Proud of my brilliant, beautiful, and brave wife, Tamar Raphael, who did what she had to do while speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair and made a statement in support of Palestinian rights. She was later viciously attacked by a digital mob of Israeli fascists, but she’s fine.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Proud of my brilliant, beautiful, and brave wife, Tamar Raphael, who did what she had to do while speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair and made a statement in support of Palestinian rights. She was later viciously attacked by a digital mob of Israeli fascists, but she’s fine.
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1/3 In the past 24 hours, Israel killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, including over 40 children.
Such a massacre would have shaken global opinion to the core just a few years ago, but after 2 years of genocide, it now seems commonplace, and the world has become anesthetized>
Such a massacre would have shaken global opinion to the core just a few years ago, but after 2 years of genocide, it now seems commonplace, and the world has become anesthetized>
October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
1/3 In the past 24 hours, Israel killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, including over 40 children.
Such a massacre would have shaken global opinion to the core just a few years ago, but after 2 years of genocide, it now seems commonplace, and the world has become anesthetized>
Such a massacre would have shaken global opinion to the core just a few years ago, but after 2 years of genocide, it now seems commonplace, and the world has become anesthetized>
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Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen. Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Optimismus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.
Waffenstillstand in Nahost: Über die Köpfe der Palästinenser
Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Optimismus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen. Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Optimismus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.
Hallo! Ich empfehle Dir folgenden Artikel. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Waffenstillstand in Nahost: Über die Köpfe der Palästinenser
Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Optimismus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.
www.nd-aktuell.de
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hallo! Ich empfehle Dir folgenden Artikel. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Ich habe für nd über den „Trump-Friedensplan“ geschrieben – ein zynisches, oligarchisches Abkommen – und über die Chancen, die dennoch in ihm liegen. Es ist zugleich ein Versuch, aus einer linken Perspektive in einem Zustand linker Ohnmacht zu analysieren.
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Waffenstillstand in Nahost: Über die Köpfe der Palästinenser
Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Optimismus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.
www.nd-aktuell.de
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ich habe für nd über den „Trump-Friedensplan“ geschrieben – ein zynisches, oligarchisches Abkommen – und über die Chancen, die dennoch in ihm liegen. Es ist zugleich ein Versuch, aus einer linken Perspektive in einem Zustand linker Ohnmacht zu analysieren.
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
The only significant weakening of AfD in polls in the last 4 years was during the massive anti-AfD protests in early 2024. They were mainstream liberal protests uniting different sections of German society. Wouldn’t it be a good idea for @die-linke.de to mobilise for another wave?
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The only significant weakening of AfD in polls in the last 4 years was during the massive anti-AfD protests in early 2024. They were mainstream liberal protests uniting different sections of German society. Wouldn’t it be a good idea for @die-linke.de to mobilise for another wave?
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1. Against the backdrop of the last occurrences in Gaza, the Israeli government is appointing dangerous radicals to key positions, making permanent the extreme-right rule over Israeli institutions: a week and a half ago, David Zini was appointed as head of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)>
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
1. Against the backdrop of the last occurrences in Gaza, the Israeli government is appointing dangerous radicals to key positions, making permanent the extreme-right rule over Israeli institutions: a week and a half ago, David Zini was appointed as head of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)>
Israelis für Frieden has a Bluesky account. Please follow!
1. We are hopeful for the first time in two horrific years. A ceasefire deal was signed between Israel and Hamas. If completed, it will bring an end to the genocidal war in Gaza. It sees Israeli and Palestinian hostages and prisoners freed, and a retreat of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip>
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Israelis für Frieden has a Bluesky account. Please follow!
🧵 There are good reasons to be a bit happy today, and they go beyond the end of the slaughter in Gaza and the release of many people on both sides. The way this ceasefire was achieved is better than most optimistic scenarios for a ceasefire we could have expected.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🧵 There are good reasons to be a bit happy today, and they go beyond the end of the slaughter in Gaza and the release of many people on both sides. The way this ceasefire was achieved is better than most optimistic scenarios for a ceasefire we could have expected.
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A year ago, Alma Itzhaky and I wrote about the right’s post-October-7 vision for Israel - a Jewish Sparta. Today Bibi used the reference of Sparta to describe his vision of dealing with international isolation.
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A year ago, Alma Itzhaky and I wrote about the right’s post-October-7 vision for Israel - a Jewish Sparta. Today Bibi used the reference of Sparta to describe his vision of dealing with international isolation.
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Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, will receive the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor from Isaac Herzog.
Is it for the fake news he distributed via BILD?
Is it for the fake news he distributed via BILD?
August 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, will receive the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor from Isaac Herzog.
Is it for the fake news he distributed via BILD?
Is it for the fake news he distributed via BILD?
A new poll finds that 32% of Israeli Jews think it is right for soldiers to refuse participating in warfare if it endangers the hostages.
The process of crumbling trust in the state, which started during the legal overhaul, is intensifying.
The process of crumbling trust in the state, which started during the legal overhaul, is intensifying.
August 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A new poll finds that 32% of Israeli Jews think it is right for soldiers to refuse participating in warfare if it endangers the hostages.
The process of crumbling trust in the state, which started during the legal overhaul, is intensifying.
The process of crumbling trust in the state, which started during the legal overhaul, is intensifying.
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Yesterday, the Israeli cabinet approved a cut of 3.35% of all government ministries' budgets (excluding defence) starting in 2026. For example, 230 million (67$ million) Shekels will be cut from the Ministry of Transportation, and 125 million from the Ministry of Education.
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Yesterday, the Israeli cabinet approved a cut of 3.35% of all government ministries' budgets (excluding defence) starting in 2026. For example, 230 million (67$ million) Shekels will be cut from the Ministry of Transportation, and 125 million from the Ministry of Education.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Yesterday, the Israeli cabinet approved a cut of 3.35% of all government ministries' budgets (excluding defence) starting in 2026. For example, 230 million (67$ million) Shekels will be cut from the Ministry of Transportation, and 125 million from the Ministry of Education.
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Yesterday, the Israeli cabinet approved a cut of 3.35% of all government ministries' budgets (excluding defence) starting in 2026. For example, 230 million (67$ million) Shekels will be cut from the Ministry of Transportation, and 125 million from the Ministry of Education.
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The Israeli government just announced its plan for occupying Gaza City. This means the total destruction of what remains of the built environment in the Strip - turning Gaza city into rubble, just like Rafah and Khan Yunis before, and a permanent Israeli occupation.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Israeli government just announced its plan for occupying Gaza City. This means the total destruction of what remains of the built environment in the Strip - turning Gaza city into rubble, just like Rafah and Khan Yunis before, and a permanent Israeli occupation.
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Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily in Israel, published a poll of the Israeli public to mark 20 years since the disengagement from Gaza, which shows 52% support for resettlement in Gaza, and strong resistance to removal of West Bank settlements. I am doubtful about this poll.
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Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily in Israel, published a poll of the Israeli public to mark 20 years since the disengagement from Gaza, which shows 52% support for resettlement in Gaza, and strong resistance to removal of West Bank settlements. I am doubtful about this poll.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily in Israel, published a poll of the Israeli public to mark 20 years since the disengagement from Gaza, which shows 52% support for resettlement in Gaza, and strong resistance to removal of West Bank settlements. I am doubtful about this poll.
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Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily in Israel, published a poll of the Israeli public to mark 20 years since the disengagement from Gaza, which shows 52% support for resettlement in Gaza, and strong resistance to removal of West Bank settlements. I am doubtful about this poll.
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I thought I couldn't be more desperate about Israeli politics, and then Lapid and Gantz supported Ayman Odeh disqualification. No hope whatsoever. There are 100 Kahanists in the Knesset.
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I thought I couldn't be more desperate about Israeli politics, and then Lapid and Gantz supported Ayman Odeh disqualification. No hope whatsoever. There are 100 Kahanists in the Knesset.
Naftali Bennet, currently Bibi’s top challenger, gave an interview.
What is his plan for Gaza? He wants Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal now, and ones he, Bennet, gets in office, he would resume the war to eradicate Hamas.
He is no alternative, and I think he’ll fail.
What is his plan for Gaza? He wants Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal now, and ones he, Bennet, gets in office, he would resume the war to eradicate Hamas.
He is no alternative, and I think he’ll fail.
June 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Naftali Bennet, currently Bibi’s top challenger, gave an interview.
What is his plan for Gaza? He wants Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal now, and ones he, Bennet, gets in office, he would resume the war to eradicate Hamas.
He is no alternative, and I think he’ll fail.
What is his plan for Gaza? He wants Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal now, and ones he, Bennet, gets in office, he would resume the war to eradicate Hamas.
He is no alternative, and I think he’ll fail.
Germany should recognise Palestine as a state. It should do so now and send a clear message that occupation is unacceptable and that the Palestinian people’s rights are inalienable.
An article published this morning with MdBs from Die Linke, the Greens and SPD.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
An article published this morning with MdBs from Die Linke, the Greens and SPD.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
Palästina – mehr als nur Symbolpolitik
In Sachen Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina muss Deutschland sich Frankreichs Kurs anschließen – denn die Zeit drängt. Ein Gastbeitrag.
www.fr.de
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Germany should recognise Palestine as a state. It should do so now and send a clear message that occupation is unacceptable and that the Palestinian people’s rights are inalienable.
An article published this morning with MdBs from Die Linke, the Greens and SPD.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
An article published this morning with MdBs from Die Linke, the Greens and SPD.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
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Gemeinsam mit meinen Kolleginnen Sanae Abdi (SPD) & Luise Amtsberg (Grüne) sowie Jules El-Khatib & Nimrod Flaschenberg habe ich einen Gastbeitrag geschrieben, der die Bundesregierung zur Anerkennung Palästinas auffordert und so ein Zeichen gegen Besatzung & Säuberung setzt.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
Palästina – mehr als nur Symbolpolitik
In Sachen Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina muss Deutschland sich Frankreichs Kurs anschließen – denn die Zeit drängt. Ein Gastbeitrag.
www.fr.de
June 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Gemeinsam mit meinen Kolleginnen Sanae Abdi (SPD) & Luise Amtsberg (Grüne) sowie Jules El-Khatib & Nimrod Flaschenberg habe ich einen Gastbeitrag geschrieben, der die Bundesregierung zur Anerkennung Palästinas auffordert und so ein Zeichen gegen Besatzung & Säuberung setzt.
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
www.fr.de/politik/oste...
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My new substack newsletter, Staatsräson Monitor, which critically examines German Israeli relations, is on the air, free of charge.
I would love to hear your feedback and hope you consider supporting as paid subscribers
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Staatsräson Monitor Newsletter #1 - 18.6.2025
German-Israeli relations - From Insomnia to Insight. Story tips here: [email protected]
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June 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My new substack newsletter, Staatsräson Monitor, which critically examines German Israeli relations, is on the air, free of charge.
I would love to hear your feedback and hope you consider supporting as paid subscribers
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...
I would love to hear your feedback and hope you consider supporting as paid subscribers
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...
My friend @alonsahar.bsky.social started a newsletter about German-Israeli relations, uncovering the hidden workings behind the operation of Staatsräson.
The first edition is packed with info that Alon masterfully gathered.
Read and Subscribe!
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The first edition is packed with info that Alon masterfully gathered.
Read and Subscribe!
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Staatsräson Monitor Newsletter #1 - 18.6.2025
German-Israeli relations - From Insomnia to Insight. Story tips here: [email protected]
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My friend @alonsahar.bsky.social started a newsletter about German-Israeli relations, uncovering the hidden workings behind the operation of Staatsräson.
The first edition is packed with info that Alon masterfully gathered.
Read and Subscribe!
staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...
The first edition is packed with info that Alon masterfully gathered.
Read and Subscribe!
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If Israel’s leadership had a shred of strategic thinking and concern for Israeli citizens, it could have used a ceasefire in Gaza as a tool in negotiating a ceasefire with Iran, in addition to a nuclear deal. Khamenei would have saved face as the saviour of Gaza. Instead, they want regime change.
June 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If Israel’s leadership had a shred of strategic thinking and concern for Israeli citizens, it could have used a ceasefire in Gaza as a tool in negotiating a ceasefire with Iran, in addition to a nuclear deal. Khamenei would have saved face as the saviour of Gaza. Instead, they want regime change.
I realised there are many Germans who do not know a fundamental fact about Israel/Palestine:
The Israeli governments, for at least a decade, have been - formally, blatantly, actively - against a two-state solution.
Supporting a Palestinian state is rejecting Israeli policy.
The Israeli governments, for at least a decade, have been - formally, blatantly, actively - against a two-state solution.
Supporting a Palestinian state is rejecting Israeli policy.
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I realised there are many Germans who do not know a fundamental fact about Israel/Palestine:
The Israeli governments, for at least a decade, have been - formally, blatantly, actively - against a two-state solution.
Supporting a Palestinian state is rejecting Israeli policy.
The Israeli governments, for at least a decade, have been - formally, blatantly, actively - against a two-state solution.
Supporting a Palestinian state is rejecting Israeli policy.
If you support the ICC so much, maybe you should make clear that you would follow its warrants and arrest Netanyahu if and when he comes to Germany?
The #ICC faces intense pressures. We note with regret the #US announcement to impose additional sanctions on the court. Germany will continue to be a steadfast supporter of international law & the ICC - @aussenminister.diplo.de at the Rome Statute Review Conference Berlin. 2/2
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you support the ICC so much, maybe you should make clear that you would follow its warrants and arrest Netanyahu if and when he comes to Germany?
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Die deutsche Freundschaft gilt in der Regel irgendeinem imaginierten Israel. Die Spezifika variieren je nach Einstellung, der Wahrheitsgehalt bleibt aber immer bescheiden.
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In his press conference with Israeli FM Sa'ar, German FM @aussenminister.diplo.de said that support for the annexation of the West Bank is an opinion held by "some" in Israeli politics - but that this view is not the majority view.
Well, it is a majority opinion within the Israeli leadership.
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In his press conference with Israeli FM Sa'ar, German FM @aussenminister.diplo.de said that support for the annexation of the West Bank is an opinion held by "some" in Israeli politics - but that this view is not the majority view.
Well, it is a majority opinion within the Israeli leadership.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Die deutsche Freundschaft gilt in der Regel irgendeinem imaginierten Israel. Die Spezifika variieren je nach Einstellung, der Wahrheitsgehalt bleibt aber immer bescheiden.