16.12.24.
17.50. uzh. security at all doors. securitas advice entry not before 18.00. i sit at the tables. older man n lady sitting across, mustering me. october 7 demo swiss jews flashback. one security at one entry. 5 securities of other entry. only one entry open. private company, nervous, wachsam. checkpoint again at uzh. we are boarding a flight to tel aviv again. yalla. ich gah mal go absitze. ich au. we meet we greet, same same here. heute abend bin ich hannah ahrendt. beobachterin. taking notes. observing. listening. recording. processing. breathing. being kind. being forgiving. confronting.
I sit down near the gate. a swiss jewish couple musters me. the woman pierces through my eyes like an eagle. I smile back like a charming snake. basquiat smile. she knows im up to no good. she can sense it in my eyes. me too. smile. as I listen to their conversation. die linke. the left. shes talking about me. something like hamas hisbolla iranian revolution. schad. indeed. vepasst. defensif reagiert. suddenly awoken by the gate agent. boarding announced. please proceed to the gate. lx 2024 to tel aviv ready for boarding. a queue is formed. no first class tonight, but extra securetay. show me yo bags. i glance through the passengers. i couldnt guess where this flight is heading. mostly older white people in chique clothes. two veiled women. now the younger crowd starts flocking in. they look discreet. almost too discreet. suspicious. what’s cooking.
all bags are opened. flashlights to see exactly what’s in there. one yellow kippiah. sbb vbz crowd. swiss action for human rights. i walk down to see the exhibition prepared by the talk hosts/organizers. testimonials of five shoa survivors. their stories read like whats been happening in gaza. to gazans. since 1948. only the names have changed, the fate stays the same. organizers n security walking around nervous. walking back to my seat i dare myself to take a glance of the crowd n make eye contact. i feel strong. i feel exotic. i feel voelkerschau. i return to my seat. drink water. breathe. ding dong. 6.15pm. pushback. take off. flight starts.
moderator intro: panel ist hochrangig. divers. unserer sicht sehr interessant. vorwegnehmen: wann ist israelkritik antisemitisch nicht abschliessend beantwortet werden kann. we will have different views. we will hear these views in the plenary. graph with sicher antisemitisch vs sicher nicht. ppt slides. he speaks like a robot. things are complex. too complex for you to understand. analisiert. bewertet. entschieden. will nicht relativieren. antisemitismas. the panel looks grim. uncomfortable. two women are looking mostly to the ground.
panelists intro:
ralph friedlaender. sig president. the big boss of the swiss jews. geboren in maputo. wuchs in genf auf. uzh alumnus. karriere premium bureaucrat like me: bund. bildung forschung innovation. seco. deza. first thought. we have a lot in common, mon ami. second: violent baba, perpetrator, shoa survivor nakba denier. memories of years of abuse, rage, enemy. stop. breathe.
german turkish lady. sozialsomething some german uni islamwissenschafterin mit fokus nahost. gastprofessorin fuer islamische bildung und theologie. forschungsschwerpunkte jugend migration arbeit juedisch islamische beziehung und radikalisierung of arabs n muslims in goemany. first flash: amir saida duzzen tekkal keller mix, the brown lady that tells supremacist white/european/american people what they wanna hear. second. none.
swiss jewish lady. leads antisemitismusforschung uni berlin center for jewish studies holocaust n research at uni bar ilan. kez topics: gender antisemitismus orientalismus wiedergutmachung. first flash. groundhog day. again. second. therapy heals, love.
sig president starts. happy to be here. i represent sig. dachverband of jews. wahrung interessen der juden in schweiz. juedisches leben nachhaldig sichern. sig regelmassig stellungnahmen. mentions all but israel. important role is antisemitism. we defend israels existenzrecht, right to exist. israels right of defense. resolution uneingeschraenkte solidariaet mit israel. wir haben sogar gaza menschen erwaehnt. leid zivilbevoelkerung bedauert, but verantworttung is hamas. and that’s where the interruption started. indivdidual students. brilliant timing. minds. they stand up one at a time and hold up the mirror to the president with their voice. shouts bang commotion noise. i decide to stand up and bear witness. lions barking shouting at the violent princess. i take my camera and start filming. [insert video]