René Wildangel

Plenary zu „Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis“ bei der Konferenz „Un/Commoning Anthropology“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie @dgska.bsky.social mit Lipin Ram, Julia Eckert, Basak Ertür, Ghassan Hage, Nandini Sundar, and Martin Zillinger in Köln

"Wenn wir Zeuginnen eines Völkermords und der Zerstörung eines ganzen Bildungssystems sind: Was ist dann die Verantwortung von Wissenschaft?"

Ich bin dankbar, dass es Wissenschaftler*innen und Journalist*innen gibt, die es sich nicht in einer vermeintlichen "Neutralität" bequem machen.

Wadephul fordert Einsatz für Gaza-Friedensplan Außenminister Wadephul reist heute in die Golfregion, um über den Friedensplan für Gaza zu sprechen. Vor dem Abflug richtet er sich bereits an die internationalen Partner: Deutschland werde sich "ents...

Ein Außenminister sollte in der Lage sein zwischen "Frieden" und "Waffenstillstand" zu unterscheiden. Wer glaubt Trump habe einen "Friedensplan" vorgelegt muss schon sehr, sehr naiv sein.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/naho...

Die Verantwortung der Wissenschaft

Lesenswerter Beitrag von @hannapfeifer.bsky.social zur Verantwortung der Wissenschaft in Zeiten des Genozids bei @jmwiarda.bsky.social im Blog.

Israel killed 66 Palestinians in Gaza TODAY.

Audio-Essay: Umgang mit der AfD - was sagt die Forschungslage? - mit Tarik Abou-Chadi

Weil dank Merz jetzt wieder darüber geredet wird, dass man die „AfD inhaltlich stellen“, also ihre Themen bedienen müsse, hier nochmal mein Interview mit @tabouchadi.bsky.social zur Forschungslage (es funktioniert nicht). Wir reden über medialen & politischen Umgang mit Rechtsextremen & was hilft.

Trump: „Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza“ -let’s hope that for once he is serious about this.

"My only crime is that I am a doctor"

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, is being unlawfully held by Israel since late December 2024. He is being deliberately starved and denied medical care, as a lawyer from PHRI confirms.

Picture seen on @mosababutoha.bsky.social IG account

Experts urge Germany to end policy of unconditional support for Israel More than 150 Middle East experts have urged a fundamental shift Thursday in Germany’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, urging Berlin to abandon its policy of unconditional suppo…

"Beyond Statsraison"
Yesterday this important initiative that I am also part of was launched in order to increase the pressure for a new German Middele East Policy based on international law and human rights. Full text here: staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251002-exp...

Wissenschaft unter Beschuss: Im Podcast von Anne Will spricht Prof. Dr. Brosius-Gersdorf über Angriffe auf Wissenschaftlerinnen, Wissenschaftsferne in der Politik und die Verrohung der Debattenkultur –

How do wars end? Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza was drafted without key parties, then presented with ultimatums — hardly a foundation for lasting peace

How do wars end? (spoiler: not like this)

My comment on Trumps "plan" for ipg-journal @fesonline.bsky.social

www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

Germany’s Weapon Freeze: Political Gesture or Policy Shift? • Stimson Center An August 10 announcement suspending the German export of offensive weapons to Israel has ignited intense debate on the real impact of this decision.

Informative piece by Staša Salacanin for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social on German Weapons deliveries to Israel with insights and assessments from @mfurness.bsky.social, @realwildangel.bsky.social and myself on recent announcements by Merz and what needs to change in Germany's Israel policy.

(PDF) Hierarchies in Death: Coverage of Palestinian and Israeli Victims in the Context of October 7 and the War on Gaza PDF | This study examines the framing of Israeli and Palestinian deaths in German media, focusing on the construction of grievability within public... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

I've just uploaded a preprint of our forthcoming study:

Hierarchies in Death: Coverage of Palestinian and Israeli Victims in the Context of October 7 and the War on Gaza

(co-authored by me, @mariamsalehi.bsky.social and Justus Könneker)

Check it out!

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Germany’s stalwart support for Israel in shadow of Holocaust strained by Gaza war Western allies encouraging Berlin to recognize Palestinian state, support EU sanctions on Israel as polls show a domestic majority opposes ongoing Hamas conflict

Historian Rene Wildangel said that Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (...) had “rightly noted that Gaza is ‘hell on earth.'”
“Yet Germany is doing far too little to end this hell,” he said, demanding that “Germany must no longer turn a blind eye to this.”
www.timesofisrael.com/germanys-sta...

Palestine does not need permission to exist.
tinyurl.com/mwdh34ww

Enav Tsangauker, mother of the hostage Matan Tsangauker, following Netanyahu's speech:

"Netanyahu,
This is the last time you utter Matan Tsengauker's name from your mouth!
You pathetic, cowardly, deceitful, manipulative, and unfit piece of trash."

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„Adios, adios“ - I hope these people will be brought to justice one day for their „service“

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Trump administration plans $6.4 billion in weapons sales to Israel, sources say The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell Israel $6.4 billion in support equipment and weapons including attack helicopters and troop carriers, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

America is already complicit in Netanyahu’s campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and now Trump wants to send him $6.4B more in offensive weapons.

Our priority should be ending the war and returning the hostages  — not funneling MORE taxpayer dollars to Netanyahu to bomb starving Gaza.

South Park speaks out against Netanyahu's genocide in Gaza. ❤ if you think Netanyahu should be in prison for corruption and war crimes.

South Park speaks out against Netanyahu's genocide in Gaza.

❤ if you think Netanyahu should be in prison for corruption and war crimes.

politicalhumor.substack.com/p/south-park...

Menschen fliehen aufgrund verstärkter israelischer Angriffe aus dem Norden Gazas.

Rückkehr der Machtpolitik, Kurden-Autonomie, Sackgasse Nahost – Der neue »Blätter«-Podcast ist da!

Mit: Rosa Burç, Albrecht von Lucke und Wolfgang Kraushaar

Jetzt reinhören 👉 www.blaetter.de/podcast – und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.

Germany’s Weapon Freeze: Political Gesture or Policy Shift? • Stimson Center An August 10 announcement suspending the German export of offensive weapons to Israel has ignited intense debate on the real impact of this decision.

'Wildangel noted that an official ban on arms might shield Germany from accusations of complicity. Yet, as long as Berlin remains a key political, economic, and military supporter, questions of moral and legal responsibility will persist.'
@stimsoncenter.bsky.social

www.stimson.org/2025/germany...

What about relocating 2034 too? Oh wait, it’s FIFA, they‘d rather relocate 2030 to Azerbaijan…

There’s no way World Cup teams or fans should come to the United States under this administration. It’s simply not safe, even if it’s possible to get visas which who really knows. FIFA needs to relocate ASAP. Same for the Olympics.

YouTube video by Makdisi Street "A little more than nothing is better than nothing" w/ Michael Barenboim

Honoured to have been asked to participate in Makdisi Street podcast. Ussama, Karim and Saree Makdisi have created a format with fantastic guests and illuminating discussions which I would urge anyone to have a look at regularly!

@makdisi.bsky.social

youtu.be/NaFY7ywJF-c?...

Netanyahu gets green light to appoint David Zini, a Kahanist general as the head of the Shin Bet. Someone that Netanyahu himself described two years ago as a "too much of a fundamentalist".

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This is a campaign organised by friend to help a family who lost a baby to famine, were able to escape Gaza City and are now struggling to pay for food and shelter. pay.collctiv.com/donate-here-...

Israel's explosive robots: 'They turn night into day' Middle East Eye contributor Ahmed Dremly shares his harrowing firsthand experience of the fear, destruction and the relentless impact of Israel’s explosive robots in Gaza

❝ The sound of their explosion is, without doubt, the most terrifying noise in the world. Even two or three kilometres away, you’ll feel it in your bones. And then the sound hits you. So loud it drowns out thought. So loud you want to scream, just to prove you still can. ❞

The West Bank turns into the kind of prison Gaza used to be since a long time...

Warum kaum jemand über die vielen AfD-Wahlniederlagen spricht Die AfD verliert gerade eine Wahl nach der anderen, am Sonntag allein 5 in Brandenburg. Das geht medial aber etwas unter, auch in den Wochen zuvor: Niederlage nach Niederlage. Warum wir mehr darüber s...

Die AfD verliert gerade eine Wahl nach der anderen, am Sonntag allein 5 in Brandenburg. Das geht medial aber etwas unter, auch in den Wochen zuvor: Niederlage nach Niederlage. Warum wir mehr darüber sprechen müssen. www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/die-...