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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."
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Embarrassing
I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found -
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Millions in EU funds have gone to Israeli defence industry, investigation finds
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
www.irishtimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Embarrassing
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"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.
www.huffpost.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
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Dr Alaa Al-Najjar is one of the rare pediatricians left in Gaza. She dedicated her life to saving children.
And Israel killed nine of her 10 children in a single airstrike.
Nine children. There is no humanity left in anything Israel does. Absolute savagery.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
And Israel killed nine of her 10 children in a single airstrike.
Nine children. There is no humanity left in anything Israel does. Absolute savagery.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dr Alaa Al-Najjar is one of the rare pediatricians left in Gaza. She dedicated her life to saving children.
And Israel killed nine of her 10 children in a single airstrike.
Nine children. There is no humanity left in anything Israel does. Absolute savagery.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
And Israel killed nine of her 10 children in a single airstrike.
Nine children. There is no humanity left in anything Israel does. Absolute savagery.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from.
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
March 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from.
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
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Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds
Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds
Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people
* Middle East crisis - live updates
A new study of children living through the war in Gaza has found that 96% of them feel that their death is…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds
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Posted this on my Instagram feed.
Please vote in this upcoming election and most importantly, understand your vote can impact people’s mere existence.
Please vote in this upcoming election and most importantly, understand your vote can impact people’s mere existence.
November 24, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Posted this on my Instagram feed.
Please vote in this upcoming election and most importantly, understand your vote can impact people’s mere existence.
Please vote in this upcoming election and most importantly, understand your vote can impact people’s mere existence.
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This cannot be said too much… repeat…. repeat… repeat!!!
October 18, 2024 at 11:20 PM
This cannot be said too much… repeat…. repeat… repeat!!!
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One you may have missed. Fine Gael's housing document features photos of building sites and houses. In Russia and the Netherlands. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Election 2024: Fine Gael silent on alleged use of foreign building site photos in housing document
Simon Harris launched the plan at Fine Gael campaign headquarters on Monday, saying that the retention of the Help To Buy scheme would be a red-line issue for his party in government formation
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
One you may have missed. Fine Gael's housing document features photos of building sites and houses. In Russia and the Netherlands. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...