Since October there has been such a grim synchronicity between state violence in Gaza and Neukölln. When Israel escalates its bombing, or commits a particularly grisly massacre, you can bet the Berlin police will be assaulting teenagers on Sonnenallee soon after.

A year ago we were being told that Israel would never bomb a hospital even when all evidence indicated they had. Now they’ve bombed every hospital in the region and there’s no outrage, no call to action, no mention of this latest atrocity.

Everything Professor Liebowitz says here is worth hearing. As far back as 1987, Israeli Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov was writing letters to government officials warning of similarities between the IDF and the Wehrmacht theguardian.com/world/article/…

he was studying software engineering from a tent, still living for the next day. it would be a disservice to their life to only remember them engulfed in flames. learn their names and stories.

Olaf Scholz's Zeitenwende speech, addressing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Feb 2022: "The issue at the heart of this is whether power is allowed to prevail over the law." Annalena Baerbock, on Gaza, Oct 2024: Germany supports Israeli attacks on civilian targets.

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I suspected this had been mistranslated. It isn't (I'm fluent in German). She didn't make a case for "collateral damage" being acceptable in the pursuit of "military objectives". She literally stated that what Germany stands for is the wilful slaughter of civilians. This is dark.

This is the exact same tactic the Assad regime has used in Syria to whitewash their atrocities. Bring in western influencers who are indifferent/ignorant to the oppression of the Uyghurs, & allow them to spin a positive image of Xinjiang & sanitize the CCP’s violations.

A statement from the editor of New York Times Opinion in response to criticism of a recent guest essay. nytco.com/press/response…

As a longstanding friend, admirer, and trusted vizier of Lauren Oyler I must insist you read her dispatch from the RNC, which ranks among her best work and should stand as a stone-cold classic of the genre for long as the republic lasts (maybe longer) harpers.org/archive/2024/1…

Nations were invented in the 1820s by poets and newspapermen. you’re confusing this with tradition, was invented in the 1880s by cigarette carton manufacturers. Anderson and Hobsbawm are two different guys.

Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of 4 water engineers working with our partner on their way to repair water infrastructure. They had coordinated their movements with Israeli authorities and were traveling in a marked vehicle. oxfamamerica.org/press/oxfam-co…

Unbearable footage coming out of North Gaza

Far-Right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir leads the crowd in song at the “Preparing to Resettle Gaza” Conference, which took place over two days on Israel’s southern border with Gaza. Ben-Gvir was greeted by eager applause from the crowd. “We are the owners of the

Pinch me! newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Tomorrow! Online! with ⁦Ben Mauk⁩ ⁦New America⁩ newamerica.org/fellows/events…

The Israeli military is forcibly removing displaced civilians from shelters in northern Gaza, directing them through military checkpoints where they are subjected to humiliation and detention. x.com/AnasAlSharif0/…