An independent historian focusing on Medieval #Iberia; al-Andalus; #Mozarabe...
At the moment researching on Roman/Latin/Christian past reflected in al-Andalus.
Orosius #IsidorusHispalensis #alAndalus
中世イベリア半島史・アンダルス・モサラベ。博士（学術）。所属なし。
PDF | Exposing UK Arms Exports to Israel (Workers for a Free Palestine et al., 2025-05-07)
https://www.maskoffmaersk.com/s/REPORT-ExposingUKArmsExportsToIsrael-05072025.pdf
Revealed: Britain’s Labour Government Sent 8,000 “Munitions of War” to Israel After Saying It Had Stopped (Drop Site News, 2025-05-07)
Revealed: Britain’s Labour Government Sent 8,000 “Munitions of War” to Israel After Saying It Had Stopped (Drop Site News, 2025-05-07)
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uk-israel-munitions-shipments-palestine
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So, so.
After the #UK adopted a new policy that it would not allow any weapons shipments that could be used in Gaza, Britain’s Labour government allowed the export of 8,630 separate munitions to Israel.
The information is revealed in a new report, based on Israeli Tax Authority data, conducted by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International, and Workers for a Free Palestine ...
The report reveals four separate shipments from the UK to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv between September 2024 and February 2025.
The Department for Business and Trade, which oversees British arms exports, refused to specify what the deliveries contained…
UK surely has been "in discussion with France and Saudi Arabia over the recognition of a Palestinian state"...
Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine (Guardian, 2025-05-06)
Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine (Guardian, 2025-05-06)
Seven MPs and six members of the House of Lords have signed the letter to Keir Starmer urging him to defy the Israeli government and give formal recognition to Palestine in advance of key UN talks next month.
The letter... written in late March soon after Israel broke its peace agreement with Hamas...
“Recognising Palestine would affirm our nation’s commitment to upholding the principles of justice, self-determination and equal rights..."
“This is an opportunity for Britain to show leadership, to be on the right side of history and to uphold the principles we claim to champion...”
The prime minister is un
'I got it wrong': Conservative MP 'withdraws' support for Israel over war in Gaza - Politics.co.uk (2025-05-06)
'I got it wrong': [UK] Conservative MP 'withdraws' support for Israel over war in Gaza - Politics.co.uk (2025-05-06)
Mark Pritchard, the MP for The Wrekin since 2005, noted that over twenty years as a parliamentarian he had supported Israel “pretty much at all costs.”
“But today, I want to say that I got it wrong and I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank, and I’d like to withdraw my support right now for the actions of Israel, what they are doing right now in Gaza…
“Can the minister stand up to our friends and allies in the United States and make a strong stand for humanity? ...”
The minister on duty commended Pritchard for his “very powerful intervention
Why Germany Won’t Call It Genocide (Hanno Hauenstein | The Third Draft, 2025-05-04)
Why Germany Won’t Call It Genocide (Hanno Hauenstein | The Third Draft, 2025-05-04)
https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/why-germany-wont-call-it-genocide
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German ver. - https://jacobin.de/artikel/gaza-voelkermord-deutschland-hanno-hauenstein
“Gaza lies in ruins – its people killed, starved, displaced. Yet #Germany refuses to engage with the charge of genocide against Israel. An essay on why this silence will have lasting political effects”
“While Israel’s image in the West is shifting – especially among younger generations – international law increasingly appears to be an empty incantation: a principle … stripped of enforcement mechanisms and universal credibility.
“Germany plays a central role in this context – not only through its continued diplomatic and rhetorical defense of Is
A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza (NYT, 2025-05-04)
A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza (NYT, 2025-05-04)
＊Gift article link＊
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/middleeast/a-popemobile-will-ride-again-this-time-into-gaza.html?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.E08.CZ0H.sKQV7KC%5C_ubOn
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In his last months, Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health clinic to treat Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
The popemobile, a converted Mitsubishi, was donated by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority for Francis’ visit. It was given to the Franciscan order afterward, and then to Caritas ...
Preparing the vehicle …including the installation of blastproof windows, will take roughly three weeks, ... Caritas Jerusalem … will soon request appr
Press statement 04-05-2025 [very welcome update from the gov. of Malta, with a stated intent to provide logistical supports and potential repairs to the ship]- Freedom Flotilla
https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/05/04/press-statement-04-05-2025/
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) wishes to inform the public that we received a very welcome update from the government of Malta, with a stated intent to provide logistical supports and potential repairs to our ship, the ‘Conscience’. We would like to reiterate our intent to be let into #Malta, with the guarantee that our peaceful action to sail to Gaza will not be hindered in any way.
[Spokesperson for the FFC, Thiago Avila:] “…We look forward to dialogue and coordination with the Maltese authorities to be able to re-focus media and public attention where it needs to be; on Israel´s calculated genocide, deliberate famine and wholescale destruction in Gaza’
FreedomFlotilla
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Emergency Press Briefing ... - Freedom Flotilla (2025-05-04)
Emergency Press Briefing ...[Maltese authorities blocked FFC access to the damaged ship] - Freedom Flotilla (2025-05-04)
https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/05/03/press-briefing-and-release/
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On Saturday, a delegation of Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) volunteers ... attempted to reach the ship Conscience to provide support to the crew and volunteers onboard. Their boats were intercepted by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) who not only failed to provide aid to the ... ship, they forced the delegation to turn back to Malta ... This is the second day in a row where Maltese authorities have blocked FFC access to its ship, crew and participants.
... The vessel, crew and volunteers aboard face mounting threats and are being denied critical assistance... Despite urgent SOS distress calls and direct communication from the Conscience ... #Malta blocked the ship’s passa
Press Release By the Government Of Malta (2025-05-02)
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2025/05/02/pr250720.aspx
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… By 0213hrs, all crew were confirmed safe but refused to board the tug. Assistance was provided to support interior firefighting efforts.
By 0345hrs, the vessel and its crew were secure.
The ship remains outside territorial waters and being monitored by the competent authorities.
FreedomFlotilla #Malta
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Press release | As Night Falls off the Coast of Malta, the Freedom Flotilla Warns of a Potential Second Attack on Its Civilian Ship - Freedom Flotilla (2025-05-02)
Press release | As Night Falls off the Coast of Malta, the Freedom Flotilla Warns of a Potential Second Attack on Its Civilian Ship - Freedom Flotilla (2025-05-02)
https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/05/02/press-release-02-05-2024/
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is warning of a potential second attack on its civilian ship, the Conscience, which remains stranded in international waters off the coast of Malta. ... Water continues to enter the vessel, and the Maltese Coast Guard is refusing it safe entry.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, who was scheduled to join the flotilla [from #Malta], said: “The ship is currently at anchor, as moving it would riskflooding causing it to sink.” Thunberg emphasized, “what is certain is that we human rights activists will continue to do everything in our power to fulfill our responsibility and stand in solidarity with the peopl
“Vaughan raised the flag of Israel outside City Hall” (Steven Del Duca - Mayor of Vaughan | Instagram, 2025-05-02)
“Vaughan [Ontario, #Canada] raised the flag of Israel outside City Hall” (Steven Del Duca - Mayor of Vaughan | Instagram, 2025-05-02)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJIEAIvPfMa/
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In recognition of Israel’s Independence Day, and at the request of CIJA [= Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs], the City of Vaughan raised the flag of Israel outside City Hall…
Freedom Flotilla Coalition - Links
Freedom Flotilla Coalition - Links
Official Website ⬇️
https://freedomflotilla.org/
Linktree (several SNS accounts but :mastodon: T^T) ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/freedomflotillacoalition
FreedomFlotilla
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I Used To Say Israel Was Not Committing A Genocide In Gaza: I was Wrong. This is why. (Shaiel Ben-Ephraim | The Grand Scheme, 2025-05-01)
I Used To Say Israel Was Not Committing A Genocide In Gaza: I was Wrong. This is why. (Shaiel Ben-Ephraim | The Grand Scheme, 2025-05-01)
https://shaielbenephraim.substack.com/p/i-used-to-say-israel-was-not-committing
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“It gives me no pleasure to accuse my country, my friends, and my family of being part of a genocide. I spent months arguing against this. Early in the war, I said that those who accuse Israel of genocide are acting in bad faith and spreading a blood libel. I was right about some of these malevolent actors. But my conclusions were wrong. The seeds of genocide were sown early on. Then Israel escalated its acts against the Palestinian people to a point where I could not stay silent.
“My journey to this understanding had several signposts…”
h/t https://norden.social/@stephie/_hamburg/114437269288914207
[StopGenocide](htt
Gaza Freedom Flotilla incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaza Freedom Flotilla incident [2025] - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza/_Freedom/_Flotilla/_incident
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In the early Friday morning on May 2, 2025. a vessel from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, carrying 30 international human rights activists and humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, was attacked by drones in international waters off the coast of Malta...
FreedomFlotilla #Wikipedia
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FreedomFlotilla [The Maltese government and Cypriot rescuers said they had responded to a distress call from the vessel] (Radio France Internationale, 2025-05-02)
Following the distress call, the Malta Vessel Traffic Services body dispatched a tugboat and offered support.
"The tug arrived on scene and began firefighting operations. By 0128 hrs, the fire was reported under control," the Maltese statement said.
Malta #Cyprus
🆘 Urgent: Demand Malta Rescue Freedom Flotilla Now
🆘 Urgent: Demand Malta Rescue Freedom Flotilla Now
https://support.adc.org/a/malta
Malta is the closest to the flotilla, and must take action. Complete the information below and send a message to the Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela, and additional receipents.
Demands: The Government of Malta do what is right and send immediate vessels to those on the flotilla to rescue those on board...
Receipents: Members of Congress and Prime Minister of Malta. It is important that Members of Congress hear your concerns first thing in the morning. This is why they have been included.
Note: Only your Prefix, First name, and state will be visable to receipents. None of the other information provided will be shared with the receipent(s).
FreedomFlotilla #RescueFreedomFlotilla
@[email protected] [@pale
The Daily File | Documenting the Israeli-occupied territories
https://www.thedailyfile.org/
“an independent initiative run by Israeli volunteers to compile data and documentary evidence of Israel’s war on Gaza and occupation of the West Bank”
cont. 'We've killed so many children (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-01)
https://www.972mag.com/silent-vigils-gazan-children-israel/
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Since that first vigil, they have held four more at Saturday night protests in downtown Tel Aviv. The display inspired similar actions in Kafr Qasim, Jaffa, Haifa, Karkur, and Tel Aviv University, as well as at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day. At an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv organized by the Jewish-Arab movement Standing Together, police initially banned the display but later backed down; in the end, thousands held up images of Gazan children.
Since the beginning of the war, there has been a minority of Israeli Jewish activists who have protested against it … many have been attacked or arrested.
… these silent displays of mourning seem to generally provoke a different reaction from the Israeli public than typical left-wing demonstrations. … “There’s a simple truth here that speaks for itself. We’ve killed so many children…”
'We've killed so many children — it's hard to argue with that' (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-01)
'We've killed so many children — it's hard to argue with that' (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-01)
https://www.972mag.com/silent-vigils-gazan-children-israel/
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Since March, hundreds of Israelis have joined silent vigils for slain Gazan children, holding up their photos to try to break through the wall of apathy.
The idea for these silent protests took shape among several activists in Tel Aviv who were horrified by the scale of death and destruction after Israel renewed its assault on Gaza in March…
“It started spontaneously,” said Amit Shilo, one of the organizers of the vigil. “... My friend Alma Beck posted a story with one of the [… deceased Gazan] children, and I wrote to her, ‘Let’s take their pictures to the Saturday night protest.’”
The two of them printed 40 black-and-white photos at home from the Daily File, ... “We thought it would just be five of us standing for ten minutes until someone att
Lammy confirms UK and France in talks over Palestine recognition （Guardian, 2025-04-30）
Lammy confirms UK and France in talks over Palestine recognition （Guardian, 2025-04-30）
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/30/uk-france-talks-palestinian-state-recognition-lammy
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The UK is in discussion with France and Saudi Arabia over the recognition of a Palestinian state at a June conference convened by the two countries on keeping alive the political path to a two-state solution in the Middle East, the UK foreign secretary has said.
David Lammy’s comments mark the first time the UK has acknowledged that a discussion with France about a recognition process around the conference is under way.
Recognition of Palestine by two permanent members of the UN security council would be a powerful statement but faces many diplomatic hurdles, including a need for greater clarity about what France is proposing and whether recognition could form part of a cre
Palestinian student activist at Columbia is released after arrest at his citizenship interview | AP News (2025-04-30)
[Mohsen Mahdawi] Palestinian student activist at Columbia is released after arrest at his citizenship interview | AP News (2025-04-30)
MohsenMahdawi #ColumbiaU #ICE #USPol
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E.g. a report from April 2024, the Nuseirat camp: Israeli army broadcasts intimidating sounds to lure, kill, and forcibly displace civilians in the Nuseirat camp (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 2024-04-16)
Kehlani Responds to Cornell Canceling Performance: ‘I Am Not Antisemitic, I Am Anti-Genocide’ (Billboard, 2025-4-27)
Kehlani Responds to Cornell Canceling Performance: ‘I Am Not Antisemitic, I Am Anti-Genocide’ (Billboard, 2025-4-27)
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kehlani-cornell-concert-statement-video-1235956561/
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Cornell had booked Kehlani to headline the school’s Slope Day, an annual celebration following the last day of classes, set for May 7 this year. Earlier this week, the invite was rescinded.
In a response video … #Kehlani said, “I am being asked and called to clarify and make a statement yet again, for the millionth time, that I am not antisemitic nor anti-Jew.”
“I am anti-genocide, I am anti the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti an extermination of an entire people, I am anti the bombing of innocent children, men, women — that’s what I’m anti,” …
“… the very first Live that I did in the beginning of t
Is the Purpose of Israel to Destroy International Law? - Sam Husseini (2025-04-29)
Is the Purpose of Israel to Destroy International Law? - Sam Husseini (2025-04-29)
https://husseini.substack.com/p/is-the-purpose-of-israel-to-destroy
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At the end of her comments to the International Court of Justice yesterday, Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh stated: “In addition to seeking to destroy the protective application of international law to the Palestinian people, Israel appears set on destroying the very international framework created to ensure compliance with international law with profound consequences that reverberate far beyond Palestine and Palestinians.”
I have been arguing for some time that this is actually imperial Israel’s purpose...
SamHusseini #ICJ #InternationalLaw
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🤔 Infos about Israel's participation in several European (political, cultural and sport) organizations, with some explanations...
https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/why-is-israel-included-in-europe/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/09/israel-european-championships-7819417/
Be myself I'm not yet totally convinced. Keep asking.
Youth Demand Disrupt London Marathon (2025-04-27)
Youth Demand Disrupt London Marathon (2025-04-27)
Youth Demand supporters have disrupted the London Marathon. Youth Demand is a youth-led civil resistance group calling for the [UK] government to impose a full trade embargo on Israel, and make the fossil fuel elite pay damages to communities and countries most harmed by fossil fuel burning.
At approximately 10:35am, two Youth Demand supporters jumped over the barriers and threw red powder paint in front of the men’s elite race at the London marathon as it crossed Tower Bridge. ... City of London police quickly moved to arrest the pair.
[a spokesperson from Youth Demand:] “This is a race against time: Gaza is running out of food. Millions of starving Palestinians are be
🇨🇭Swiss team turns back on Israeli gold medallists at fencing championship - The Jewish Chronicle (2025-04-27)
🇨🇭Swiss team turns back on Israeli gold medallists at fencing championship - The Jewish Chronicle (2025-04-27)
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/swiss-team-turns-back-on-israeli-gold-medallists-at-fencing-championship-y45wh43e
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( I understand -and appreciate- the action as against the State of Isr, not against the athletes.)
“The Swiss fencing team turned its back on the winning Israeli team during the medal ceremony at the under-23 European Fencing Championship in Tallinn, Estonia, on Saturday night.”
“During the podium ceremony, as Israel’s national anthem, Hatikvah, played, the Swiss fencers kept their backs turned to the Israeli team in alleged protest, rather than turn to the right, as was expected.”
Japanese Hotel Asks Israeli Settler Tourist to Sign Anti-War Crimes Declaration - Quds News Network (2025-04-26)
Japanese Hotel [rec. Guesthouse] Asks Israeli Settler Tourist to Sign Anti-War Crimes Declaration - Quds News Network (2025-04-26)
https://qudsnen.co/japanese-hotel-asks-israeli-settler-tourist-to-sign-anti-war-crimes-declaration/
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The tourist, a former combat medic in Israel’s navy reserves, said staff at the Wind Villa Hotel gave him the form after he presented his Israeli passport. The document demanded he confirm that he had never attacked civilians, killed prisoners, tortured detainees, committed sexual violence, or participated in forced displacement or looting.
The hotel reportedly requires all Israeli and Russian guests to sign the same pledge.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported the incident on Saturday. The Israeli tourist called the request “ridiculous and absurd,” but he eventually signed to avoid being denied a room.
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So far no
WANN essay collection now on shelves and available for purchase - We Are Not Numbers
https://wearenotnumbers.org/wann-essay-collection-now-on-shelves-and-available-for-purchase/
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April 24 is the launch date for the European edition. The London launch celebration—a ticketed event open to the public—is May 6.
"WE ARE NOT NUMBERS: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth” gathers a decade of writing—2014 to 2024—from young Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank, and Diaspora. Through essays and poems, these writers take us beyond the news cycle and into the heart of what it means to live, lose, and keep telling your story under siege and occupation, and in exile...
WeAreNotNumbers
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[cont.] Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as Antisemitic Symbols
https://jewishcurrents.org/training-nypd-keffiyeh-watermelon-antisemitism-israel-palestine
Experts on antisemitism and civil liberties say the training reinforces a police culture that treats Palestinians (and Arabs and Muslims more broadly) with suspicion, while doing little to curb antisemitism. “They are actively conflating any care for Palestinian humanity or rights—and in some cases, Palestinian existence itself—with antisemitism,” said Dove Kent, the US senior director for Diaspora Alliance, a group that fights antisemitism and its weaponization. “None of this does anything to increase Jewish safety.”
... #CAM was founded in 2019 ... One of [its] main goals is lobbying elected officials around the country to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (#IHRA) definition of antisemitism—which classifies some anti-Zionist speech as antisemitic—into state law.
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FakeAntisemitism
[Irish] Government to shelve Occupied Territories Bill as it's labelled 'economic terrorism' (Business Plus, 2025-04-02)
https://businessplus.ie/economy-2/occupied-territories-bill-economic-terrerism/
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As the Government braces for the impact of Mr Trump's tariffs … senior Government sources said … that introducing the controversial Bill now would be akin to “economic terrorism”.
Asked what next steps could be expected, a source replied “scrapping the Occupied Territories Bill”.
A spokesman for Taoiseach Micheál Martin said while there is “no timeline” for the introduction of the legislation he didn't believe it was linked to the US tariffs ...
There has been substantial pressure from the US for the Government to drop the Bill, which would ban the trade of goods and services between #Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements.
US Ambassador to Ireland Clare Cronin warned Mr Martin last year there would be “consequences” if the legislation was passed…
OccupiedTerritoriesBill #USPol
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cont. “Resisting Submission” by Jan Komárek
“[Anna] Dumont’s essay is entitled ‘What Autocrats Want from Academics: Servility’. And that is exactly what I refuse to give them, even in my small, insignificant way.”
“Let me say this publicly:
“Donald Trump and his minions are destroying democracy, fundamental freedoms, and the Constitution on which these values are based.
“By supporting Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 2023, the United States is complicit in the crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which should be properly investigated by the International Criminal Court.
“Punishing people for saying these two things violates the U.S. Constitution and the value of which Americans have always prided themselves: the freedom of speech.
“We, in the free world, will keep reminding of these truths, that ‘we hold to be self-evident’”
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein (Guardian, 2025-04-03)
“The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight”
(The author “placed these deportations in the broader context of #Germany ’s discourse around Israel and Palestine – a repressive climate that has, … targeted high-profile figures…”)
HannoHauenstein
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cont. “Germany’s Deportation Crackdown”
Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-post-holocaust-doctrine-germany-seeks-to-deport-pro-palestinian-protesters/
London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/april/high-bars
Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2025/04/germany-palestine-protest-deportations-antisemitism
(in German)
Legal Tribune Online https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/abschiebung-ausweisung-palaestina-aktivisten-rechtswidrig-eugh-freizuegigkeit-berlin
) the organisations:
Breaking the Silence https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
B’Tselem https://www.btselem.org/
Zazim https://www.zazim.org.il/en/about
Combatants for Peace https://www.cfpeace.org/
Machsom Watch https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/node/51914
Torat Tzedek https://www.torat-tzedek.org/about
BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights https://bimkom.org/eng/
Parents Against Child Detention https://pacd.org.il/en/
BreakingTheSilence #BTselem #Zazim #CombatantsForPeace #MachsomWatch #ToratTzedek #Bimkom #PACD #ParentsAgainstChildDetention
Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions – The Irish Times (2025-04-01)
… from an Irish perspective.
Unrechtsstaat #UnlawfulGermany
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About #KeremNavot
https://www.keremnavot.org/english-about
Kerem Navot is a new Israeli civil society organization (2012) that proposes a new angle on the ongoing dispossession of land in the West Bank, especially in area C which comprises 61% of the #WestBank.
We are obligated to empower and professionally strengthen other parties that are active in the anti-occupation movement. Therefore, Kerem Navot's research conclusions and database are generously shared with other leading Palestinian and Israeli NGOs as well as with international organs.
Mohammed Mansour contributed also to a Japanese newspaper "Asahi Shimbun" covering the ongoing Gaza #Genocide .
protectTheJournalists
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