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No one wants to talk about how, under international law, even "journalists affiliated with an armed non-state actor [...] are considered civilians, not combatants, unless they are directly participating in the hostilities." Journalists are journalists. Protect them. cpj.org/special-repo...
2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and medi...
cpj.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
No one wants to talk about how, under international law, even "journalists affiliated with an armed non-state actor [...] are considered civilians, not combatants, unless they are directly participating in the hostilities." Journalists are journalists. Protect them. cpj.org/special-repo...
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My lecture "Literature of Unsettlement" is now out with @blnreview.bsky.social both in GER and EN.
This is an article series comprising 4 episodes. Part 1 &2 are now available. Part 3 & 4 will follow in fall.
Many thanks @samirsellami.bsky.social for the editing& all
blnreview.de/ausgaben/202...
This is an article series comprising 4 episodes. Part 1 &2 are now available. Part 3 & 4 will follow in fall.
Many thanks @samirsellami.bsky.social for the editing& all
blnreview.de/ausgaben/202...
Maha El Hissy · Literature of Unsettlement 1/4 — Unversöhnliche Narrative
Laut Propaganda und Staatsräson haben Palästinenser kein Land und keine Nation. Der Blick in Kulturwelt und Germanistik zeigt aber: Wir sind es, die für sie keine Sprache haben – erst recht nicht für ...
blnreview.de
July 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My lecture "Literature of Unsettlement" is now out with @blnreview.bsky.social both in GER and EN.
This is an article series comprising 4 episodes. Part 1 &2 are now available. Part 3 & 4 will follow in fall.
Many thanks @samirsellami.bsky.social for the editing& all
blnreview.de/ausgaben/202...
This is an article series comprising 4 episodes. Part 1 &2 are now available. Part 3 & 4 will follow in fall.
Many thanks @samirsellami.bsky.social for the editing& all
blnreview.de/ausgaben/202...
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Diese Interviews & Artikel sollten als das erkannt werden, was sie sind: eine Mischung aus Image-Pflege, Verantwortungsabwehr und bewusster Verharmlosung. Angesichts der Zustände in Gaza wirkt ihre Selbstbezogenheit nicht nur erbärmlich – sie stabilisieren letztlich ein verbrecherisches System.
July 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Diese Interviews & Artikel sollten als das erkannt werden, was sie sind: eine Mischung aus Image-Pflege, Verantwortungsabwehr und bewusster Verharmlosung. Angesichts der Zustände in Gaza wirkt ihre Selbstbezogenheit nicht nur erbärmlich – sie stabilisieren letztlich ein verbrecherisches System.
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Thread: Das Interview mit Katharina König-Preuß ist ein typisches Beispiel für die diskursive Strategie progressiver Israel-Unterstützer*innen angesichts des immer offensichtlicheren Genozids in Gaza und der fortschreitenden Faschisierung Israels. Diese Strategie umfasst drei Elemente:
»Eine Armee ist eine Armee ist eine Armee«
Die Thüringer Linke-Politikerin König-Preuss verteidigt ihre pro-israelische Haltung trotz des Gaza-Kriegs. Sie kritisiert Genozid-Vorwürfe und vermeintliche Nahost-Experten, die sich über Tiktok info...
www.nd-aktuell.de
July 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Thread: Das Interview mit Katharina König-Preuß ist ein typisches Beispiel für die diskursive Strategie progressiver Israel-Unterstützer*innen angesichts des immer offensichtlicheren Genozids in Gaza und der fortschreitenden Faschisierung Israels. Diese Strategie umfasst drei Elemente:
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My friend and colleague Alon just launched a much-needed new Substack: Staatsräson-Monitor. It digs into how pro-Israel think tanks and advocacy groups shape German politics – at home and abroad. Give it a follow.
My new substack newsletter, Staatsräson Monitor, which critically examines German Israeli relations, is on the air, free of charge.
I would love to hear your feedback and hope you consider supporting as paid subscribers
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...
I would love to hear your feedback and hope you consider supporting as paid subscribers
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...
Staatsräson Monitor Newsletter #1 - 18.6.2025
German-Israeli relations - From Insomnia to Insight. Story tips here: srmonitornl@gmail.com
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My friend and colleague Alon just launched a much-needed new Substack: Staatsräson-Monitor. It digs into how pro-Israel think tanks and advocacy groups shape German politics – at home and abroad. Give it a follow.
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Apparently the London "No Kings" rally was renamed to "No Tyrants" because the United Kingdom is not a country, but a punchline
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Apparently the London "No Kings" rally was renamed to "No Tyrants" because the United Kingdom is not a country, but a punchline
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Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
seated, smiling at the gates to the magic circle of poesis letting you know you have one week left to see my exhibition - 'a stage she's going through' - at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, (the one on Kottbusser Straße) Berlin
4 thresholds of woven stuff.
divisible language and visible stitch
4 thresholds of woven stuff.
divisible language and visible stitch
June 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
seated, smiling at the gates to the magic circle of poesis letting you know you have one week left to see my exhibition - 'a stage she's going through' - at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, (the one on Kottbusser Straße) Berlin
4 thresholds of woven stuff.
divisible language and visible stitch
4 thresholds of woven stuff.
divisible language and visible stitch
sorry but,
'don't say genocide because it hurts my feelings (about who i like to think i am)' is a moral and mental recession indicator
'don't say genocide because it hurts my feelings (about who i like to think i am)' is a moral and mental recession indicator
June 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
sorry but,
'don't say genocide because it hurts my feelings (about who i like to think i am)' is a moral and mental recession indicator
'don't say genocide because it hurts my feelings (about who i like to think i am)' is a moral and mental recession indicator
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Seit Januar 2024 gab es mehr als 50 Mahnwachen von 'Israelis für Frieden' in Berlin– ohne Nationalflaggen, ohne Billigung politischer Gewalt. Alle waren eingeladen, doch nur sehr wenige kamen. Wer behauptet, er hätte gerne "friedlich" gegen den Krieg protestiert, wenn er nur gekonnt hätte, lügt.
May 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Seit Januar 2024 gab es mehr als 50 Mahnwachen von 'Israelis für Frieden' in Berlin– ohne Nationalflaggen, ohne Billigung politischer Gewalt. Alle waren eingeladen, doch nur sehr wenige kamen. Wer behauptet, er hätte gerne "friedlich" gegen den Krieg protestiert, wenn er nur gekonnt hätte, lügt.
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The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
An air of complicity has prompted new rhetoric from UK and EU leaders. But it won’t redeem them – or change history’s course, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
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People are really drunk on the ChatGPT Koolaid to the point that they act like you are insulting their God if you tell them it is wrong often and a lot. It lies with the confidence of a generationally wealthy man who knows he will face no consequences for his lies.
May 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People are really drunk on the ChatGPT Koolaid to the point that they act like you are insulting their God if you tell them it is wrong often and a lot. It lies with the confidence of a generationally wealthy man who knows he will face no consequences for his lies.
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This is essential viewing.
A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces.
Going to post this video in two clips.
Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide.
1/2
A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces.
Going to post this video in two clips.
Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide.
1/2
May 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This is essential viewing.
A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces.
Going to post this video in two clips.
Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide.
1/2
A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces.
Going to post this video in two clips.
Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide.
1/2
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Die 11-jährige Yakeen Hamad starb in der Nacht zu Samstag bei einem israelischen Luftangriff in Deir al-Balah im zentralen Gazastreifen. Auf Insta war sie ein junger Star mit über 90.000 Followern, ihre Posts wie Kochtipps trotz Gasmangel gaben vielen Hoffnung – nun ist auch ihre Stimme verstummt.
May 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Die 11-jährige Yakeen Hamad starb in der Nacht zu Samstag bei einem israelischen Luftangriff in Deir al-Balah im zentralen Gazastreifen. Auf Insta war sie ein junger Star mit über 90.000 Followern, ihre Posts wie Kochtipps trotz Gasmangel gaben vielen Hoffnung – nun ist auch ihre Stimme verstummt.
on having cancer in late capitalism, useful fictions, moral vanity, and the myth of The Good Person
The Mean Well
on having cancer in late capitalism, moral vanity, useful fictions, and the myth of The Good Person
melaniejamewolf.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
on having cancer in late capitalism, useful fictions, moral vanity, and the myth of The Good Person
friends and frenemies. she's doing it, a substack. occasional essays and other language acts. gonna publish my first essay tomorrow. maybe you wanna subscribe?
Hello. Hi. I'm Melanie Jame and this is my Substack.
Hello.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
friends and frenemies. she's doing it, a substack. occasional essays and other language acts. gonna publish my first essay tomorrow. maybe you wanna subscribe?
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wow, looks like their aim really was to depopulate that country! - wow, looks like they really were a far-right party! - wow, looks like that ceo really was a fascist! look at us, forever surprised by the utterly obvious and avoidable emergence of existential threats! we came we saw we gawped!
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
wow, looks like their aim really was to depopulate that country! - wow, looks like they really were a far-right party! - wow, looks like that ceo really was a fascist! look at us, forever surprised by the utterly obvious and avoidable emergence of existential threats! we came we saw we gawped!
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Our NEA grant was canceled.
Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our NEA grant was canceled.
Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
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Now that Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the BfV, it is high time to illuminate its relationship with the Israeli right, including members of Netanyahu’s family and ruling party - the Likud.
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May 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Now that Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the BfV, it is high time to illuminate its relationship with the Israeli right, including members of Netanyahu’s family and ruling party - the Likud.
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‘Even if there were a very high bar for defining someone as a “terror supporter”, such a legal regime would subject dual nationals to a permanent second-class status: probationary citizenship.’
@harrystopes.bsky.social on Germany‘s attempts to deport four activists: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
@harrystopes.bsky.social on Germany‘s attempts to deport four activists: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
Harry Stopes | High Bars
Free movement is a foundational right of EU citizens. When expelling a citizen of another member state on the grounds of...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‘Even if there were a very high bar for defining someone as a “terror supporter”, such a legal regime would subject dual nationals to a permanent second-class status: probationary citizenship.’
@harrystopes.bsky.social on Germany‘s attempts to deport four activists: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
@harrystopes.bsky.social on Germany‘s attempts to deport four activists: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
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New evidence suggests that some of the 15 Palestinian aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah last week were shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings – an attack the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has described as “one of the darkest moments” of the war.
Palestinian aid workers likely shot ‘execution style’, forensic expert says
Palestinian Red Crescent, which lost nine of its staff in March 23 attack, called it one of the war’s ‘darkest moments’.
www.aljazeera.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New evidence suggests that some of the 15 Palestinian aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah last week were shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings – an attack the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has described as “one of the darkest moments” of the war.
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Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step – my latest op-ed @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight, says Hanno Hauenstein, a Berlin-based journalist
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step – my latest op-ed @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Der taz-Journalist Nicholas Potter weist in einem Beitrag den Völkermord-Vorwurf gegen Israel zurück – mit selektiven Zahlen und fragwürdigen Quellen. Potters Beitrag steht exemplarisch für die Haltung vieler deutscher Medien, die sich der Verantwortung entziehen, Gewalt nicht zu legitimieren.
Die Normalisierung von Massenmord
Der taz-Journalist Nicholas Potter weist in einem Beitrag den Völkermord-Vorwurf gegen Israel zurück – mit selektiven Zahlen und fragwürdigen Quellen. Potters Beitrag steht exemplarisch für die Haltung vieler deutscher Medien, die sich der Verantwortung entziehen, Gewalt nicht zu legitimieren.
jacobin.de
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Der taz-Journalist Nicholas Potter weist in einem Beitrag den Völkermord-Vorwurf gegen Israel zurück – mit selektiven Zahlen und fragwürdigen Quellen. Potters Beitrag steht exemplarisch für die Haltung vieler deutscher Medien, die sich der Verantwortung entziehen, Gewalt nicht zu legitimieren.
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very excited for this outlaw-angel-with-a-guitar's sold-out performance at Sophiensaele this weekend
@melaniejame.bsky.social
@melaniejame.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
very excited for this outlaw-angel-with-a-guitar's sold-out performance at Sophiensaele this weekend
@melaniejame.bsky.social
@melaniejame.bsky.social
'gegen rechts' has to mean more than having occasional parades in protest of having a government in the future that is a bit too nakedly racist for your idea of who you are. there has to be a driver, and a material demand, with more gravitas than avoiding future embarrassment
February 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
'gegen rechts' has to mean more than having occasional parades in protest of having a government in the future that is a bit too nakedly racist for your idea of who you are. there has to be a driver, and a material demand, with more gravitas than avoiding future embarrassment