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@michaelbarenboim.bsky.social

Violinist, Prof at Barenboim-Said Akademie, and concertmaster of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Has come into the spotlight mainly for speaking out about Gaza since early 2024. Involved in artistic and academic projects amplifying Palestinian voices.

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This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

04.08.2025 21:52 — 👍 3684    🔁 2744    💬 134    📌 333
Verweigerung aus Gewissensgründen. Für Menschenrechte und die Einhaltung des internationalen Rechts – Uppsala Declaration

Habt ihr schon von der Uppsala Declaration gehört? Mit dieser erklären Wissenschaftler:innen in Deutschland aus Gewissensgründen nicht mit israelischen Institutionen zusammenzuarbeiten, die am Völkermord etc. beteiligt sind. Mehr als 270 haben bereits unterschrieben.

04.08.2025 06:41 — 👍 45    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 2

Jonathan Whittall (UNOCHA): "We have seen medics in their uniforms killed and buried under ambulances crushed by Israeli forces. Overcrowded shelters for displaced people bombed, with parents clutching their injured or dead children. Countless bodies in the streets being eaten by dogs.

03.08.2025 21:21 — 👍 8    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1

The German government is repeating the unproven claim that "large amounts of aid are being held back by Hamas and criminal organisations". The Tagesschau should hold the government to account, but doesn't.

03.08.2025 18:10 — 👍 25    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 0

@jewishcurrents.bsky.social

03.08.2025 18:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Textbook Case of Genocide Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?

Raz Segal, on October 13th 2023:

"Gallant’s orders on October 9th were(...)explicit. Israel’s goal is to destroy the Palestinians of Gaza. And those of us watching around the world are derelict in our responsibility to prevent them from doing so."

jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-c...

03.08.2025 18:03 — 👍 24    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 0

"I realize now,as the international community has failed to stop the total destruction of Gaza,that the speed of his [Segal] and others’ prompt pronouncements was not irresponsible,knee-jerk scholarship.If anything,when it comes to the threat of genocide,being alarmist is precisely what is needed."💯

03.08.2025 16:47 — 👍 28    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

Lightning fast and accurate as always, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

03.08.2025 16:39 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.

In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.

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03.08.2025 13:08 — 👍 1123    🔁 459    💬 31    📌 33
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This was not a mistake

03.08.2025 11:08 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Israeli strike kills Palestinian Red Crescent worker in Gaza as starvation deaths rise
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Israeli strike kills Palestinian Red Crescent worker in Gaza as starvation deaths rise

PRCS on X:
"🚨Urgent: One Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) staff member was killed and three others injured after Israeli forces targeted the Society’s headquarters in Khan Younis, igniting a fire on the building’s first floor."

x.com/PalestineRCS...

youtu.be/sw9IRBJGJ5U?...

03.08.2025 11:06 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
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The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in Gaza

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social: "(...)history will judge you. For the bombs you sent, the votes you cast, the lies you told. (...) Not defending your ally or fighting terrorism, but non-stop complicity in a genocide; aiding and abetting the crime of crimes.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.08.2025 10:59 — 👍 30    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 2
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Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

"(...)the team at AOAV, said the statistics suggested Israel was seeking to create a “pattern of impunity” by failing to conclude or find no fault in the vast majority of cases involving “the most severe or public accusations of wrongdoing by their forces”."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

03.08.2025 09:09 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
BBC compiled evidence from over 160 cases of children shot by Israeli forces in Gaza
YouTube video by Middle East Eye BBC compiled evidence from over 160 cases of children shot by Israeli forces in Gaza

"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"

youtube.com/shorts/xxpOZ...

02.08.2025 15:27 — 👍 14    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
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I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

On Columbia's capitulation.
Rashid Khalidi, spot on as usual, ends with:
"Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

02.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social

02.08.2025 09:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Exclusive: How Karim Khan’s Israel war crimes probe was derailed by threats, leaks and sex claims Already targeted by US sanctions, the ICC chief prosecutor’s pursuit of Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders now threatens his career, his reputation, and the future of the court itself

These are mafia tactics

www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex...

02.08.2025 09:07 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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#INTERVIEW @aljazeeraenglish: “The Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli forces’ social media footage to support war crimes investigations. Al Jazeera’s @hind.touissate spoke to Dyab Abou Jahjah, the foundation’s founder, who says dozens of complaints have been filed in over 10 countries.”

01.08.2025 17:54 — 👍 103    🔁 54    💬 4    📌 6
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Prolific research by @theintercept.com continues to expose the shaky foundations of the New York Times‘ coverage on Gaza

theintercept.com/2025/07/30/n...

01.08.2025 19:02 — 👍 43    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 1
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“Who is going to help those born with genetic disorders? Who is responsible for [their] death?”

Palestinian activist and poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social discuss the New York Times’ correction of a photo of a starving child and the "famine denialism" cottage industry.

01.08.2025 13:35 — 👍 73    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 1
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1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food, most by the Israeli military, between May 27 and July 21 in Gaza.

Israeli forces routinely opening fire on starving Palestinians amount to war crimes.

Learn more: bit.ly/46yFXlj

01.08.2025 13:50 — 👍 150    🔁 113    💬 15    📌 6
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Our PJA website now has a summary of the @ndaktuell.bsky.social article with our take on the question of recognition

pja-verein.de/2025/08/01/t...

01.08.2025 13:56 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Erster Schritt, aber zu spät? Die Linke-Abgeordnete Lea Reiser hält die Anerkennung Palästinas für überfällig. Doch das garantiere noch keine Lösung. Nötig seien gleiche Rechte, Sicherheit und Würde für alle Menschen zwischen Mitt...

Another intervention, this time in @ndaktuell.bsky.social , on the topic of the recognition of the State of Palestine. Also includes Dr Nahed Samour, like me a member of the association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA).

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...

01.08.2025 08:48 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Kurz vorm Verlust der Glaubwürdigkeit Die deutsche Regierung muss getreu dem Grundgesetz gegenüber Israel mit dem Völkerrecht handeln.

In unserem heutigen Gastbeitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social schreiben @janwilkens.bsky.social und ich warum die Luftbrücke ein Ablenkungsmanöver ist und warum Merz & Wadephul die Forderungen aus der @spdfraktion.de umsetzten sollten.
#ceasefirenow #stoparmingisrael

31.07.2025 06:33 — 👍 44    🔁 19    💬 4    📌 4
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The two sentences in question (it's actually three!):

30.07.2025 15:33 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gaza: Zerreißprobe für die deutsche Außenpolitik Signalisiert Merz' Entscheidung, die Menschen in Gaza mit einer Luftbrücke zu unterstützen, einen Wandel in der deutschen Nahostpolitik? #EuropeNews

Two sentences of mine in this @euronews.com article. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza with support from Germany; decrying the "suffering of civilians" without actually naming the perpetrator is not going to change anything

de.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

30.07.2025 14:25 — 👍 21    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 2
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"(...)we urge our colleagues
and institutions in Germany to act accordingly and sever all cooperation with the state of
Israel and Israeli institutions complicit in the occupation of Palestinian territory and the
maintenance of the occupation regime."

uppsaladeclaration.se/germany/

30.07.2025 08:17 — 👍 29    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 1
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Bundespressekonferenz zum Thema "Die humanitäre Lage in Gaza und die Rolle der EU und Deutschlands" Die Lage der Menschen in Gaza wird von Tag zu Tag dramatischer.

Federal Press conference with @juliaduchrow.bsky.social from @amnesty.de , Riad Othman from @medico.de , Prof. Dr. Ger Duijzings and @christinebinzel.bsky.social . Opening statements can be read in the press kit.

www.amnesty.de/aktuell/gaza...

29.07.2025 15:46 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

B'Tselem+Physicians for Human Rights join the wall to wall consensus.This is genocide.States have an obligation to prevent and punish it.And a warning that "any small trigger might make the genocide spill over from Gaza into the West Bank.”(Yuli Novak, B'Tselem)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

28.07.2025 16:12 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

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