The supply of arms that are at risk of being used in violations of the Genocide Convention or international humanitarian law – in practice, any 'war weapon' that could be used in active combat in the Gaza Strip – is contrary to Germany’s international obligations and may give…

Unspectacular result in Nicaragua v. Germany

🔹No provisional measures
🔹Case to continue

➡️No prohibition to provide weapons to Israel but reminder to all States of their obligations under international law when supplying arms

ICJ held that

1. circumstances did not require…

“We've become addicted to explosions.” Stunning work by Bellingcat tracking the scale of home demolitions by a single IDF unit in Gaza. “Behind each ruined building, there is a decision & an action which has been carried out by a specific unit or person.” bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

With Friedrich Ebert Stiftung's continued support, مرصد الشبكات السوري will launch its second report on aid diversion in Brussels on 22 May.

In my opinion, the report constitutes the most systemic and data-driven assessment of the diversion of UN-led humanitarian aid in regime-held Syria.…

Great piece by Ziad Daoud (@Bloomberg) on the scope and limits of the Gulf states' colossal financial power. I highly recommend.
It cites data that Camille Lons and I compiled for IISS News on Gulf bailouts and their often-uncertain geopolitical returns. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Which doom comes first: Climate change or creeping facism?

Decided: Belgium will take the lead at the EU level to re-evaluate our Association Agreement with Israel.

We will co-sponsor a UN resolution in favour of full Palestinian UN membership.

And we call for an EU-wide import duty on products coming from illegal Israeli settlements.

Lesenswerte kritische Betrachtung meiner Zunft von Hans Kundnani

'Einseitigkeit und Gruppendenken kennzeichnen oft die außenpolitische Sicherheitsblase. In Deutschland ist dies besonders stark ausgeprägt.'
ipg-journal.de/rubriken/ausse…

'Israels Krieg wird von KI unterstützt, wobei Computersysteme bei der Entscheidung helfen, schnell Ziele auszuwählen und Kollateralschaden zu ermessen. Dabei werden jedoch oft 'dumme Bomben' abgeworfen. All das führt zu hohen zivilien Opfern und Zerstörung'
#PanoramaARD

6yr old Hind Rajab's emergency call from Gaza drew global calls for investigation of her death. IDF deny they were there. The Washington Post finds:
- IDF vehicles present.
- Gunfire as girls begged for help + damage to ambulance = consistent w/ IDF weapons.
washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Would Jordan apply the same principle, as outlined in this Qantara article by Cathrin Schaer @cathrinschaer.bsky.social, or not?

It would doubtless hope that Israel displays some gratitude by not putting it in this bind in the first place, ofc.

qantara.de/en/article/ira…

What’s been happening in recent days in Berlin is downright fucking scary and regardless of whether you agree with the particular positions of these protesters, I commend your political naiveté if you fail to see how this is straight out of the AfD playbook - with liberal veneer

Shout out to the Iraqi population who documented every single Iranian drone flying over the country while adding their funny commentary.

A good time to post this again.

Das ECCHR hat im Namen von 5 Palästinensern, deren Angehörige bei israelischen Raketenangriffen in #Gaza getötet wurden, Klage beim Verwaltungsgericht Berlin eingereicht. Ziel ist es, die #Kriegswaffenexporte aus Deutschland nach #Israel schnellstmöglich zu stoppen. 1/4

🆕Today, partners at ECCHR—supported by us, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights - PCHR & Al-Haq الحق—have filed a lawsuit to halt the German arms export to Israel citing concerns under international, human rights, and German constitutional law.
ecchr.eu/en/press-relea…

We are deeply concerned about reports of police intervention at #PalestineCongress & that invited speaker Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta was denied entry to #Germany .

These serious risks to freedom of expression & discrimination must urgently be investigated by German authorities.

52% of Germans in favor of putting more pressure on Israel to end war in Gaza.

Majority of voters of all parties in favor with the exception of the extreme right AfD.

(ZDF Politbarometer)

We ECCHR filed against the German Government for granting export licenses for anti-tank weapons to #Israel . #Germany mentioned them CIJ_ICJ very briefly, but didn`t explain much on Tuesday. 1/5
ecchr.eu/en/press-relea…