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Christine Binzel
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Professor of Economics @UniFAU | development economics, economic history, political economy, causal inference, Middle East | All opinions personal. sites.google.com/site/cbinzel/
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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · Nov 29
Bundespressekonferenz zu den IStGH Haftbefehlen und Deutschlands Rolle:

youtu.be/WZHXl5R5yzo

Zusammen mit Prof. Michael Barenboim (Barenboim-Said Akademie), Prof. Hanna Kienzler (King's College London) und Wolfgang Kaleck (ECCHR)

Danke @tilojung.bsky.social für die Aufzeichnung!
Haftbefehl gegen Netanjahu, Deutschlands Rolle & das Völkerrecht | BPK 29. November 2024
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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 23m
Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 56m
Carmen Becker, Sabine Broeck, Ramis Örlü @profturbulence.bsky.social & Nils Riecken
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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 56m
Das heißt konkret: Staatliche israelische Institutionen müssen alle Praktiken unterbinden und beenden und staatliche deutsche Institutionen alle Beziehungen zum israelischen Staat und seinen Institutionen aussetzen, die zur völkerrechtswidrigen Besatzung beitragen und diese aufrechterhalten."
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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 56m
"Das Verhalten staatlicher Universitäten wird gemäß Völkerrecht dem Staat zugerechnet.

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Genozid, Besatzung, Segregation und Apartheid in Palästina: Die Verantwortung der israelischen und der deutschen Wissenschaft - Etos.Media
Während sich unter internationalen Genozid- und Holocaustforscher*innen der Konsens herausgebildet hat, dass es sich in Gaza um einen Genozid handelt, tun sich deutsche Wissenschaftler*innen und ihre ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 23h
🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said those responsible for the destruction of Gaza must be prosecuted, stressing that “peace cannot mean forgetting.” Speaking to Spain’s largest radio network, Cadena SER, he said there should be no impunity for the main actors in the genocide that has...
🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said those responsible for the destruction of Gaza must be prosecuted, stressing that “peace cannot mean forgetting.” Speaking to Spain’s largest radio network, Cadena SER, he said there should be no impunity for the main actors in the genocide that has been perpetrated in Gaza, citing ongoing ICC cases against Israeli leaders. Spain has been one of Europe’s sharpest critics of Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, with Sánchez last month explicitly calling Israel’s actions a genocide.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d
Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

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Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead" The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d
Reporting from Gaza city a few minutes ago Hani Mahmoud explains that families are returning to nothing.
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Rashad Alhindi @ralhindi.bsky.social · 3d
#Berlin 2025
#Staatsräson
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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social · 3d
"In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s announcement that Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to stop the fighting, the Israeli military launched an arson spree, setting fire to civilian infrastructure, including the destruction of an essential sanitation plant in Gaza City."
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d
This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 5d
It's genuinely shocking how little of Rafah is left. An ancient city that had a pre-war population of ~200k, forced to take over 1,000,000 refugees from Gaza City and Khan Younis, then completely levelled for the crime of being the only city in Gaza with an escape route.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 5d
This is a GENOCIDE
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d
🔴 REPORT | Gaza Aid Still at Pre-Ceasefire Levels Despite Massive & Urgent Needs

With preparations underway to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, humanitarian deliveries remain at roughly pre-ceasefire levels, U.N.’s humanitarian agency OCHA said today. Spokesperson Olga Cherevko said a...
🔴 REPORT | Gaza Aid Still at Pre-Ceasefire Levels Despite Massive & Urgent Needs With preparations underway to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, humanitarian deliveries remain at roughly pre-ceasefire levels, U.N.’s humanitarian agency OCHA said today. Spokesperson Olga Cherevko said a large-scale expansion is expected “imminently,” with plans to immediately assist “vulnerable groups” with food, medicine, and shelter, but noted it requires “unrestricted entry of aid” and additional crossings. The World Food Programme said it has begun ramping up operations as the ceasefire allows international groups to return. “With full access, WFP intends to restore its regular food distribution system,” the agency said, adding that “humanitarian needs in Gaza have never been greater.” More than “170,000 metric tons of food” are ready for dispatch “via Ashdod, Egypt, Jordan, and the West Bank corridors” — enough to feed over two million people for three months — as WFP echoed calls for “unhindered humanitarian access.” Gaza’s Health Ministry urged the world to act immediately. “The world must act quickly to bring in aid, medicines, and medical supplies… any delay in this step means the loss of more lives,” said the ministry’s director general, citing the death of a child at Nasser Hospital for lack of a $2 medical item. “Continuous supply convoys are needed, along with convoys of specialized doctors and medical delegations, after more than 1,700 of our medical personnel were killed and over 360 arrested.”
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 4d
Even as IDF units halt their combat operations, the ceasefire doesn't prohibit them from continuing demolition operations in the areas they still control. So within the roughly 55 percent of the strip they still control, we can expect the razing of Khan Younis, for example, to continue.
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 4d
Today's ceasefire withdrawal leaves the IDF in control of a large proportion of Gaza's former urban areas (outlined in white)—all of Rafah; most of Khan Younis; Beit Hanoun; and Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.

Areas where we know nearly all buildings have been demolished are shaded black.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d
Khan Younis Almost Destroyed

According to the mayor, 85% of buildings in this large city in the southern Gaza Strip have been destroyed.

He estimates that approximately 400,000 tons of rubble will need to be removed
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 4d
Khan Younès quasiment détruite

Selon le maire, dans cette grande ville du sud de la bande de Gaza, la part des destructions s'élève à 85% des bâtiments.

Selon lui, environ 400 000 tonnes de gravats devront être enlevés ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/LT89
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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 4d
This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 3d
Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left
Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left
Drones have been a common sight in Gaza for a long time, but they have always been military.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 3d
An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3d
"We were strip-searched, zip-tied, blindfolded and disappeared into the Negev Desert."
5 Days in Israel’s Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal
Israeli forces have abducted over 500 peace activists over the past week who were sailing to Gaza in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flo...
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 5d
📷 #Gaza, Palestine, 1900
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 4d
So what excuse does Israel now have for not letting foreign journalists into Gaza?
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ShouraHashemi @shourahashemi.bsky.social · 4d
Der palästinensische Botschafter in Österreich bringt die Wurzel des sog. „Nahostkonflikts“, die Besatzung und das (fehlende) Recht auf Selbstbestimmung einem, sagen wir, nicht ganz so informierten Publikum näher.
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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 4d
UNICEF reports that 320,000 children under five in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition, and over 56,000 have lost one or both of their parents.
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