After a close second reading of the PM Order in Nicaragua v. Germany and especially the declarations, as well as the separate and dissenting opinions by individual judges I have revised my first assessment.
The Order is by by far not as 'unspectecular' as I initially thought -…

Finde nur ich es abstoßend und fragwürdig, dass u.a. der Chef der Atlantik-Brücke Sigmar Gabriel eine Party mit Gas-Gerd und WARNIG feiert? Wie finden das die Mitglieder der Atlantik-Brücke ? Irre, was in Deutschland als völlig normal hingenommen wird: Erst mit Nato-Chef…

Rare piece coauthored by an Iranian expert in #Iran (Hassan Ahmadian حسن احمدیان) and a #Saudi expert in KSA (@HeshamAlghannam) about broader shifts unleashed by #GazaWar :

'Non-western countries are less open to adhering to Washington’s rules for the game'

amwaj.media/article/how-ga…

„Das IFA ist staatsnah, wir arbeiten staatsfern.“

Gut, die ersten Medien greifen den Skandal um QantaraDE auf.
Wenn Auswärtiges Amt so zufrieden ist, mit dem Magazin, wie es sich nun zitieren lässt, warum ändert man dann die Struktur. Ein Schelm.....

fr.de/politik/straff…

This urging is, unfortunately, little more than pious hope, and has been for a long time.

Strong warning by Jordanian Foreign Minister to Iran:

Tehran's attack on Israel on Sunday was 'repelled' by Jordanian forces 'because these attacks also directly endanger Jordan,' Ayman Safadi said in Berlin.

'We will not accept being turned into another theater of war.'

Germany's Interior Ministry has issued a “Betätigungsverbot” against me, a ban on any political activity. Not just a ban on visiting Germany but also from participation via Zoom. Here is the speech whose publication caused this ban. Judge for yourselves! yanisvaroufakis.eu/2024/04/12/my-…

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.

English translation: Thuringia is diversity: mince, Thuringian mince, mince, mince, mince, raw mince, mince and of course for the last 620 years MINCE IN A SAUSAGE CASING

'Surely this city ought to have learned by now that directing culture toward political ends rarely ends well.' - nytimes.com/2024/04/06/art…

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)

Former Russian diplomat Bondarew (who resigned in protest in May 22) has an article in Spiegel *extremely critical* of the non-strategic approach of most NATO country leaders - and complementing Macron’s strategic ambiguity.
(Transl in Alt)

spiegel.de/ausland/ukrain…

German companies spend 64 million hours every year filling out forms - 'We’ve somehow lost the compass for what still makes sense.”🤯 by Melissa Eddy nytimes.com/2024/04/09/wor…

Breaking: civil servants have called on Germany to stop supplying Israel with arms, saying the country’s “crimes in Gaza” are “in clear contradiction to international law and thus to the Constitution”.
My exclusive for Al Jazeera English

aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/7/…

'As you well know we rescued intellecturals seeking refuge from the Nazis...Your decision to cancel her invitation is insulting to her, to the academy...it is a challenge to academic freedom that is unacceptable'
Der PR Super-Gau der Uni Köln (und auch des DAAD) geht weiter.

🚨 EXKLUSIV: „Ich habe den Biss nicht mehr“ - nach 26 Jahren im Bundestag will Michael Roth - official 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇱 raus aus der Politik. Miriam Hollstein und ich haben ihm ein langes Gespräch geführt - über die Härte des Betriebs, die Kindheit, die SPD.

Das Interview: stern.de/politik/spd-po… Gregor Peter Schmitz

13 years ago: People of Damascus march out of the Umayyad mosque during Friday prayers in solidarity with Daraa, where the regime was massacring people.

The man recording the video can hardly believe what he is seeing: 'Have the people really risen up at last?' he says.

Peak UN is finally managing to demand a ceasefire 'for the month of Ramadan' more than halfway through the month of Ramadan

Waiting for pics of Scholz doing Yoga.

Emmanuel Macron flexes political muscle with boxing photos bbc.com/news/world-eur…

German Chancellor Scholz next to Netanyahu today:
'The longer the war lasts, the higher the number of civilian casualities rises, the more desperate the situation of the people in Gaza becomes, the more this backs the question: No matter how important the goal, can it justify…