1/ I’m an Israeli historian. My community is still too silent about the horrible war in Gaza. Over 8 months I’ve closely followed the war, reading >1000 articles and viewing >1000 videos/images of the war from all sides. My summary conclusions & full report are in the 🧵:

Die Nachricht: Israels Besatzung ist als solche illegal Das ZDF macht daraus: Israels Siedlungspolitik ist illegal zdf.de/nachrichten/po… Wie kann man so schlecht berichten?

German police officer wearing a medic badge punches a woman full in the face

The one-state vs. two-state debate often overlooks one key fact: we are already in a one-state reality, and have been since 1967. The “only” problem is that millions of Palestinians don’t have a vote. So give them the vote or give them a state. Pick one.

Der Horror in Gaza. Beschrieben von zwei US-Chirurgen, die im März im Gaza European Hospital als Freiwillige arbeiteten. Klar, sachlich, mit allen notwendigen Details und deshalb schon beim Lesen kaum zu ertragen. Diese Apokalypse muss enden, sofort. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Wann interviewen deutsche Medien die ausländischen Mediziner in Gaza? MSF International Ärzte ohne Grenzen, CADUS · Redefine Global Solidarity und einige andere sind dort, wo ausländische Journalisten nich hinkommen: vor Ort, im Zentrum des Grauens.

Meine Beobachtungen in der Altstadt von Jerusalem, wo viele unter den Attacken junger Siedler leiden, hier im Mittelpunkt die Armenier und ihr Protestcamp. Manche von ihnen betrachten sich als Palästinenser. taz.de/Siedler-in-Jer…

Tony Judt, Masha Gessen, Etienne Balibar unter der Headline „Zu viele ausgezeichnete Antisemiten“ zu listen – langsam aber sicher wird die von mir geschätzte Taz teils ununterscheidbar von der BILD-Zeitung. Politisches Irrlichtern nach rechts für die Klicks – bitter mit anzusehen

This is the real story of Israel: While Netanyahu gives a smug ass speech in congress - Carmit Palty Katzir, who's father & brother were murdered on October 7th and her mom kidnapped, is arrested by Capitol Police for wearing a shirt demanding Netanyahu to "Seal the deal"

Former hostage in Gaza Liat Atzili, who lost her husband on 7/10: "I was and still am a radical leftist believing in co-existence and peace. Peace is not a dream of some bleeding hearts. We don't have any other choice. Without peace, we will not survive. > haaretz.co.il/magazine/2024-…

Why can’t Israelis feel for Gazan children and parents what they feel for Druze children and parents. The shock and horror of so many children being killed in an explosion has been happening for months in Gaza.

For 10 months now, many people have been baffled by Israel’s strategy. The embarrassing truth is there is no strategy. Just tactics. Action and reaction with zero long-term thinking, and a Prime Minister whose only priority is to stay in power and out of jail. And here we are.

Voices from Gaza: This is Tasneem S. (and her daughter Celine), recently featured in my article for der Freitag.

Yet again, incredible work by Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם +972 Magazine, exposing how the Israeli military uses Amazon’s AWS cloud, among others, to store data on Gaza’s population, aiding in aerial assassinations which kill and harm Palestinian civilians. Vital journalism. 972mag.com/cloud-israeli-…

The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, while procuring further AI tools from Google and Microsoft for military purposes, a +972 Magazine and שיחה מקומית investigation reveals. By Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם. 972mag.com/cloud-israeli-…

“every single [doctor and nurse] saw young children sniped to death in Gaza with deliberate shots to head and chest.” Over 3 weeks since the Politico article, and 2 weeks since the open letter was sent, and still not a word of coverage in any of the major American newspapers.

Crowds gathering for another protest in Tel Aviv. Do the damn deal.

Die Verknüpfung von Zugehörigkeits-, Aufenthalts- und Fördergarantien an ein Bekenntnis zu einem Staat, der sich derzeit vor Internationalem Gerichtshof wegen des Vorwurfs des Völkermords verantworten muss, wirkt an Zynismus wirklich schwer zu überbieten. spiegel.de/politik/deutsc…

This is what we started doing all across Israel. We will not live our normal life while our government is starving millions, while our army annihilates Gaza. And we will not allow others to have normality as long as this continues.