Petra Ramsauer
@petraramsauer.bsky.social
knows 1 thing or 2 about the Middle East. Was a crisis reporter, is a psychotherapist (in Fachausbildung unter Supervision)
will always be a political scientist.
focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic.
European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.
will always be a political scientist.
focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic.
European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.
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Der @mnikbakhsh.bsky.social & ich probieren ja gerne neue Dinge aus & heute ist wieder so ein Tag:
Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...
Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...
#246 Der Benko-Prozess: Tag 1 | Die Dunkelkammer – Der Investigativ-Podcast
Von Michael Nikbakhsh. Am 14. Oktober wurde der Strafprozess gegen Rene Benko am Landesgericht Innsbruck eröffnet.
Die Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft wirft Benko betrügerische Kaida ...
dunkelkammer.simplecast.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Der @mnikbakhsh.bsky.social & ich probieren ja gerne neue Dinge aus & heute ist wieder so ein Tag:
Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...
Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...
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Read Amr Hamzawy on how the international and regional guarantors of the Gaza deal can “ensure successful transitions from one phase of the agreement to the next”—and lay the groundwork for “a more lasting settlement for Gaza.”
Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza
Phased peace agreements have worked before in the Middle East.
fam.ag
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Read Amr Hamzawy on how the international and regional guarantors of the Gaza deal can “ensure successful transitions from one phase of the agreement to the next”—and lay the groundwork for “a more lasting settlement for Gaza.”
this is very interesting.
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu's office amid overwhelming opposition from cabinet ministers; Barghouti servi...
www.timesofisrael.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
this is very interesting.
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...
👋
October 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
👋
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SCOOP: Trump fired back at Netanyahu after the Israeli leader expressed skepticism about Hamas agreeing to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal:
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative"
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
www.axios.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
SCOOP: Trump fired back at Netanyahu after the Israeli leader expressed skepticism about Hamas agreeing to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal:
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
merci @dorabinovici.bsky.social für die vielen wichtigen Gedanken. hört es Euch an.
sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...
sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...
Im Journal zu Gast: Schriftsteller und Historiker Doron Rabinovici
sound.orf.at
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
merci @dorabinovici.bsky.social für die vielen wichtigen Gedanken. hört es Euch an.
sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...
sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Häuser abbrennen? Zivilisten töten? Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober überzeugt gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dienst. Sie erheben harte Vorwürfe. Vier von ihnen erzählen. Mit @petraramsauer.bsky.social und @forrestrogers.bsky.social
www.nzz.ch/internationa...
www.nzz.ch/internationa...
«Wir sind nicht mehr auf der Seite der Guten» – Israelische Soldaten verweigern den Dienst
Häuser abbrennen ohne plausiblen Grund? Unschuldige Menschen töten? Immer mehr Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober aus Überzeugung gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dien...
www.nzz.ch
July 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Häuser abbrennen? Zivilisten töten? Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober überzeugt gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dienst. Sie erheben harte Vorwürfe. Vier von ihnen erzählen. Mit @petraramsauer.bsky.social und @forrestrogers.bsky.social
www.nzz.ch/internationa...
www.nzz.ch/internationa...
"The closer Israel gets to total triumph, the closer it will be to complete uncertainty, to perils unleashed by pent-up humiliation, anger, and fury. That sort of victory is not a safe place."
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism
Iran, Israel, and the ghosts of history.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"The closer Israel gets to total triumph, the closer it will be to complete uncertainty, to perils unleashed by pent-up humiliation, anger, and fury. That sort of victory is not a safe place."
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
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Am Mittwoch rede ich mit Kristina Meyer (Willy-Brandt-Stiftung), Wolfgang Petritsch und @petraramsauer.bsky.social
im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
June 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Am Mittwoch rede ich mit Kristina Meyer (Willy-Brandt-Stiftung), Wolfgang Petritsch und @petraramsauer.bsky.social
im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
die zentrale Frage
June 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
die zentrale Frage
au point
The president exists in a dystopian fantasy world with no connection to reality
June 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
au point
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This is an incredible document in which #Trump claims ICE protests “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and authorizes Pete Hegseth to deploy “regular Armed Forces” against protesters—anywhere in the US. (Notably, CA isn’t mentioned anywhere.)
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This is an incredible document in which #Trump claims ICE protests “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and authorizes Pete Hegseth to deploy “regular Armed Forces” against protesters—anywhere in the US. (Notably, CA isn’t mentioned anywhere.)
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Jeremy Bowen spells out the problem for Israel trying to deny war crimes: its own ministers have admitted to them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Jeremy Bowen spells out the problem for Israel trying to deny war crimes: its own ministers have admitted to them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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8 June 1943 | A transport of 880 Jews deported from the ghetto from Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
June 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
8 June 1943 | A transport of 880 Jews deported from the ghetto from Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece arrived at #Auschwitz.
After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
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Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman alleged Netanyahu is now supporting a new ISIS-affiliated militia to counter Hamas. Sources told Haaretz last week that an armed group tied to Yasser Abu Shabab has recently begun operating in southern Gaza.
Netanyahu: Israel fighting Hamas 'in various ways' amid claims it armed ISIS-tied militia
www.haaretz.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman alleged Netanyahu is now supporting a new ISIS-affiliated militia to counter Hamas. Sources told Haaretz last week that an armed group tied to Yasser Abu Shabab has recently begun operating in southern Gaza.
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Explosions rocked Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, before dawn on Friday as air defense crews raced to combat a large-scale Russian bombardment.
Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine
Air defense crews in the capital were racing to combat a large-scale bombardment before dawn on Friday, officials said.
trib.al
June 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Explosions rocked Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, before dawn on Friday as air defense crews raced to combat a large-scale Russian bombardment.
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Friday’s NY Post cover is pure gold
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friday’s NY Post cover is pure gold
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Very concerning announcements coming out of Austria: www.politico.eu/article/aust...
Austria walks back support for EU’s 2040 climate target
Shift adds to pressure on Brussels to soften the 90 percent goal.
www.politico.eu
May 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Very concerning announcements coming out of Austria: www.politico.eu/article/aust...
das erzählt alles
As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay.
According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.
According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
das erzählt alles