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Gabrielle Bartelse

Gabrielle Bartelse

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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The loss of home

On civilisational fatigue, multicultural universalism, and the disappearance of cultural loyalty in the Netherlands The Netherlands no longer seems to...

yesterday 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

When victims no longer fit the narrative

On the hierarchy of empathy in the West There are moments in which a civilization is judged not only by what it condemns, but above all by what it no...

16.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

The university and its new orthodoxies

The silence before speech There was a time when the university understood itself as a place where one ran the risk of being wrong. Not because error...

14.05.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

Double standards or democratic tension?

Protest rights, institutions and the boundaries of tolerance in the Netherlands The Netherlands likes to present itself as an open democratic state...

09.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

Between Engagement and Distortion

On journalism, universities and the temptation of activism The analysis by journalist Matti Friedman of media coverage concerning Israel and Gaza —...

06.05.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

The aestheticisation of moral outrage

In a time in which geopolitical conflicts are fought not only on the battlefield, but also across the media landscape and on social platforms, a...

05.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

The inviolability of silence

On 4 May, historical specificity, and the erosion of remembrance in an age of moral excess There are moments in a society when speech must yield to...

04.05.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

The cowardice of the centre

Administrative indecision in times of moral confusion There are moments when administrative caution turns into something else: no longer prudence, but...

04.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

Europe and the Illusion of Stability

Between Self-Image, Geopolitics and the Role of the University Europe has long preferred to imagine itself as a beacon of rationality, human rights...

30.04.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse