Stephane Hessel
Stephane Hessel
Stéphane Frédéric Hesselwas a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and protection for the post-WW2 social vision. His short book...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth20 October 1917
CountryFrance
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
To create is to resist, to resist is to create.
If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'