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War and Disinformation

Date and Location
March 3, 2025
Palais du Luxembourg, Paris
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

The symposium will focus on the critical theme of war and disinformation, addressing strategic and contemporary issues.

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8h30 AM - INTRODUCTION

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  • Muriel Haïm, President of the Fondation France Israël

  • Laurence Rossignol, Senator

  • Joshua Zarka, Ambassador of Israel to France (Confirmed)

How to distinguish truth from falsehood?
Disinformation during wartime is not new, but it has become increasingly complex
with the advent of new technologies such as social media and artificial intelligence.

9h00 AM – PANEL 1 : The Mechanisms of Disinformation During Wartime

Moderator Gérard Unger, Historian, Author of “Gambetta” (Perrin)

  • C. Lemoine (TBC)

  • Mohamed Sifaoui, author of “Hamas” (Le Rocher) Hamas and other terrorist organizations strategy

  • Andrew Fox, researcher Jackson society Global propaganda in the Israel Hamas conflict

  • Emmanuel Ostian, Director ESJ Paris, author of “The Desinformation”
    (Plon)

10:00 AM – PANEL 2: Soft propaganda and the erasure of crime from the democratic conscience

Moderator Gérard Unger, Historian, author of “Gambetta” (Perrin)

Keynote Speaker: Nicolas Tenzer guest professor at Sciences Po, strategic and international issues analyst, author of Our War. Crime and Oblivion: Re-framing Strategic Thinking

  • Baptiste Raymond, Founder of Tembo Citizen and Tusker Club

  • Brice Teinturier, Deputy CEO Ipsos France Author of “Plus rien à faire, plus rien à foutre” (Robert Laffon)

  • Christian Baden, Hebrew University : Global propaganda in the Israel Hamas conflict

11:00 AM – PANEL 3: Combating Disinformation in the Digital Era

Moderator François Heilbronn, President of the French Friends of Tel Aviv University - Author of “2 Etés 44” (Stock)

  • Ifat Maoz, Department of Communication and Head of the Truman research institute for the advancement of Peace Hebrew University of Jerusalem Confirmed Social media and desinformation in wartime: why are we affected and how can we mitigate these effects

  • Sandrine Boudana, Tel Aviv University Combating disinformation effectively: political, technological and educational solutions and their limits

  • Rafi Mendelsohn, Chief Marketing Officer Cyabra

  • Frère Louis-Marie, head of Abu Gosh convent Confirmed : False
    informations, also a challenge in the religious world

12h00 - CONCLUSION

  • Jean-Michel Blanquer (TBC)

  • Eric Danon, former ambassador of France in israel

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