In manchen Läden gibt es den Wein nun nicht mehr. Gut so.

I wrote a letter to the editor @szde.bsky.social The backlash against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and artist Basma al-Sharif reflects the systematic silencing of Palestinian voices in Germany. Political pressure on the rector violates academic freedom and ... www.sueddeutsche.de/kolumne/lese...

Uwe Becker,antisemitism commissioner in Hesse,wants Jüdische Stimme to be banned-in the name of the fight against antisemitism. This has nothing to do with antisemitism,and everything to do with silencing voices critical of Germany's role in the Gaza genocide www.juedische-stimme.de/hessischer-a...

"With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity." By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...

@christinebinzel.bsky.social lecture on "the situation in Gaza, Israel's conduct, and Germany's role"⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdS...

12 killed, 6 of them children. This will not even register with most people www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Last week, @msf.ca announced they would, as an exceptional measure, share a defined list of staff in Gaza subject to clear parameters. This week MSF thankfully decided against this, because israeli authorities were unwilling to guarantee even a basic level of safety. www.msf.org/msf-statemen...

Hind Rajab’s voice recording. Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha (similar to the Lord’s Prayer) while trapped in a car with the dead bodies of her relatives, before the Israeli army of cowards killed her.

Proof, if we ever needed any, that the official death toll is a severe undercount. That is not even taking into account indirect deaths, typically ranging from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... ) www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

"From the obliteration of every university in Gaza to the daily strangulation of academic life in the West Bank, this is an assault on a people’s past, present, and future" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center. This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/

Israel’s destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure & continues to block life-saving medication, like chemotherapy drugs, from entering, leaving thousands of Palestinian cancer patients in need of medical evacuation for treatment.

Our next Kilmé Talks event tomorrow at @lettretage.de features @jadsalfiti.bsky.social , award-winning British-Palestinian journalist specializing in the intersection of culture and politics. We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue. www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...

"...if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy", said Ta-Nehisi Coates. He is constantly being proven right in the worst imaginable way.

January 2026 is human rights disaster month

Zwei Jahre Medienkritik zu Palästina und Israel später treten alle Muster ein, und alle Vorwarnungen erweisen sich als real: Journalistic malpractice wird nicht halt beim Thema Nahost machen. Sondern sich über alle weiteren Berichtsgebiete ergießen, zentrale journalistische Grundprinzipien kippen.

“What happens today to UNRWA will happen tomorrow to any other international organisation or diplomatic mission” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on the demolition of the UNRWA compound in #EastJerusalem on 20 January 2026. 👉 A timeline of the events: www.unrwa.org/unrwa-headqu...

Week in Pictures: From Minneapolis turmoil to Israeli attacks on Gaza https://aje.news/2h07e5

Tomorrow we are doing another Make Freedom Ring concert. Proceeds go to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social Gaza emergency fund. events.humanitix.com/benefit-conc...

What ceasefire? These horrific numbers show Israel's genocide in Gaza isn’t over, despite Donald Trump announcing phase two of his so-called ‘peace deal.’ Check out the rest of the statistics here: zeteo.com/p/tracking-i...

In this article @rosaburc.bsky.social explains why the recent attacks on Rojava aim to erase the Kurdish political subject. Read the whole article on my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...

Mittlerweile ist dies durch den Kurdischen Roten Halbmond bestätigt...

Nach den Massakern an Demonstrierenden vom 8. und 9. Januar gehen die Behörden im #Iran mit massiver Repression gegen die Bevölkerung vor. Amnesty dokumentiert willkürliche Massenverhaftungen, Verschleppungen und Einschüchterungen von Angehörigen der Opfer. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

While "New Gaza" is being shown on a flashy map displaying residential development, data centres and industrial parks, Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues in the real world. Today 5 Palestinians killed, yesterday 11 (incl 3 journalists) www.reuters.com/world/middle...

"Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide" – my latest, for @972mag.com www.972mag.com/germany-isra...

New round of a pressure campaign,this time against Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and Basma Al-Sharif,incl NRW Minister of Culture urging the Academy to "reconsider" the event(thinly veiled threat),marking the latest attempt to deny Palestinians "permission to narrate"(E. Said) www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...

"Being Arab in Germany entails a deep, desperate alienation and a burning rage at a society that continues on as if the violence weren’t happening. It means our bare existence has been made political, and I, for one, am tired of being the scapegoat." mondoweiss.net/2026/01/what...

"The more authoritarian anti-antisemitism gains momentum, the clearer it becomes: our government has chosen reason of state (Staatsräson) over the Basic Law and International Law. The question is whether, as a society, we will continue to go along with this decision.”

The #AcademicFreedom Committees of BRISMES and the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) strongly condemn the Israeli military attack on #Birzeit University on 6 January 2026. Read our statement in full: bit.ly/Birzeit_200126

"The transformation of israeli prisons into torture camps for Palestinian inmates must be understood in the context of Israel's coordinated onslaught on Palestinians as a collective since October 2023, most prominently through the ongoing genocide in Gaza." B'Tselem www.btselem.org/publications...

“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.” Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.

"I canceled all my engagements in Israel this year because of my objection to Mr. Netanyahu's way of treating the whole Palestinian issue" This is a big deal in the context of classical music. Though you wouldn't know about it if you read western mainstream media www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...

Of course no mention of Palestinians, who suffer erasure through words and deeds. Meanwhile, Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues. Attacks continue, humanitarian aid is restricted, and conditions of life are such that babies die of hypothermia www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

🚨 In Gaza, Palestinian fishermen gamble with their lives just to eat. Under Israel’s blockade and a collapsed economy, they go to sea knowing they may be shot at, chased, or arrested. Ordinary work has become a deadly ordeal — survival itself is criminalized.

"A prevailing climate of systemic impunity has enabled Iranian authorities to repeatedly commit crimes under international law, including murder, torture, rape, and enforced disappearances to eliminate and punish dissent." www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

The UK government signalling they may unblock arms sales to Israel is deeply troubling. Let’s not be fooled by talk of “ceasefires” or “peace.” Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped. Killings have continued. The illegal blockade remains as does the system of apartheid.

This in the context of illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and an ICC arrest warrant ⬇️ www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/k...

Today, the ICJ starts oral proceedings in genocide case The Gambia v Myanmar. Germany, among other States, intervened, stating factors like sexual violence, violence against children and forced displacement can point to genocidal intent. @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/the-rohingya...

"The Gambia v Myanmar [case] also has broader significance. It provides the ICJ with a key and timely opportunity to clarify the law of genocide, especially in situations of armed conflict or counter-insurgency ... There is no question that South Africa and Israel will be watching closely."

Statement on the Israeli army’s invasion of Birzeit University We call on universities and international institutions worldwide to condemn this onslaught against the production and dissemination of knowledge in Palestine. criticaltheoryconsortium.org/announcement...

Viele deutsche Medien und Politiker üben sich seit über zwei Jahren in "both sidesism" bei einem Genozid. Da ist das jetzt ein Kinderspiel. bsky.app/profile/arde...

"...a repertoire that allows for incremental concessions over time, each concession giving way to yet another form of denial."

This seems like a preposterous use of the term self-defense, until you remember it's also being used to legitimize destroying hospitals, schools and universities, repeatedly shooting children in the head or chest, or blocking essentials like food and medicine www.trtworld.com/article/3806...

There is, unsurprisingly, not a single report in western mainstream media about Israel's raid of Birzeit university yesterday. Also not a peep from universities. www.newarab.com/news/israeli...

BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israeli regime forces have stormed Birzeit University campus in the Occupied West Bank, injuring 41 students, including 9 with live bullets.

Israeli forces raid Birzeit University in the West Bank using live fire, sound grenades and tear gas. The raid followed a student event for Palestinian prisoners and plans to screen a film about Hind Rajab. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Make Freedom Ring statement on Israel's aid ban "This measure does not exist in isolation; it must be understood within the context of Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza."

US empire unashamedly being itself www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...