Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHélène Cixous at her home in Paris in 2011. "I have a history in resisting the forces of evil. I grew up in colonial Algeria in a family opposed to racism and colonialism." Credit: Ulf Andersen / Aurimages via AFPThe pioneering French feminist thinker returns to her family's roots in Germany and Algeria in her Berman Prize-winning book. In an interview with Haaretz, she discusses Netanyahu's government and why she still wants Israel to survive01:30 PM • July 18 2026 IDTWhen Hélène Cixous was 3 years old in Algeria, she recounts in an interview with Haaretz, "I was dispossessed of my Frenchness" as part of the anti-Jewish legislation of the Vichy regime in 1940. "My father was a doctor and was forbidden to practice medicine. Our rights were stripped from us by the French government. Was I French? No. I despised France, and some of my suspicion toward it still exists. In the NewsHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'Bumps at Funerals, Lines in Shelters: Israel's Wars Drive Israelis to DrugsClothes Like Homes: Sasson Kedem's Oversized Vision Finds a New GenerationFrom the Eye of the Storm, a Young Woman Captures Jerusalem's Rising ViolenceHow a Secret Mossad Operation in Dubai Ended Up in Israel's Design WeekRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteRo Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' HimI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I SawThe Week the Democrats Defined the Israel-Palestine Debate for 2028