Pianist Jayson Gillham needs our help. His performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was cancelled after he introduced and performed "Witness" — a piano piece by composer Connor D‘Netto dedicated to Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza. Link to donate:  chuffed.org/project/just...

Foreign Minister Wadephul calls Israel’s ongoing invasion of Lebanon “necessary”, and that “there’s every right for Israel to be there”. That is absurd, even for Germany. There is no such right. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Diesen Freitag in Hamburg: Make Freedom Ring 🎻Benefizkonzert für #Gaza ➡️Mit @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social, Denizcan Demirkan, Alena Jabarine, Riad Othman u.a. 📆8.5., 20 Uhr, Kampnagel Zu den Tickets 🎫: shop.kampnagel.de/de/buyingflo...

Make Freedom Ring concert in Hamburg Kampnagel this Friday, 8th May. Join us! More info and tickets: kampnagel.de/produktionen...

Gianni Infantino is not the first, and will not be the last, to assume you can simply get a Palestinian and an Israeli to shake hands without addressing the reality of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, occupation, and genocide www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Planning for a large Gaza solidarity concert in Germany began in summer 2025. By February 2026, the lineup was finalized with a concert scheduled for 29 March 2026 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. A few weeks before the event, the venue withdrew, citing "security concerns" taz.de/Benefizkonze...

Hessen wants to criminalize "denying Israel's right to exist". States don't have such a right. Not Germany, not France, not the US, not Brazil, not South Africa, not Japan, not China, not India, not Israel, not any other State in the UN. People(s) have a right to exist www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

This interview, released now at @nd-aktuell.de, is actually from October 2025. Another magazine had decided not to print it upon reading the transcript. This version, as it says at the end, is slightly shortened and with an added question about Iran and Lebanon www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1199...

Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement conditions the partnership on respect for human rights and international law. The suspension of this agreement is not a sanction; it is the legitimate removal of a privilege. Sign the initiative ⬇️ www.justiceforpalestine.eu

A discussion of the current situation based on Edward Said's work on Palestine (hence the title). If you're in or around Bielefeld tomorrow 16th April, it takes place in the Bielefeld Stadtbibliothek. This is organised by Bielefeld Nahost Initiative bielefelder-nahost-initiative.de/do-16-04-202...

Francesca Albanese ist auf einer US-Sanktionsliste, kann keine Kreditkarten verwenden, Wohnung verloren und ihr Mann hat seinen Job durch Rufmordkampagnen pro-israelischer Aktivisten verloren. Warum das alles? Weil sie einen Völkermord als Völkermord bezeichnet. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

This was Ritaj Rehan, a 9 years old girl attending lessons in a makeshift school tent at Abu Ubaida Al-Jarrah School in northern Gaza City - and the bullet that killed her.

6 months after the Gaza ceasefire plan, we assessed progress on the plan’s own stated objectives on: ▪️Civilian Protection ▪️Aid Access ▪️Reconstruction & Economic Development ▪️Freedom of Movement & Return Bottomline: The ceasefire is failing. www.oxfamamerica.org/press/press-...

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" are words no state leader should utter, let alone one with access to nuclear weapons. Who is stopping the US and Israel?

Bitte unterzeichnen und weiterverteilen @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @hannakienzler.bsky.social @christinebinzel.bsky.social @shourahashemi.bsky.social www.amnesty.de/aktuell/akti...

A death penalty for Palestinians but not for Jewish Israelis who committed similar crimes. That's apartheid. And still not a red line for western States who will continue their policy of support; because if genocide is not a red line, what is? www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Pro-Palestinian French member of European Parliament denied entry to Canada

This week in Palestine: - a 1-year-old boy was tortured by Israeli forces - an Israeli lawmaker said there are no innocent Palestinian children - Israeli settlers killed Palestinians Read Zeteo’s weekly roundup of stories from Gaza and the occupied West Bank: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

#Gaza, #Westbank, #Iran, #Libanon – Kriege, die Israel führt und seine Gesellschaft trägt. Wer nach Widerstand in der israelischen Gesellschaft sucht, sucht vergeblich. Die israelische Gesellschaft befindet sich im permanenten Kriegszustand.

law4palestine compiled a useful summary of the UN Special Rapporteur report "Any credible pursuit of justice must confront torture not as an isolated crime, but as a foundational pillar of a genocidal project aimed at the complete erasure of the Palestinian people" law4palestine.org/torture-and-...

I interviewed Palestinian violin maker Shehada Shelalda earlier this month. This interview, arranged for The Cultural Salon with the kind support of Kun Rests, delves into his past, his current work, and his aspirations. Have a look: vimeo.com/1176646372

Op-ed in @fr-zeitung.bsky.social on the situation in Lebanon. Israel’s escalation in Lebanon mirrors Gaza tactics: mass displacement, infrastructure destruction, and possible permanent expulsion; including attacks on medical personnel and the use of “double-tap” strikes. www.fr.de/meinung/gast...

Video introducing Gaza Birds Singing shown towards the beginning of our concerts in Aachen Salvatorkirche and Bonn Zentrifuge. The audience was inspired and touched, as were we. Ahmed Muin and his colleagues are an inspiration to us as musicians and as human beings. youtube.com/shorts/iJmts...

Germany decides not to intervene at the ICJ in the case South Africa v Israel. The reasoning: Germany wishes to concentrate on its own case v Nicaragua. Germany's intervention in the Gambia v Myanmar and the dilemma this poses is likely a factor @tilojung.bsky.social x.com/tilojung/sta...

The Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA) expresses its unqualified support for Basma al-Sharif and Donatella Fioretti, who have both been the subjects of politically-motivated defamatory attacks over the past months. pja-verein.de/2026/03/17/s...

The title "Absent, paralyzed, silent - the cultural sector and Gaza" says it all, but if you want slightly more detail here is the video from the panel on March 10th:) Moderated by @kristinhelberg.bsky.social , with Kathrin Peters, Susan Neiman, Sami Khatib and myself. youtu.be/JbpDzHJC4oE?...

Shelter how and where, exactly? This is what "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part" looks like in practice. bbc.com/news/videos/...

Netherlands and Iceland file declarations of intervention at the ICJ in the case SouthAfrica v. Israel, joining over a dozen others. www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

Statement of the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA) on the Hertie School Representatives (HSR) resolution on 05.03.26⬇️ pja-verein.de/2026/03/12/h...

Make Freedom Ring is organising back to back concerts in Aachen and Bonn, proceeds going to Gaza Birds Singing! Join us if you're in the area tickets for Aachen: events.humanitix.com/benefit-conc... tickets for Bonn: events.humanitix.com/copy-of-bene...

Amnesty International has warned that the conditions faced by Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip represent one of the most severe forms of discrimination and violence against women amid the ongoing war and the collapse of healthcare. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260310-amn...

What responsibility under international law does Germany bear when such a war is coordinated through a base on German soil? There are moral, political, but also legal arguments for why Spain refused to allow the US to use its bases for attacks against Iran. www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...

I sat down with @owenjones.bsky.social to explain the Int’l law on the use of force applicable to the Iran War. We discussed how the media fails to report not just the facts but the law and what can we do with an int’l law that seems unable to constrain rogue action youtu.be/rQ5ijD7UMyc?...

The mayor of Düsseldorf, the Jüdische Gemeinde Düsseldorf, the "Antisemitismusbeauftragter" are attempting to force Donatella Fioretti to resign. All because she dared not cancel a Palestinian film maker when she was asked to. Why won't the politicians respect artistic and academic freedom?

First Gaza, now Lebanon. As they have been doing for the past 2,5 years, Israeli politicians are publicly announcing their atrocity crimes. And once again, most Western countries don't care, making themselves complicit.

Interview ahead of our Make Freedom Ring concert. We speak about Gaza Birds Singing, the role of artists and intellectuals, the Gaza genocide and Germany's role in it, as well as the idea of "Völkerverständigung (Mutual understanding between peoples) www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/regi...

"Civilians should not pay the price for the unlawful and reckless acts by parties to the conflict, ravaging the principles of humanity and distinction at the heart of international humanitarian law (...)" @amnesty.org @amnesty.de www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Make Freedom Ring is organising concerts fundraising for Gaza Birds Singing, in Aachen (13th March) and Bonn (14th March). Tickets link in the description of the video. Join us if you're in the area! youtube.com/shorts/h_YYa...

The Culture Ministry consults the Verfassungsschutz and removes three bookstores from the jury's recommendation list. Involving the domestic intelligence service into decisions about cultural funding. Great idea... www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/wolfr...

José Manuel Albares, Spain’s foreign minister: "The bases are not being used – nor will they be used – for anything that is not in the agreement [with the US], nor for anything that isn’t covered by the UN charter" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Tonight, we are hosting hanna altaher at @lettretage.de for our monthly Kilmé-talks series, dedicated to Palestinian artists, intellectuals, and academics; a platform to present their work and speak about subjects that are important to them. www.lettretage.de/Termine/kilm...

"We condemn Iranian attacks on countries in the region in the strongest terms" but we will certainly not condemn unlawful US-israeli strikes, specifically we will not condemn the attack on a school that killed over 80 people. This is a farce www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktu...

Killing children, attacking schools has been normalised www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

The attack by USA and Israel on Iran is unlawful, but that doesn't seem to matter www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

'Everyone was killed': Documents shine light on 'annihilation' of Palestinians during 1948 Nakba - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/everyone-was-killed-documents-shine-light-annihilation-palestinians-during-1948-nakba

"Rather than taking every possible measure to hold the Israeli government accountable, you have weaponized false allegations of antisemitism to delegitimize a United Nations official who is seeking to uphold international law." voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/open-lett...

Very dark times ahead in Germany... www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berlina...

Lustig, wie von der SPD bis zur AfD jetzt ein weiterer Berlinale „Skandal“ herbeigeredet wird – weil Filmschaffende dort das absolute bare minimum tun: öffentlich sagen, dass sie gegen einen von Deutschland kofinanzierten Genozid sind.

Op-ed in Berliner Zeitung 📰 Israel’s plan to deregister 37 aid groups unless they hand over staff data threatens humanitarian independence, endangers local workers, and further restricts aid to Gaza. States like Germany must press for compliance with IHL www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...

On Feb 11, 2026, @szde.bsky.social published and quickly removed a defamatory article targeting mainly Palestinians and allies. Despite objections and no response, a revised version was republished Feb 18 without explanation. In solidarity, PJA shares its letter. pja-verein.de/2026/02/19/o...