They Tried to Silence Her - They Failed | Francesca Albanese's Berlin Keynote on Gaza Genocide (DiEM25 | Youtube, 2025-02-20)
West Bank refugees reel from Israeli offensive (Hanno Hauenstein | +972 Magazine, 2025-02-21)
When a Jew shot by another Jew cries 'Death to Arabs!': Mizrahim can continue to deny their identity, but they cannot shed their skin. The Miami shooter’s bullets remind them: after all, you’re Arab
Florida Man Says He Shot Israeli Tourists in ‘Mental Health Crisis’ - The New York Times (2025-02-18)
Celtic fans unfurl fresh ‘anti-Zionism’ banner at Bayern Munich clash week after Israel protest risked Uefa action (The Scottish Sun, 2025-02-18)
According to German mediae, the Berlin State Police investigates the “incident” for a politically motivated crime.
e.g. (in German)
https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/berlinale/beitraege/2025/staatsschutz-ermittelt-voelkermord-vorwurf-berlinale-regisseur-jun-li.html
Am I supposed to laugh, or cry?
JunLi #Berlinale2025
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
Video of the scene with reactions from the audience (sorry it’s X, the best I could find so far)
https://x.com/sully/_011/status/1891258595443921157
JunLi #Queerpanorama #ErfanShekarriz #Berlinale2025
The Blogs: Berlinale Faces Backlash Over Speech | Michael Kuenne | The Times of Israel (2025-02-18)
Police pressure forces venue change for Francesca Albanese Berlin event: URGENT CALL to defend free speech - DiEM25 (2025-02-18)
https://diem25.org/police-pressure-forces-venue-change-for-francesca-albanese-berlin-event/
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“In a deeply concerning escalation, the organisers of ‘Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice, and Truth’ … are facing ruthless attacks on their fundamental rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and expression.
“The venue, Kühlhaus Berlin, faced immense pressure from German politicians and the Berlin police to cancel the event.“
“German authorities, already responsible for canceling two events featuring #FrancescaAlbanese, are now escalating their efforts to silence her voice even further. Now, Berlin authorities are ratcheting up their efforts to quash this crucial conversation, putting the organisers and panelists under extreme pressure and threatening disruption through overwhelming riot police presence ...”
Also from Melanie Schweizer on X
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891805714185662960
“Democracy under attack in Germany 🔥🔥‼️‼️due to extreme political pressure the initial venue cancelled our event. But we resist! New location: at News Outlet [Junge Welt] …”
Incredible. 😰
Livestream on Youtube
Announcement from Melanie Schweizer
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891784857946059036
"Berlin riot police will be present today at the event with UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese..."
Less than seven percent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe | Oxfam International (2025-02-17)
Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice and the Power of Truth (18 February, 3 pm - 11 pm/ Kühlhaus #Berlin, Germany) ⚠️ Tickets sold out
Nearly 400 Rabbis, Jewish Leaders Say 'No' to Trump Push for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza | Common Dreams (2025-02-13)
「瓦礫から命が生まれる〜パレスチナから＆パレスチナへ」“From the Rubble Soars Life: An Exhibition From And For Palestine.”
Dr Nadeem Crowe: NHS doctor punished for speaking up for Gaza (Canary, 2025-02-11)
'Show Israel the red card' banner held by Celtic fans at UEFA game | Al Mayadeen English (2025-02-13)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T1Z6-3u8Gv6T9ArkBGhL4fOVvh5QJDBG/view
Open letter to the Mayor and Senator for Science of the State Berlin, on the political pressure put upon the Free University of Berlin to cancel Francesca Albanese and Eyal Weizman, signed by Michael Barenboim, Christine Binzel and Hanna Kienzler.
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"... With your actions, you are contributing to the continuation of the delegitimization and defamation campaign against the UN Special Rapporteur. As early as December 2022, experts and scholars felt compelled to write a statement condemning the attacks on Ms. Albanese... At the end of last year, 50 (!) Jewish organizations signed another statement expressing their support for Ms Albanese. The delegitimization campaign you support is part of a broader campaign by the far-right Israeli government and its supporters against the UN as a whole."
Free University of Berlin Cancels Event with UN Palestine Rapporteur Albanese - Palestine Chronicle (2025-02-13)
Petition: "Dear Congress, Ethnic Cleansing Is Not a Solution" - Standing Together
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody; Al Mezan Calls for His Immediate Release (Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 2025-02-11)
Poll: 70% of Israelis support second phase of hostage-ceasefire deal | The Times of Israel (2025-02-08)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-70-of-israelis-support-second-phase-of-hostage-ceasefire-deal/amp/
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(The poll cited above)
“Seventy percent of the Israeli public is in favor of continuing to the second phase of the hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to a television poll aired Friday [Channel 12 news], which found a nearly identical figure backs US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip.”
“The survey also asked Israelis if they are for or against Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza, with 69% in favor and 18% opposed. The remaining respondents did not know.”
“Despite the plan’s popularity, half of respondents say they don’t believe it will ultimately come to fruition, compared to 36% who think it will.”
Netanyahu Is Preparing to Sabotage the Gaza Ceasefire…Again (Drop Site News, 2025-02-10)
Video | Israel's all-war on the Palestinian people since 7 Oct. 2023 includes the West Bank (B’Tselem, 2025-02-02)
The day Israel came for the booksellers: With a Palestinian coloring book as proof of 'incitement,' Israeli police raided East Jerusalem's world-famous Educational Bookshop and arrested its owners
Reputable/established media may follow.
972Magazine was also the first to report about #Lavender, I remember.
Seems like the filmmakers are now organising several independent screenings through USA. (Or better, urged to do so.)
If you have some information, pls share.
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 | Jewish Currents, 2023-10-13)
https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide
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Note this analysis was issued on Oct 13th of 2023 . Respect.
"Israel’s campaign to displace Gazans—and potentially expel them altogether into Egypt—is yet another chapter in the Nakba,... But the assault on Gaza can also be understood in other terms: as a textbook case of genocide unfolding in front of our eyes. I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians..."
"Indeed, Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is quite explicit, open, and unashamed... And those of us watching around the world are derelict in our responsibility to prevent them from doing so."
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According to https://journa.host/@w7voa/113833951170679183 f., Pr. Biden himself admits that both -present and incoming- admin people played certain roles.
"For the past few days we have been speaking as one team … I told my team to coordinate closely with the incoming team so that we're all speaking with the same voice."
NYT Bars Quakers From Using “Genocide” in Ad and Liberal Squeamishness Over the ‘G’ Word (Citations Needed | Medium, 2025-01-08)
Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the AFSC interviewed by Nima Shirazi & Adam Johnson, audio with transcript. Worth a look. (h/t @gnuhaut)
(Ajlouny) “AFSC has been working in Gaza since 1947... We have staff there. We continue to be providing humanitarian aid. Our staff are… the aid workers who have been displaced and with their families killed and trying to fend for their families... #AFSC is speaking from their voices, from what they tell us every day...”
(Johnson) “[in NYT and WaPo] … you have this kind of institutionalized refusal to connect the dots, that genocidal statements are never put in articles about genocidal acts. The genocidal acts are seen as kind of incidental or bad apples. But there’s never a sense of connecting any dots, which, again, is not something done for Russia or for other countries.”
AFSC press release:
New York Times rejects Quaker ad for calling Israel’s actions “genocide” (2025-01-08)
https://afsc.org/newsroom/new-york-times-rejects-quaker-ad-calling-israels-actions-genocide
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“The [refused] ad read: ‘Tell Congress to stop arming Israel's genocide in Gaza now! As a Quaker organization, we work for peace. Join us. Tell the President and Congress to stop the killing and starvation in Gaza.’”
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe
NameGenocideGenocide
Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya (BBC, 2025-01-03)
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj30deeggd7o
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“Israel has confirmed it is holding Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya after earlier telling a local NGO that it was unaware of his case, sparking concern for his well being.”
“The statement did not offer an explanation for the confusion but repeated that he was suspected of being a ‘terrorist’ and for ‘holding a rank’ in Hamas…”
“On Thursday the IDF told Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) that it had ‘no indication of the arrest or detention of the individual in question’"
“Meanwhile Amnesty head Agnès Callamard said Israeli authorities must ‘urgently disclose his whereabouts’".
“Christ Is Still in the Rubble”: Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Calls on U.S. to Stop Funding Gaza Genocide (Democracy Now!, 2024-12-23)
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/23/revmuntherisaacchristmas2024