. We strongly denounce and condemn the actions of the IDF that we consider a genocide against the Palestinian people, which directly opposes the values ​​of humanity and internationalism advocated by the Institut Pasteur.

Today, as the war in Gaza, that we call a genocide,genocide enters a decisive phase, the Institut Pasteur's Direction has not communicated on this subject since October 2023 and is actively pursuing its scientific collaborations with Israeli institutions. On February 20, 2025, the management invited researchers to participate in the call for synergy projects between the Institut Pasteur and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, with funding of up to €1.2 million per project.

We believe that this situation of silence and continuity places the Institute, and us as Pasteurians, in a position of complicity with the ongoing actions of the IDF that we call a genocide. We cannot accept this situation and we demand the end of all collaborations between the Institut Pasteur and Israeli scientific institutions, as well as the cessation of diplomatic relations, including the Pasteur-Weizmann partnership.

In 2022 and 2024, the Directorate General has implemented moratoriums on collaborations with institutions in Russia and Iran. Several universities and research institutions have already decided to sever scientific ties with Israeli academic institutions, including Sciences Po Strasbourg, 76 universities in Spain as well as universities in the Netherlands and Finland.

Today, the General Director of the Institut Pasteur must decide to end collaborations with Israeli institutions.

Because we do not accept the actions of the Israeli govermentgenocide in Gaza, that we consider a genocide, because we do not want to be complicit, we, the staff of the Institut Pasteur, ask Ms. Yasmine Belkaid, Director of the Institut Pasteur, to order the cessation of all collaborations between the Institut Pasteur and Israeli scientific institutions. We need clear decisions that are commensurate with the dramatic situation that the Palestinians are currently experiencing.