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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 25

Another European fig-leaf: this time, France's recognition of Palestine as a state. About time, but we're beyond the point where this makes any difference unless Western & Arab states *act* in compliance w/ their obligations under int'l law. Anything less leaves them accomplices.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 22

They have had nearly two years to *act* & have pointedly declined to do so, just as they have refused to act with any significance on Palestine for decades. They have a simple choice: DO something, or do nothing. Save lives or endorse their slaughter. Either way they're responsible for Gazans' fate.

Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 22

Von Der Leyen & Kallas perform outrage at the killing of civilians at food distribution points. Not at the human-made starvation of Gaza, nor at the mass slaughter on daily display for nearly two years. The 'outrage' expressed by EU leaders is distasteful & disrespectful to Palestinians' suffering.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ten children a day losing a limb in Gaza, warns UN-backed body - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-children-day-losing-limb-gaza-warns-un

Ten children a day losing a limb in Gaza, warns UN-backed body

A generation of Palestinian children left disabled by Israeli attacks, with over 40,500 suffering from new war-related injuries since October 2023

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عمو حسام @3arabawy.substack.com · Jul 16

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14/7/2025: This week’s dispatch dissects the machinery of Egypt’s authoritarianism as it staggers between breakdown and consolidation.

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · Jul 15

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

www.theguardian.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · Jul 16

system designed to impose maximum violence on trans women and girls works as intended

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jul 15

A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, officials say.

Trans girl housed in male unit has jaw broken at D.C. juvenile detention center

Officials said they've launched a "full review" after the Youth Services Center resident was transported to the hospital following the incident.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today yet again dozens of starving Gazans were being slaughtered and Israel bombed Syria & Lebanon. EU Foreign Ministers' response was to wave the crowd on: "Nothing to see here."
Utterly grotesque.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

The #EU today has chosen to ignore international law, its own rules, basic morality & overwhelming evidence. Today's Foreign Affairs Council decision to do nothing about its Association Agreement with Israel seals both the EU's end as a "normative actor" and its complicity in genocide.

#Gaza

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Al Jazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Jacobin:
jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...

Mediapart:
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Orient XXI:
orientxxi.info/magazine/art...
orientxxi.info/magazine/art...

UntoldMag:
untoldmag.org/author/andre...

www.mediapart.fr

Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

In the process, it'll continue to erode int'l law, the shattered shards of the EU's 'normative power', and its strategic own objectives (e.g. security & stability) while undermining universal human rights and the rule of law at home. Let alone safeguarding the human rights of Palestinians.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

**Spoilers**: the EU will play for time (pesky procedures...) & distraction, like Kallas' palliative theatrical 'agreement' with Israel on aid to Gaza.

Jacobin
jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...
OrientXXI
orientxxi.info/.../accord-d....
UntoldMag
untoldmag.org/author/andre...

Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

As the EU Foreign Affairs Council discussions of Gaza & the EU-Israel Association Agreement begin it's worth keeping a few things in mind – I've collected my recent media articles and interviews on the issue.

Mediapart
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
AlJazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · Jul 14

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens.

Par @fabienescalona.bsky.social

« L’Union européenne repousse le moment de prendre ses responsabilités »

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Mediapart @mediapart.fr · Jul 14

Suspendre l’accord d’association UE-Israël : la France hésite, la gauche pousse

Par @ilyesramdani.bsky.social‬

Suspendre l’accord d’association UE-Israël : la France hésite, la gauche pousse

L’exécutif n’a pas encore décidé s’il se prononcerait, mardi 15 juillet à Bruxelles, en faveur d’une suspension de l’accord qui lie l’Union européenne à Israël. Faute d’une unanimité illusoire, des voix poussent déjà la France à agir seule et à sanctionner le gouvernement Nétanyahou.

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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · Jul 14

Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence.

Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

Targeting Printing and Publishing Houses in Gaza: A Cultural Violation and a Memoricide

Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان

www.palestine-studies.org

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Fabien Escalona @fabienescalona.bsky.social · Jul 14

La manchette de @mediapart.fr, à la veille d’un sommet européen attendu sur le réexamen de l’accord d’association UE-Israël.

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Fabien Escalona @fabienescalona.bsky.social · Jul 14

Le chercheur @andrea-teti.bsky.social analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

« L’Union européenne repousse le moment de prendre ses responsabilités »

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l…

www.mediapart.fr

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 12

#AJOPINION: "Inaction on #Gaza reveals the limits of Europe’s commitment to its self-proclaimed values: by sacrificing #Palestine, #Europe betrays itself."

#EU #Israel #genocide #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity #ruleoflaw #humanrights

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

By sacrificing Palestine, Europe betrays itself

By refusing to take action on Israel, EU states are violating European and international law.

www.aljazeera.com

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 12

#AJOPINION: "No amount of “interpreting” law or hiding behind procedure can mask the fact that the #EU is in flagrant violation of its legal obligations and the spirit of its own rules"

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

By sacrificing Palestine, Europe betrays itself

By refusing to take action on Israel, EU states are violating European and international law.

www.aljazeera.com

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 11

jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...

Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...

jacobin.com

Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm very happy that @jacobinlat.bsky.social translated my @jacobinmag.bsky.social article into Spanish. Just before the Foreign Affairs Council on Tuesday, it's good to recall the #EU role in enabling the crimes committed against ordinary Palestinians.
jacobinlat.com/2025/06/euro...

Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...

jacobin.com

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The International Spectator @intlspectator.bsky.social · Jul 10

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💡 If you like the idea, please have a look at our website for more info and the form for #submitting a proposal

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is exactly right & precisely the reason why the talk about the EU having to assess whether Art. 2 has been violated is a distraction: EU & Member States have a duty to apply int'l law regardless of Agreements, procedures, voting systems etc.

Anything but applying that law is shirking it.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt on X: "The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only" / X

The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 10

Over the coming week we'll hear a fair bit about the EU and its Association Agreement with Israel, what is or isn't 'legally' possible within the AA, procedures, Articles and voting majorities. This is a distraction. To see why, everyone please frame this comment by Acsecnarf Albanese:

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