‘The German government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil.’
– President Hage Geingob, 13 January.

Online early: eyal weizman reports from Namibia on Nama and Ovaherero calls for not just recognition but reparations.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Invited to address a conference in Berlin about my work in Gaza hospitals during the present conflict.
The German government has forcibly prevented me from entering the country
Silencing a witness to genocide before the ICJ adds to Germany's complicity in the ongoing massacre.

In 2016, we asked Ian Jack to write about Trident for The Guardian Long Read, and he produced this masterpiece —which makes very clear, over 10000 words, that the purpose of “our nuclear deterrent” has little to do with keeping us safe.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/f…

It's not the most important thing, but the histrionic fragility of these online Israeli propaganda accounts is quite striking. Virtually everything is taken as somehow offensive, yet no atrocity is too shameful to defend.

'While much has changed in the past six months, the horrors we witness can only be truly comprehended as a cataclysmic new phase in a war that has been going on for several generations.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Rashid Khalidi

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Good to see this. Gray's hostility to transparent government will be a big issue in the next parliament. FOI is already regularly treated with contempt by various departments -- would be good to have strong campaigners & unremitting journalists breathing down their neck.

The murders of Ismail Haniyeh's children and grandchildren in targeted strikes in Gaza is part of a pattern of the IDF sabotaging negotiations.

In the last Gaza war, Israel struck apartment buildings housing 3 PIJ commanders who were to go to ceasefire talks *that morning*.

This is really unfortunate news. Ramzy, and the team of reporters and writers working with him, has done excellent work at oD. If you work in media you should grab the opportunity and give them jobs.

So looking forward to this conversation this evening, and to seeing some of you there. (If you've a ticket, please note the start time is 7, rather than the 7.30 when first advertised.)