Thank you, Motty Perry and @arielrubinstein.bsky.social, for this piece. As German economists, as German social scientists, we have been too silent, despite the role of our government in this. A long 🧵 1/n arielrubinstein.org/articles/Per... - ThreadSky

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christinebinzel.bsky.social • 66 days ago

Thank you, Motty Perry and @arielrubinstein.bsky.social, for this piece. As German economists, as German social scientists, we have been too silent, despite the role of our government in this. A long 🧵 1/n

https://arielrubinstein.org/articles/PerryRubinstein2024E.pdf

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christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

As Motty Perry and @arielrubinstein.bsky.social, both economics professors (Hebrew + Tel Aviv University), write:

“..it's impossible not to know, unless we don't want to know.” 2/n

christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

“First of all, there are things we can know with certainty, even in the "fake" world in which we live. There are photographs, videos, aerial images and testimony from IDF soldiers. … 3/n

christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

There are intentions expressed in calls for vengeance by official spokespersons of the State of Israel.” 4/n

See this website for quotes: https://intent.law4palestine.org/

christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

“There's violence in the streets, as expressed in the song "Those Who Hate You Will Die." And there's no accountability: After 14 months of combat, no one has been brought to justice for wanton killing.”

“We also know because of what we don't know.” 5/n

christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

“When it suits Israel, it allows intrepid journalists to enter the battlefront, risking their lives to broadcast from the field. How many international and Israeli journalists have received permission to document the horrors of war and the suffering of Gaza's population?” 6/n

christinebinzel.bsky.social•66 days ago

“The detention camps of Hamas personnel are not subject to oversight. Why aren't Israeli Supreme Court justices and humanitarian organizations being invited to visit the camps to confirm that the incarcerated are being held in humane conditions? We don't know.” 7/n

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