Fabian Maier

UN experts urge Germany to halt criminalisation and police violence against Palestinian solidarity activism GENEVA – UN experts* today urged Germany to stop criminalising, punishing, and suppressing legitimate Palestinian solidarity activism.“We are alarmed by the persistent pattern of police violence and a...

“Germany must support, not suppress, actions aiming to stop atrocity crimes and genocide,” the experts said. “No circumstances can justify unnecessary and excessive police violence or unjust criminalisation for exercising fundamental freedoms.”

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a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a flag Alt: French president Macron in a dark suit and tie sits in front of cameras with French and EU flags in the background.

You feel lost when trying to understand why #Macron seems to be using France as his toy? A short thread 🧵.

1. The short version: Macron IS using France like a toy, obsessed as he is with maintaining his own power. (For more ⤵️)

Tja.

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

⚒️ BREAKING: Italian Union Threatens ‘General Strike Without Notice’ if Flotilla Blocked

Italy’s Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) - the Rank-and-File Union - has announced a “permanent mobilization” in 100 squares across the country in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla...

Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.

Beyond the media's omission of migrants navigating a path to ILR paying thousands of £ for the NHS, visa fees, NI, etc., and of any opposing views, this to me is as clear a plan to strip dignity away from those who choose to build a life here as can be. And it's been given legitimacy.

Recognising Palestine is not a substitute for stopping the genocide.

When I was in the West Bank, No Other Land’s Basil Adra told the devastating truth.

Germany knew - every step of the way.

Each day, we learn of new horrors about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Yet nothing seems sufficient to compel Western governments to take meaningful action to end it. They are dragging us, alongside Israel, to a point of no return.

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000 Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

Now that it's reasonably clear that the far right podcaster was killed by a fellow fascist, maybe we can turn our attention to the incomparably larger number of political murders that are happening in Gaza with the support of EU and North American governments
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To be clear what happened here.

Israel bombed a hospital.

They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.

Then they bombed it again.

This is known as the 'double tap'.

You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.

The McUniversity: Organization, Management and Academic Subjectivity - Martin Parker, David Jary, 1995 This paper uses elements of Weberian and Foucauldian social theory to speculate on the consequences of recent higher education change in the UK. We argue that c...

The New Higher Education 'is in danger of becoming a fast-food outlet that sells only those ideas that its managers believe will sell [and] that treats its employees as if they were too devious or stupid to be trusted' (Parker/Jary, 1995).

#UKHE
#HigherEd

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haOlam is shocked that academics in Germany/ German academics abroad call to boycott Israeli universities over the genocide in Gaza—but not shocked by the horrendous violence itself. Shame.
✍️Sign the Uppsala Declaration here: uppsaladeclaration.se/germany/

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I'm wondering if there's some overall optimal level of starvation that the Free Press would want a trapped population to have before families with sick children can post pictures of them.

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How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

"Journalism in the service of violence:"

"Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza."
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Israels Krieg in Gaza ist eines der größten Verbrechen der Geschichte Wer sich Zahlen, Statistiken und Zeugenaussagen ansieht, der muss objektiv feststellen: Der Krieg der israelischen Regierung in Gaza ist in seiner brutalen Zerstörung beispiellos.

Wer sich Zahlen, Statistiken und Zeugenaussagen ansieht, der muss objektiv feststellen: Der Krieg der israelischen Regierung in Gaza ist in seiner brutalen Zerstörung beispiellos.

It just doesn’t stop.

German media discourse: talk of leaving "exposed remains" of Gaza "to the forces of nature",Palestinians having "national-socialist roots", participating in gross is-this-child-really-starving debates and a piece on Pro-Palestine protests from the point of view of the violent police.
All in one day

Die französische Le Monde hat in einem ausführlichen Artikel über die intensive Einschüchterungs- und Rufmordkampagne gegen den Chefankläger des ICC, Karim Khan, berichtet. Weil ich keinen einzigen deutschsprachigen Bericht darüber gesehen habe, hier eine Zusammenfassung.

250 signatures by academics in Germany/German academics abroad pledging to boycott Israeli institutions supporting and/or benefiting from military occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Join the growing movement‼️

Und all das, während ihr, die Bundesregierung, weiter Waffen an Israel liefert und somit den Genozid an den Palästinensern aktiv unterstützt. Für die Schande, die ihr auf euch ladet, gibt es keinen Persilschein.

Germany at that point:
- keeps delivering weapons to Israel
- has a chancellor who said he would invite ICC wanted Netanyahu to visit
- has refused to sign any EU wide text regarding Gaza/Israel
- has been cancelling pro-Palestine voices for almost two years
- is undermining international law

Was habt ihr gemacht, während eure Regierung nahezu zwei Jahre lang den Genozid in Gaza mitgetragen und politisch abgesichert hat?

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’

#GenocideWatch:

“Mass starvation spreading across Gaza.

More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders & Save the Children, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’.“

Starving doctors who help the starving: next level evil.
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As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, human...

Angesichts der akuten Hungersnot in #Gaza schlagen wir mit mehr als 100 NGOs Alarm: Nicht nur die Bevölkerung (ver-)hungert oder riskiert, bei der Verteilung von Lebensmitteln erschossen zu werden. Auch Helfer*innen und Kolleg*innen leiden Hunger und Not. #Israel muss die Blockade sofort beenden!

Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed by starvation or by bullets from the Israeli military while trying to access food The desperation caused by a lack of food and other necessities of life is forcing Palestinians to approach GHF sites and humanitarian convoys, even though between 27 May and 21 July, 1,054 Palestinian...

Latest UN report about Gaza: 1,054 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military while trying to access food between 27 May and 21 July.

In the last few days, 101 Palestinians, including 80 children, have reportedly died from malnutrition.

A Palestinian girl cries out for food with her hands held out at a charity kitchen amid the famine in Gaza. She is surrounded by other young, anguished children. This photo was taken on Thurs July 11, 2025 after at least 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point. More Palestinians have now been killed just waiting for food than the number of victims killed in the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7. Photograph credit is to Ebrahim Hajjaj of Reuters

Gaza is now officially in IPC Phase 5, the final stage of hunger. Designated as 'catastrophe'.

A further 67 of the starving were killed by IDF soldiers yesterday trying to access food. Witnesses say the victims had their hands held in the air.

One day, everyone will have always been against this.

«Wir fahren mit den Baggern hinein»: Wie Israel in Gaza systematisch Haus um Haus niederreisst Israel hat 81 Prozent des Gazastreifens zur Evakuierungszone erklärt. Die Palästinenser leben in Zelten und wissen nicht mehr, wohin – so wie Muhammad Zaqut.

Es ist so unfassbar: Wir erleben live wie die Palästinenser getötet und vertrieben werden, aber niemand ist willens, der israelischen Regierung Einhalt zu gebieten.
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