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❗English translation of our @taz.de article "Silence is not neutral" - @christinebinzel.bsky.social, @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social and I show how Germany supports Israel's genocide in Gaza, disregards international law, and massively suppresses internal critique. 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1Ti9v...

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Die durchgestochenen Verhandlungspapiere der zukünftigen Koalition zeugen vom Abbau der Rechtsstaatlichkeit: 👉Geflüchtete werden entrechtet und abgeschottet 👉die kritische Zivilgesellschaft wird angegriffen 👉Überwachung wird ausgeweitet www.amnesty.de/pressemittei...

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Israel has been blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza for 24 days, and counting. Since last Tuesday, Israel also has - committed the largest one day massacre of children in its history - bombed Nasser hospital - killed UN staff member - bombed Red Cross offices - targeted and killed journalists

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Prof Rashid Khalidi in fine form pointing out the long history of where Columbia has now arrived. And its where we all are. 'Columbia has long been run more like the vast, wealthy business and real estate empire that it is, than as an educational institution.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

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Warum tötet die israelische Armee gezielt Journalisten, Hochschullehrerinnen, Schriftsteller und Künstlerinnen in #Gaza? Riad Othman über eine perfide Kriegsstrategie:

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Hossam Shabat last message x.com/HossamShabat...

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Today, Israel killed Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat, two prominent journalists in Gaza. This is the moment to remind everyone of UN Security Council Resolution 2222 which reaffirms that journalists in conflict zones must be protected. Targeting journalists, as Israel does, is a war crime.

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🚨BREAKING: Israeli forces have reportedly struck the second floor of the emergency building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. California-based Dr. Feroze Sidhwa who is currently volunteering at the hospital has also shared footage from the hospital (see below).

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If you do it, do it right: More than 50,000 killed in Gaza by accused-of-genocide-at-the-ICJ-and-headed-by-a-man-wanted-by-the-ICC-for-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity Israel, Hamas-run ministry says. At least people would know who killed the more than 50k www.bbc.com/news/article...

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How is the world allowing the slaughter of children and the annihilation of a people to continue full force? It is a deliberate choice to allow Israel to carry out the last gruesome stages of its genocide in Gaza and horrible violence in the West Bank.

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⬇️ highlighting connections to internal threats to liberalism from the center in Germany including to threats to international institutions

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@christinebinzel.bsky.social @hannakienzler.bsky.social and I have written an article published in @taz.de . With its support for Israel, Germany disregards International Law and silences critical voices at home with increasing repressiveness taz.de/Tod-und-Terr...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Here's the link to the English letter. International Law scholars from Germany demand observance of IL, ie respecting ICC, ICJ and halting weapons supplies to Israel. verfassungsblog.de/declaration-...

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Wir fordern von der neuen Bundesregierung: 👉keine Rüstungsexporte an Staaten, die damit Menschenrechte oder das humanitäre Völkerrecht verletzen! 👉ein restriktives Rüstungsexportkontrollgesetz in den Koalitionsvertrag! Unser gemeinsamer offener Brief👇 www.amnesty.de/sites/defaul...

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"You will bear the full costs" "force you have not known before" "relocation to other parts of the world" "Destruction and total devastating" Katz expresses genocidal intent; the army produces the results by killing, causing serious harm, and inflicting conditions of life calculated to destroy

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She has, famously, justified Israel's systematic targeting of hospitals and schools in Gaza in a speech explaining what "Germany stands for". That attitude gets you the presidency of the UN General Assembly, apparently. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

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Save the Date: Academia Under Attack Konferenz für Wissenschaftsfreiheit und internationale Solidarität 12./13. April 2025, Universität Hamburg academia-under-attack.org

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Speaking as part of our Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics at this conference in Hamburg. Great line-up for all of the panels! More infos: academia-under-attack.org

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It's midday, and there is no reaction to the over 400 Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel's assault that began at 2 am local time from the German government. This is what complicity in atrocity crimes looks like

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

At approx 2 am local time, Israel started massive airstrikes throughout Gaza, killing at least 237 people and injuring at least 300. Body parts, corpses and the injured filling the floors of the (destroyed) hospitals. “The gates of hell will open in Gaza” said defense minister Katz.Horrific horrific

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Interview with Tyme Khleifi and myself on "Gaza and the cultural sector" with 99 zu eins. Have a listen youtu.be/69_jy9ge7U4?...

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This is from 15th March 2024, one year ago. Should have specified in this post, which is why I deleted it. Apologies.

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I think it's also important to acknowledge that in part Trump is able to do this because many universities and academics have been silent over the past 17+ months. They did not speak out against the genocide, and .. bsky.app/profile/chri...

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It has been 12 days. No water, no food, no medicine, no tents, no nothing

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Starker Beitrag von Hanna Al-Taher und Benjamin Schütze zu Deutschlands verlogener Nahostpolitik: "Was Taten betrifft, ist deutsche Nahostpolitik genozidal und pro-ethnischer Säuberung. Nur wird es weniger offen formuliert als von Trump." taz.de/!6071887/

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Germany in free fall mode in the Academic Freedom Index. That is totally and utterly unsurprising

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Im Koalitionsvertrag müssen völker- und menschenrechtliche Leitplanken mit Blick auf Palästina und Israel festgeschrieben werden! SPD und Union müssen sich zu Völkerrecht und seinen Institutionen bekennen! Unser offener Brief 👇 gerechter-frieden.org/offener-brief/

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@tagesspiegel.de doing its best to deligitimize UN report and puts Israel's rejection of it first, also using birthrates as an argument against it.As if this says anything about intention, the central point. §2d of genocide convention still applies, as well as §2c www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

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New report, familiar conclusion: "Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians (...)and carried out genocidal acts through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

In dem Gutachten steht "...all States are under an obligation (...)not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the continued presence of the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." Deutschland unterstützt die illegale Besatzung im direkten Gegensatz dazu.

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Listen to Melanie Schweizer, a former civil servant, speak to @owenjones.bsky.social about her experience of having been sacked by the German government for demanding Germany to abide by international law and stop supporting Israel's genocide in Gaza. youtu.be/ETnMLb_ql1g?...

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Free speech is a human right, and the US is obligated to respect it under international law. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is an outrageous attack on this right.

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

My speech (in German) given at Gaza Kommittee conference last January. Title: "Ist eine gerechte Lösung für das Palästinensische Volk nach mehr als 15 Monaten andauernden genozidalen Krieg - in Gegenwart des Zionismus - noch möglich?" Recommend watching the other speeches too! vimeo.com/1062565567

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Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant, a week after it halted the entry of all humanitarian aid and commercial supplies, including fuel and food, violates international humanitarian law...

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In another act of collective punishment upon the people of Gaza, the Israeli government announced on March 2, 2025, that it will resume the blockade of all aid into the Gaza Strip. The decision came as the first phase of the ceasefire expired. #Gaza #Genocide #CollectivePunishment

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