@michaelbarenboim.bsky.social
Violinist, Prof at Barenboim-Said Akademie, concertmaster of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. In the spotlight mainly for speaking out about Gaza since early 2024. Involved in artistic and academic projects amplifying Palestinian voices.
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Opinion piece in @szde.bsky.social on why the 20-point-plan, like earlier initiatives, denies Palestinians basic human rights, including self determination, and how States like Germany are, and have been, untrustworthy actors in the question of Palestine.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/pala...
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/pala...
A radio segment on Nasmé ensemble ahead of our (now past) concert in Berlin 😀
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Künstlerische Exzellenz aus Palästina: Das Nasmé Ensemble
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February 14, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A radio segment on Nasmé ensemble ahead of our (now past) concert in Berlin 😀
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⭕️ BREAKING: A group of French international lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against Foreign Min. Jean-Noël Barrot, for spreading false info about UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, Middle East Eye reports.
The lawyers note Barrot misquoted her Doha remarks and wrongly claimed she...
The lawyers note Barrot misquoted her Doha remarks and wrongly claimed she...
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
⭕️ BREAKING: A group of French international lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against Foreign Min. Jean-Noël Barrot, for spreading false info about UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, Middle East Eye reports.
The lawyers note Barrot misquoted her Doha remarks and wrongly claimed she...
The lawyers note Barrot misquoted her Doha remarks and wrongly claimed she...
She did not say what, amongst others, the French and German Foreign Ministers are claiming she said. The video they watched is obviously manipulated,they should have noticed.
She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is
youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...
She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is
youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...
No, the UN's Francesca Albanese did not call Israel 'the common enemy of humanity' • FRANCE 24
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
She did not say what, amongst others, the French and German Foreign Ministers are claiming she said. The video they watched is obviously manipulated,they should have noticed.
She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is
youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...
She did say that a system that enables genocide is the enemy of all humanity. That's because it is
youtu.be/iHChlXErbGs?...
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German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de discredits UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on the basis of fake news that is easily verifiable. Unbelievable.
Full solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
Full solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de discredits UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on the basis of fake news that is easily verifiable. Unbelievable.
Full solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
Full solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
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I asked actor Neil Patrick Harris about political art at #Berlinale today. He didn't want to engage and said: "I'm always interested in doing things that are apolitical".
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I asked actor Neil Patrick Harris about political art at #Berlinale today. He didn't want to engage and said: "I'm always interested in doing things that are apolitical".
You'd think they'd have an answer ready. But they don't. The question of Palestine puts them on the spot in such a way that they become wholly incoherent, and inconsistent with themselves
Don't ask about Palestine at the Berlinale!
Here's my question to the jury about selective solidarity of the film festival with the people of Iran and Ukraine vs. Palestinians. Wim Wenders (jury president) actually said: "We have to stay out of politics" #Berlinale2026
Here's my question to the jury about selective solidarity of the film festival with the people of Iran and Ukraine vs. Palestinians. Wim Wenders (jury president) actually said: "We have to stay out of politics" #Berlinale2026
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You'd think they'd have an answer ready. But they don't. The question of Palestine puts them on the spot in such a way that they become wholly incoherent, and inconsistent with themselves
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What German politicians – especially those helping sustain genocide and apartheid while attacking those trying to end it – don’t seem to grasp is that hardly anyone takes them particularly seriously anymore. I doubt @franceskalbs.bsky.social or the UN will be intimidated by such silly posturing.
»Sie ist in ihrer Position unhaltbar«: Außenminister Johann Wadephul hat gegenüber der Jüdischen Allgemeinen den Rücktritt von Francesca Albanese gefordert. www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/auss...
Außenminister Wadephul: Francesca Albanese „in ihrer Position unhaltbar“
Die UN-Sonderberichterstatterin hat erneut mit israelfeindlichen Aussagen für Empörung gesorgt. Der Bundesaußenminister spricht ihr nun die Eignung für ihr Amt ab
www.juedische-allgemeine.de
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
What German politicians – especially those helping sustain genocide and apartheid while attacking those trying to end it – don’t seem to grasp is that hardly anyone takes them particularly seriously anymore. I doubt @franceskalbs.bsky.social or the UN will be intimidated by such silly posturing.
Join us on 18th Feb for the next Kilmé Talks event at @lettretage.de ! We host Loaay Wattad, who will speak about Palestinian children's literature
www.lettretage.de/programm/?ev...
www.lettretage.de/programm/?ev...
February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Join us on 18th Feb for the next Kilmé Talks event at @lettretage.de ! We host Loaay Wattad, who will speak about Palestinian children's literature
www.lettretage.de/programm/?ev...
www.lettretage.de/programm/?ev...
“We are witnessing rapid steps to change permanently the demography of the occupied Palestinian territory, stripping its people of their lands and forcing them to leave”
And yet, support for Israel from most western governments continues unabated
news.un.org/en/story/202...
And yet, support for Israel from most western governments continues unabated
news.un.org/en/story/202...
West Bank: UN rights chief warns against deepening Israeli control over Palestinian land
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Wednesday for Israel to rescind recent measures to expand control over Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.
news.un.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“We are witnessing rapid steps to change permanently the demography of the occupied Palestinian territory, stripping its people of their lands and forcing them to leave”
And yet, support for Israel from most western governments continues unabated
news.un.org/en/story/202...
And yet, support for Israel from most western governments continues unabated
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Part of a panel discussing the cultural sector and Gaza in Hamburg as part of the Zeit zu Reden series - with Susan Neiman, Kathrin Peters, and (fellow PJA member) Sami Khatib
kampnagel.de/produktionen...
kampnagel.de/produktionen...
February 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Part of a panel discussing the cultural sector and Gaza in Hamburg as part of the Zeit zu Reden series - with Susan Neiman, Kathrin Peters, and (fellow PJA member) Sami Khatib
kampnagel.de/produktionen...
kampnagel.de/produktionen...
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In manchen Läden gibt es den Wein nun nicht mehr. Gut so.
In deutschen Supermärkten und auf Fachmessen werden Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen als „israelisch“ vermarktet. Das normalisiert Besatzung & Apartheid in palästinensischen Gebieten. Die Ergebnisse meiner monatelangen Recherche sind jetzt online @fr-zeitung.bsky.social
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
Rewe nimmt nach FR-Recherche Wein aus dem Sortiment
Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen werden in deutschen Supermärkten,
Online-Shops und auf Fachmessen als „israelisch“ vermarktet –
und normalisieren so die illegale Besatzung der palästinensischen Ge...
www.fr.de
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In manchen Läden gibt es den Wein nun nicht mehr. Gut so.
I wrote a letter to the editor @szde.bsky.social
The backlash against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and artist Basma al-Sharif reflects the systematic silencing of Palestinian voices in Germany. Political pressure on the rector violates academic freedom and ...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kolumne/lese...
The backlash against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and artist Basma al-Sharif reflects the systematic silencing of Palestinian voices in Germany. Political pressure on the rector violates academic freedom and ...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kolumne/lese...
Leserbriefe zu Antisemitismusdebatte in Düsseldorf: Mehr Mut zu Meinungsfreiheit
Nach Eklat an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf fordern Leser mehr Meinungstoleranz und mehr Gehör für propalästinensische Stimmen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I wrote a letter to the editor @szde.bsky.social
The backlash against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and artist Basma al-Sharif reflects the systematic silencing of Palestinian voices in Germany. Political pressure on the rector violates academic freedom and ...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kolumne/lese...
The backlash against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and artist Basma al-Sharif reflects the systematic silencing of Palestinian voices in Germany. Political pressure on the rector violates academic freedom and ...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kolumne/lese...
Uwe Becker,antisemitism commissioner in Hesse,wants Jüdische Stimme to be banned-in the name of the fight against antisemitism.
This has nothing to do with antisemitism,and everything to do with silencing voices critical of Germany's role in the Gaza genocide
www.juedische-stimme.de/hessischer-a...
This has nothing to do with antisemitism,and everything to do with silencing voices critical of Germany's role in the Gaza genocide
www.juedische-stimme.de/hessischer-a...
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Uwe Becker,antisemitism commissioner in Hesse,wants Jüdische Stimme to be banned-in the name of the fight against antisemitism.
This has nothing to do with antisemitism,and everything to do with silencing voices critical of Germany's role in the Gaza genocide
www.juedische-stimme.de/hessischer-a...
This has nothing to do with antisemitism,and everything to do with silencing voices critical of Germany's role in the Gaza genocide
www.juedische-stimme.de/hessischer-a...
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"With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity."
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...
The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as 'torture facilities,' lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
www.972mag.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity."
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...
@christinebinzel.bsky.social lecture on "the situation in Gaza, Israel's conduct, and Germany's role"⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdS...
Lecture Prof. Christine Binzel: "The Situation in Gaza, Israel’s Conduct, and Germany’s Role" 27.01.
YouTube video by Deutsche JuristInnen für das Völkerrecht
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
@christinebinzel.bsky.social lecture on "the situation in Gaza, Israel's conduct, and Germany's role"⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdS...
12 killed, 6 of them children.
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli strikes on Gaza reportedly kill at least 12, one of the highest tolls since October agreement
The strikes, which killed women and children, came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southernmost city
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 AM
12 killed, 6 of them children.
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Last week, @msf.ca announced they would, as an exceptional measure, share a defined list of staff in Gaza subject to clear parameters.
This week MSF thankfully decided against this, because israeli authorities were unwilling to guarantee even a basic level of safety.
www.msf.org/msf-statemen...
This week MSF thankfully decided against this, because israeli authorities were unwilling to guarantee even a basic level of safety.
www.msf.org/msf-statemen...
MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine | MSF
Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, ...
www.msf.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Last week, @msf.ca announced they would, as an exceptional measure, share a defined list of staff in Gaza subject to clear parameters.
This week MSF thankfully decided against this, because israeli authorities were unwilling to guarantee even a basic level of safety.
www.msf.org/msf-statemen...
This week MSF thankfully decided against this, because israeli authorities were unwilling to guarantee even a basic level of safety.
www.msf.org/msf-statemen...
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Hind Rajab’s voice recording.
Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha (similar to the Lord’s Prayer) while trapped in a car with the dead bodies of her relatives, before the Israeli army of cowards killed her.
Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha (similar to the Lord’s Prayer) while trapped in a car with the dead bodies of her relatives, before the Israeli army of cowards killed her.
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Hind Rajab’s voice recording.
Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha (similar to the Lord’s Prayer) while trapped in a car with the dead bodies of her relatives, before the Israeli army of cowards killed her.
Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha (similar to the Lord’s Prayer) while trapped in a car with the dead bodies of her relatives, before the Israeli army of cowards killed her.
Proof, if we ever needed any, that the official death toll is a severe undercount. That is not even taking into account indirect deaths, typically ranging from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... )
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Proof, if we ever needed any, that the official death toll is a severe undercount. That is not even taking into account indirect deaths, typically ranging from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... )
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"From the obliteration of every university in Gaza to the daily strangulation of academic life in the West Bank, this is an assault on a people’s past, present, and future"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel’s continuous assaults on Birzeit University are an attack on education itself: UN experts
GENEVA – Israel’s military assault on Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank is not episodic violence but a systematic policy, UN experts* said today.“Raids, arrests, intimidation, and the crimi...
www.ohchr.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"From the obliteration of every university in Gaza to the daily strangulation of academic life in the West Bank, this is an assault on a people’s past, present, and future"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center.
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
Al Kamandjati - الكمنجاتي on Instagram: " قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم. حيث قامت قوات ا...
427 likes, 15 comments - alkamandjati on January 27, 2026: " قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center.
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
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Israel’s destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure & continues to block life-saving medication, like chemotherapy drugs, from entering, leaving thousands of Palestinian cancer patients in need of medical evacuation for treatment.
‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade
Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuation
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Israel’s destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure & continues to block life-saving medication, like chemotherapy drugs, from entering, leaving thousands of Palestinian cancer patients in need of medical evacuation for treatment.
Our next Kilmé Talks event tomorrow at @lettretage.de features @jadsalfiti.bsky.social , award-winning British-Palestinian journalist specializing in the intersection of culture and politics.
We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue.
www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...
We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue.
www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...
January 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Our next Kilmé Talks event tomorrow at @lettretage.de features @jadsalfiti.bsky.social , award-winning British-Palestinian journalist specializing in the intersection of culture and politics.
We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue.
www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...
We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue.
www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...
"...if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy", said Ta-Nehisi Coates.
He is constantly being proven right in the worst imaginable way.
He is constantly being proven right in the worst imaginable way.
January 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"...if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy", said Ta-Nehisi Coates.
He is constantly being proven right in the worst imaginable way.
He is constantly being proven right in the worst imaginable way.
January 2026 is human rights disaster month
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
January 2026 is human rights disaster month