Christine Binzel
@christinebinzel.bsky.social
Professor of Economics @UniFAU | development economics, economic history, political economy, causal inference, Middle East | All opinions personal. sites.google.com/site/cbinzel/
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Haftbefehl gegen Netanjahu, Deutschlands Rolle & das Völkerrecht | BPK 29. November 2024
YouTube video by Jung & Naiv
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Bundespressekonferenz zu den IStGH Haftbefehlen und Deutschlands Rolle:
youtu.be/WZHXl5R5yzo
Zusammen mit Prof. Michael Barenboim (Barenboim-Said Akademie), Prof. Hanna Kienzler (King's College London) und Wolfgang Kaleck (ECCHR)
Danke @tilojung.bsky.social für die Aufzeichnung!
youtu.be/WZHXl5R5yzo
Zusammen mit Prof. Michael Barenboim (Barenboim-Said Akademie), Prof. Hanna Kienzler (King's College London) und Wolfgang Kaleck (ECCHR)
Danke @tilojung.bsky.social für die Aufzeichnung!
"Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed"
‘The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing Genocide’ - Agnès Callamard
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
‘The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing Genocide’ - Agnès Callamard
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians 'not over' despite ceasefire - new Amnesty briefing
Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed
www.amnesty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed"
‘The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing Genocide’ - Agnès Callamard
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
‘The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing Genocide’ - Agnès Callamard
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Ahead of our Make Freedom Ring concert in Munich on 30th November, I speak to BR-Klassik about the situation in Gaza, the silence of the classical music industry, the responsibility to speak out as a German citizen, and the question of justice for Palestine
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
Michael Barenboim zu Gaza-Konflikt:
Am Sonntag gibt Michael Barenboim ein Benefizkonzert für Gaza-Hilfen. Im Interview spricht der Geiger über die Gründe für sein öffentliches Engagement und darüber, warum Konzerte Orte der Solidarität ...
www.br-klassik.de
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ahead of our Make Freedom Ring concert in Munich on 30th November, I speak to BR-Klassik about the situation in Gaza, the silence of the classical music industry, the responsibility to speak out as a German citizen, and the question of justice for Palestine
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
'The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
'The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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🧵 I was a Zionist a few years ago - Here’s the full story
When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then
I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)
When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then
I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)
September 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🧵 I was a Zionist a few years ago - Here’s the full story
When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then
I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)
When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then
I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
While the genocide continues in Gaza, ethnic cleansing and annexation continue in the West Bank..
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank
Israeli security forces took up positions inside the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday and ordered some Palestinian residents from their homes, the latest assault in a months-long campaign across c...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While the genocide continues in Gaza, ethnic cleansing and annexation continue in the West Bank..
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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European complicity in coloured dots
European Parliament blocks debate on Israeli attacks on Gaza.
As hundreds die in bombings Gaza and Lebanon despite a 'ceasefire', The Left called for the European Parliament to do the bare minimum today and hold a debate.
The right and centre voted no.
As hundreds die in bombings Gaza and Lebanon despite a 'ceasefire', The Left called for the European Parliament to do the bare minimum today and hold a debate.
The right and centre voted no.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
European complicity in coloured dots
Israeli Professor Lee Mordechai in Jewish Currents:
Israel's Collective Amnesia
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
Israel's Collective Amnesia
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
Israel’s Collective Amnesia
Even as Israel continues killing Gazans, its liberals are ready to forget the genocide.
jewishcurrents.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Israeli Professor Lee Mordechai in Jewish Currents:
Israel's Collective Amnesia
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
Israel's Collective Amnesia
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
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A man gets stripped of his citizenship for having "celebrated Hamas" on social media.
Besides everything else, this creates a two tier system of free speech: some people can make use of it, and others risk losing their citizenship/residence permit.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/er-fe...
Besides everything else, this creates a two tier system of free speech: some people can make use of it, and others risk losing their citizenship/residence permit.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/er-fe...
Er feierte die Hamas auf Social Media: Berlin entzieht eingebürgertem Mann den deutschen Pass
Ein Mann soll nach seiner Einbürgerung die Terrororganisation auf Instagram gefeiert haben. Das hat Folgen für seine deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A man gets stripped of his citizenship for having "celebrated Hamas" on social media.
Besides everything else, this creates a two tier system of free speech: some people can make use of it, and others risk losing their citizenship/residence permit.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/er-fe...
Besides everything else, this creates a two tier system of free speech: some people can make use of it, and others risk losing their citizenship/residence permit.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/er-fe...
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"Recent studies show that France's reporting largely consisted of quoting Netanyahu or the Israeli military without critical distance, parroting the official talking points of the Israeli government and its armed forces."
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
How France's media became a mouthpiece of Israeli propaganda
At the height of Israel's starvation siege and genocide in Gaza, French outlets systematically amplified Israeli propaganda, hid the scale of its atrocities and ignored Palestinian suffering
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Recent studies show that France's reporting largely consisted of quoting Netanyahu or the Israeli military without critical distance, parroting the official talking points of the Israeli government and its armed forces."
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
' “They have left behind hunger and misery, beatings and exploitation.” This is how a German newspaper opens its story about the donkeys’ “rescue” – without a single word explaining who is responsible for their suffering. Worse still,..
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/germ...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/germ...
Germany is offering asylum to donkeys from Gaza. Gaza’s children? Not allowed.
Germany is now taking in animals from Gaza while refusing entry to injured and sick Palestinians. The message is clear: in Germany’s hierarchy of “valuable” life, Palestinians are valued less than ani...
mondoweiss.net
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
' “They have left behind hunger and misery, beatings and exploitation.” This is how a German newspaper opens its story about the donkeys’ “rescue” – without a single word explaining who is responsible for their suffering. Worse still,..
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/germ...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/germ...
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Israel Bars U.S. Surgeon From Entering Gaza to Help Thousands Despite Initial Approval www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel bars U.S. surgeon from entering Gaza to help thousands despite initial approval
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an American Specialist in Abdominal Injury Rehabilitation, Has Already Visited Gaza Twice and Received Preliminary Approval From the IDF to Enter Again. However, When He Arrived in ...
www.haaretz.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Israel Bars U.S. Surgeon From Entering Gaza to Help Thousands Despite Initial Approval www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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"What Hurwitz objects to is that Holocaust education works...
She is upset that... [what] people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide.
She is upset that those perceptions are unavoidable because of Holocaust education."
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
She is upset that... [what] people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide.
She is upset that those perceptions are unavoidable because of Holocaust education."
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"What Hurwitz objects to is that Holocaust education works...
She is upset that... [what] people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide.
She is upset that those perceptions are unavoidable because of Holocaust education."
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
She is upset that... [what] people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide.
She is upset that those perceptions are unavoidable because of Holocaust education."
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
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NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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„Vorwürfe der Einseitigkeit werden in der Nahost-Berichterstattung von beiden Seiten laut. Eine deutsche Studie sieht eine Asymmetrie in der Darstellung des Sterbens“
Medien und der Gazakrieg: Wessen Trauer wird gesehen?
Vorwürfe der Einseitigkeit werden in der Nahost-Berichterstattung von beiden Seiten laut. Eine deutsche Studie sieht eine Asymmetrie in der Darstellung des Sterbens, Reporter ohne Grenzen spricht von ...
www.derstandard.at
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
„Vorwürfe der Einseitigkeit werden in der Nahost-Berichterstattung von beiden Seiten laut. Eine deutsche Studie sieht eine Asymmetrie in der Darstellung des Sterbens“
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On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into Israel’s civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
By Yael Berda.
www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into Israel’s civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
By Yael Berda.
www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into the civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
www.972mag.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into Israel’s civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
By Yael Berda.
www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into Israel’s civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
By Yael Berda.
www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
Meinungsbild zu Gaza, Israel, Deutschlands Außenpolitik, zur Medienberichterstattung, zu pro-palästinensischen Parolen, zu Antisemitismus und zur Erinnerungskultur 👇
Mit @thomaserichter.bsky.social
Veröffentlicht als @giga-hamburg.de Focus Nahost.
www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...
Mit @thomaserichter.bsky.social
Veröffentlicht als @giga-hamburg.de Focus Nahost.
www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...
Gaza, Israel und Deutschlands Außenpolitik: ein Meinungsbild
Eine im August 2025 durchgeführte Umfrage zeigt, dass die Mehrheit der in Deutschland lebenden Menschen eine Außenpolitik gegenüber Gaza und Israel befürwortet, die sich am Völkerrecht orientiert und ...
www.giga-hamburg.de
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meinungsbild zu Gaza, Israel, Deutschlands Außenpolitik, zur Medienberichterstattung, zu pro-palästinensischen Parolen, zu Antisemitismus und zur Erinnerungskultur 👇
Mit @thomaserichter.bsky.social
Veröffentlicht als @giga-hamburg.de Focus Nahost.
www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...
Mit @thomaserichter.bsky.social
Veröffentlicht als @giga-hamburg.de Focus Nahost.
www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...
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“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.”
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.”
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
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“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
Gender Differences in Economics Seminars
(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...
www.aeaweb.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
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New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
Reposted by Christine Binzel
Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Öffentliche Stellungnahme vom Verein Palästinensischer und Jüdischer Akademiker*innen (PJA), der Allianz für kritische und solidarische Wissenschaft (KriSol) und dem DAVO-GfW zur Absage der LMU-Veranstaltung „The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia“. 👇
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Öffentliche Stellungnahme vom Verein Palästinensischer und Jüdischer Akademiker*innen (PJA), der Allianz für kritische und solidarische Wissenschaft (KriSol) und dem DAVO-GfW zur Absage der LMU-Veranstaltung „The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia“. 👇
Statement des Gremiums für Wissenschaftsfreiheit der German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) zur Veranstaltung "The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia" an der LMU:
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Statement des Gremiums für Wissenschaftsfreiheit der German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) zur Veranstaltung "The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia" an der LMU: