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Petra Ramsauer

@petraramsauer.bsky.social

knows 1 thing or 2 about the Middle East. Was a crisis reporter, is a psychotherapist (in Fachausbildung unter Supervision) will always be a political scientist. focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic. European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.

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#246 Der Benko-Prozess: Tag 1 | Die Dunkelkammer – Der Investigativ-Podcast Von Michael Nikbakhsh. Am 14. Oktober wurde der Strafprozess gegen Rene Benko am Landesgericht Innsbruck eröffnet. Die Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft wirft Benko betrügerische Kaida ...

Der @mnikbakhsh.bsky.social & ich probieren ja gerne neue Dinge aus & heute ist wieder so ein Tag:
Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...

14.10.2025 15:55 — 👍 42    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 1

warum?

14.10.2025 09:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza Phased peace agreements have worked before in the Middle East.

Read Amr Hamzawy on how the international and regional guarantors of the Gaza deal can “ensure successful transitions from one phase of the agreement to the next”—and lay the groundwork for “a more lasting settlement for Gaza.”

13.10.2025 19:48 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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this

13.10.2025 11:24 — 👍 31    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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a giant step

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the point is. it is not up to us

12.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

in a perfect world there would be someone else. but this is it.

12.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu's office amid overwhelming opposition from cabinet ministers; Barghouti servi...

this is very interesting.
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...

12.10.2025 10:41 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

👋

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Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative" "I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."

SCOOP: Trump fired back at Netanyahu after the Israeli leader expressed skepticism about Hamas agreeing to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal:

"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."

05.10.2025 12:33 — 👍 93    🔁 38    💬 29    📌 15
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Im Journal zu Gast: Schriftsteller und Historiker Doron Rabinovici

merci @dorabinovici.bsky.social für die vielen wichtigen Gedanken. hört es Euch an.
sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...

04.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

großartig Idee!

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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

01.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 28490    🔁 7681    💬 1261    📌 1954

Danke!

01.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

merci liebe Barbara

01.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Danke

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«Wir sind nicht mehr auf der Seite der Guten» – Israelische Soldaten verweigern den Dienst Häuser abbrennen ohne plausiblen Grund? Unschuldige Menschen töten? Immer mehr Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober aus Überzeugung gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dien...

Häuser abbrennen? Zivilisten töten? Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober überzeugt gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dienst. Sie erheben harte Vorwürfe. Vier von ihnen erzählen. Mit @petraramsauer.bsky.social und @forrestrogers.bsky.social

www.nzz.ch/internationa...

13.07.2025 17:53 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism Iran, Israel, and the ghosts of history.

"The closer Israel gets to total triumph, the closer it will be to complete uncertainty, to perils unleashed by pent-up humiliation, anger, and fury. That sort of victory is not a safe place."
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...

23.06.2025 18:56 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Am Mittwoch rede ich mit Kristina Meyer (Willy-Brandt-Stiftung), Wolfgang Petritsch und @petraramsauer.bsky.social
im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...

22.06.2025 18:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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die zentrale Frage

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au point

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Opinion: Psychology explains why the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is so intractable | CNN As fighting continues in Gaza, cognitive scientist and political-violence expert Nafees Hamid delves into psychological research to explain the factors that have locked Israelis and Palestinians in a ...

Danke Dir lieber Ralph, gerne verweise ich darauf.
"Researchers at Tel Aviv University conducted experimental surveys of Israelis and Palestinians and found that simply acknowledging each other’s traumas can reduce competitive victimhood and increase reconciliation."
edition.cnn.com/2024/01/16/o...

09.06.2025 09:59 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

😘

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Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

This is an incredible document in which #Trump claims ICE protests “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and authorizes Pete Hegseth to deploy “regular Armed Forces” against protesters—anywhere in the US. (Notably, CA isn’t mentioned anywhere.)

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Jeremy Bowen spells out the problem for Israel trying to deny war crimes: its own ministers have admitted to them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

08.06.2025 09:56 — 👍 697    🔁 262    💬 10    📌 4

"die vernünftige Mitte" (c Robert Misik). erstes T-Shirt, das ich mir drucken lass.

08.06.2025 12:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 2

8 June 1943 | A transport of 880 Jews deported from the ghetto from Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece arrived at #Auschwitz.

After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.

08.06.2025 12:01 — 👍 341    🔁 83    💬 5    📌 2
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Netanyahu: Israel fighting Hamas 'in various ways' amid claims it armed ISIS-tied militia

Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman alleged Netanyahu is now supporting a new ISIS-affiliated militia to counter Hamas. Sources told Haaretz last week that an armed group tied to Yasser Abu Shabab has recently begun operating in southern Gaza.

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Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine Air defense crews in the capital were racing to combat a large-scale bombardment before dawn on Friday, officials said.

Explosions rocked Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, before dawn on Friday as air defense crews raced to combat a large-scale Russian bombardment.

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