Daniel Weissmann
@danweiss.bsky.social
polcomms guy, post-doc researcher
also researching the politicisation and misuse of antisemitism scholarship primarily in context of German Memory Culture.
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Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.
Germany Is Using AI to Erase Pro-Palestinian Speech
Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.
jacobin.com
I wrote a piece for Jacobin about the misuse of antisemitism scholarship for authoritarian projects and the role German antisemitism scholarship plays in the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the justification of the genocide in Gaza.
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niemand setzt lieber israel mit judentum gleich als leute die israel gegen jegliche kritik verteidigen.
Sehr gutes Beispiel wie Antisemitismus erfunden wird um einer Journalistin zu schade. So läuft das im Land, vom Feuilleton, über die Journaille bis in die Wissenschaft.
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
niemand setzt lieber israel mit judentum gleich als leute die israel gegen jegliche kritik verteidigen.
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How will this go?
Witkoff & Kushner: We tried to get you what you want, but we couldn’t.
Putin: Oh?
W&K: How about most of what you want?
P: No.
W&K: If we get you all you want we still can make a lot of money together?
P: Yes.
W&K: And if not, stall while you attack more?
P: Yes.
W&K: OK!
Witkoff & Kushner: We tried to get you what you want, but we couldn’t.
Putin: Oh?
W&K: How about most of what you want?
P: No.
W&K: If we get you all you want we still can make a lot of money together?
P: Yes.
W&K: And if not, stall while you attack more?
P: Yes.
W&K: OK!
Putin to Meet With Witkoff and Kushner as U.S. Pushes for Ukraine Deal
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How will this go?
Witkoff & Kushner: We tried to get you what you want, but we couldn’t.
Putin: Oh?
W&K: How about most of what you want?
P: No.
W&K: If we get you all you want we still can make a lot of money together?
P: Yes.
W&K: And if not, stall while you attack more?
P: Yes.
W&K: OK!
Witkoff & Kushner: We tried to get you what you want, but we couldn’t.
Putin: Oh?
W&K: How about most of what you want?
P: No.
W&K: If we get you all you want we still can make a lot of money together?
P: Yes.
W&K: And if not, stall while you attack more?
P: Yes.
W&K: OK!
Stimme all dem zu, aber es braucht keinen ehemaligen Funktionär der Rechtsextremen in der Partei um die pro-Israel Politik von BAK Shalom & Co rechtsextrem zu machen. Ethnonationalismus ist und bleibt was es ist, eine rechtsextreme Ideologie, ob in Deutschland, Israel oder sonst wo!
Wenn ein ehemaliger Funktionär rechtsextremer Parteien und Organisationen, heute in linken Strukturen gegen Antisemitismus als moralische Instanz für Antifaschismus auftritt, muss man darüber sprechen, dass etwas gewaltig falsch läuft.⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Stimme all dem zu, aber es braucht keinen ehemaligen Funktionär der Rechtsextremen in der Partei um die pro-Israel Politik von BAK Shalom & Co rechtsextrem zu machen. Ethnonationalismus ist und bleibt was es ist, eine rechtsextreme Ideologie, ob in Deutschland, Israel oder sonst wo!
Sehr gutes Beispiel wie Antisemitismus erfunden wird um einer Journalistin zu schade. So läuft das im Land, vom Feuilleton, über die Journaille bis in die Wissenschaft.
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sehr gutes Beispiel wie Antisemitismus erfunden wird um einer Journalistin zu schade. So läuft das im Land, vom Feuilleton, über die Journaille bis in die Wissenschaft.
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
Links: Jüdische Allgemeine
Rechts: Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs-Preises Presse Mitteilung
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oh my god lmao, zero self-awareness.
“why are they trying to control my writing? I would not criticize them anyway!!!” xD
“why are they trying to control my writing? I would not criticize them anyway!!!” xD
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
oh my god lmao, zero self-awareness.
“why are they trying to control my writing? I would not criticize them anyway!!!” xD
“why are they trying to control my writing? I would not criticize them anyway!!!” xD
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Warmest congratulations to @benwritesthings.bsky.social on winning the Tiburtius Prize for best dissertation *on any subject* among *all the Berlin universities* in 2024. I had the immense honour of serving as the external examiner at his defence. Spirited, passionate, groundbreaking.
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Warmest congratulations to @benwritesthings.bsky.social on winning the Tiburtius Prize for best dissertation *on any subject* among *all the Berlin universities* in 2024. I had the immense honour of serving as the external examiner at his defence. Spirited, passionate, groundbreaking.
Staatsräson trumpft kollegiale Solidarität. Denn am Ende ist es so, wie Journalistin Jessica Ramczik bei ihrer all-inclusive tour in Israel gesagt hat.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Staatsräson trumpft kollegiale Solidarität. Denn am Ende ist es so, wie Journalistin Jessica Ramczik bei ihrer all-inclusive tour in Israel gesagt hat.
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when Michael Phelps was dominating US swimming there was endless coverage of all his genetic advantages. His wingspan, the way his body processed lactic acid, on and on and on. Nobody, not one person, floated the idea of kicking him out of the sport for genetic advantages
“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
when Michael Phelps was dominating US swimming there was endless coverage of all his genetic advantages. His wingspan, the way his body processed lactic acid, on and on and on. Nobody, not one person, floated the idea of kicking him out of the sport for genetic advantages
Der Grund warum von der Tann durchs Dorf getrieben wird ist nicht weil sie was radikales gesagt hat oder sich außerhalb der Staatsräson positioniert, beides hat sie nicht. Grund ist, dass man ein Exempel statuieren möchte das hoffentlich alle anderen Korrespondent*innen back in line kriegt/hält.
Die Kampagne gegen Sophie von der Tann ist so durchschaubar wie grotesk. Wenn sich an einem Regime wie dem in Israel nichts mehr verteidigen lässt bleibt wohl nur noch Diffamierung - auch sachlicher Stimmen. Erschreckend wie unsolidarisch manche Kolleg:innen im ÖRR sich verhalten
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Der Grund warum von der Tann durchs Dorf getrieben wird ist nicht weil sie was radikales gesagt hat oder sich außerhalb der Staatsräson positioniert, beides hat sie nicht. Grund ist, dass man ein Exempel statuieren möchte das hoffentlich alle anderen Korrespondent*innen back in line kriegt/hält.
Der Modus Operandi in diesem Zirkus ist immer der gleiche:
Werfe Leuten vor "Juden" zu meinen wenn sie Israel sagen und dann posaune so viele antisemitische Tropen und Stereotype in die Landschaft wie möglich, damit man dann was hat auf das man zeigen kann um es den anderen vorzuwerfen.
Werfe Leuten vor "Juden" zu meinen wenn sie Israel sagen und dann posaune so viele antisemitische Tropen und Stereotype in die Landschaft wie möglich, damit man dann was hat auf das man zeigen kann um es den anderen vorzuwerfen.
"Cool" ist auch, der Jury des Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preises die Aussagen erst unterzujubeln, an denen man dann den Antisemitismusvorwurf aufhängt.
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Der Modus Operandi in diesem Zirkus ist immer der gleiche:
Werfe Leuten vor "Juden" zu meinen wenn sie Israel sagen und dann posaune so viele antisemitische Tropen und Stereotype in die Landschaft wie möglich, damit man dann was hat auf das man zeigen kann um es den anderen vorzuwerfen.
Werfe Leuten vor "Juden" zu meinen wenn sie Israel sagen und dann posaune so viele antisemitische Tropen und Stereotype in die Landschaft wie möglich, damit man dann was hat auf das man zeigen kann um es den anderen vorzuwerfen.
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"Most of all, they fear that "we won't be allowed in Israel anymore.""
Ja, das ist schon schlimm wenn man als nicht-jüdischer Deutscher nicht mehr nach Israel gelassen werden würde um sich als geläutert zu fühlen und Erinnerungskultur zu Ende gespielt zu haben.
Ja, das ist schon schlimm wenn man als nicht-jüdischer Deutscher nicht mehr nach Israel gelassen werden würde um sich als geläutert zu fühlen und Erinnerungskultur zu Ende gespielt zu haben.
Da wird man auf die PR-Tour eines Staates mitgenommen, der gerade einen Genozid begeht und wundert sich dann, dass man Propaganda vorgesetzt bekommt? Was für eine Naivität, was für ein Witz. Es ist Zeit, aus dem Traum aufzuwachen.
Young German leaders deem recent trip to Israel a 'PR operation' run by foreign ministry
Some of the 160 Delegates From Germany Tell Haaretz That the the Five-day, All-expenses-paid Trip Lacked Critical Narratives. 'The Messages of the Delegation Was Very Nationalist ... There Were No Per...
www.haaretz.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"Most of all, they fear that "we won't be allowed in Israel anymore.""
Ja, das ist schon schlimm wenn man als nicht-jüdischer Deutscher nicht mehr nach Israel gelassen werden würde um sich als geläutert zu fühlen und Erinnerungskultur zu Ende gespielt zu haben.
Ja, das ist schon schlimm wenn man als nicht-jüdischer Deutscher nicht mehr nach Israel gelassen werden würde um sich als geläutert zu fühlen und Erinnerungskultur zu Ende gespielt zu haben.
Deutschlands “hand picked future leaders” genauso strohdumm und naiv wie Deutschlands ‘present leaders‘.
Da wird man auf die PR-Tour eines Staates mitgenommen, der gerade einen Genozid begeht und wundert sich dann, dass man Propaganda vorgesetzt bekommt? Was für eine Naivität, was für ein Witz. Es ist Zeit, aus dem Traum aufzuwachen.
Young German leaders deem recent trip to Israel a 'PR operation' run by foreign ministry
Some of the 160 Delegates From Germany Tell Haaretz That the the Five-day, All-expenses-paid Trip Lacked Critical Narratives. 'The Messages of the Delegation Was Very Nationalist ... There Were No Per...
www.haaretz.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Deutschlands “hand picked future leaders” genauso strohdumm und naiv wie Deutschlands ‘present leaders‘.
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Alle Jahre wieder erzählen Bullenpressestellen Bullshit über angeblich verletzte Cops bei linken Aktionen, alle Jahre wieder werden diese als Lügen entlarvt (Heiligendamm; Essen;...), & alle Jahre wieder schreiben die Journis die Lügen ab.
What gives?
steady.page/de/friedlich...
What gives?
steady.page/de/friedlich...
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Alle Jahre wieder erzählen Bullenpressestellen Bullshit über angeblich verletzte Cops bei linken Aktionen, alle Jahre wieder werden diese als Lügen entlarvt (Heiligendamm; Essen;...), & alle Jahre wieder schreiben die Journis die Lügen ab.
What gives?
steady.page/de/friedlich...
What gives?
steady.page/de/friedlich...
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Da wird man auf die PR-Tour eines Staates mitgenommen, der gerade einen Genozid begeht und wundert sich dann, dass man Propaganda vorgesetzt bekommt? Was für eine Naivität, was für ein Witz. Es ist Zeit, aus dem Traum aufzuwachen.
Young German leaders deem recent trip to Israel a 'PR operation' run by foreign ministry
Some of the 160 Delegates From Germany Tell Haaretz That the the Five-day, All-expenses-paid Trip Lacked Critical Narratives. 'The Messages of the Delegation Was Very Nationalist ... There Were No Per...
www.haaretz.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Da wird man auf die PR-Tour eines Staates mitgenommen, der gerade einen Genozid begeht und wundert sich dann, dass man Propaganda vorgesetzt bekommt? Was für eine Naivität, was für ein Witz. Es ist Zeit, aus dem Traum aufzuwachen.
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You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Reminds me of Susan Neiman’s attempt to jump on that bandwagon. Didn't go well I think.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Reminds me of Susan Neiman’s attempt to jump on that bandwagon. Didn't go well I think.
Israel has captured half of the Gaza Strip. It has killed tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands. It has turned the rest of Gaza into a moon scape. While it hasn’t succeeded in emptying Gaza completely it has still accomplished most of its objectives: the destruction of a people.
Any supporter of Israel would be well-advised to consider this analysis by Ben Rhodes. Blindly following Netanyahu ala AIPAC is not in Israel's best interest. At some point, Israel must realize that it lost the Gaza War. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Israel has captured half of the Gaza Strip. It has killed tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands. It has turned the rest of Gaza into a moon scape. While it hasn’t succeeded in emptying Gaza completely it has still accomplished most of its objectives: the destruction of a people.
If Liberals would have been more outraged when Bush and Obama targeted and killed civilians abroad without any accountability, we maybe could have avoided getting here.
“This has been a year when the unthinkable has become routine.” Ruth Marcus writes about the Trump Administration’s strikes on Venezuelan boats and new reporting that suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4jwU31
The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats
New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
If Liberals would have been more outraged when Bush and Obama targeted and killed civilians abroad without any accountability, we maybe could have avoided getting here.
call me crazy but if you participated in the commission of a war crime you ought to be prosecuted regardless of who else is prosecuted with you.
He knew exactly what was coming, and how they’d be throwing military leaders like Admiral Bradley under the bus, and wisely decided to retire before it happened.
news.usni.org/2025/10/16/a...
news.usni.org/2025/10/16/a...
Admiral Overseeing Caribbean Mission to Retire after One Year in Role - USNI News
The head of U.S. Southern Command, which is overseeing the Trump administration’s ongoing military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, will retire just over one year into his tenure. Adm...
news.usni.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
call me crazy but if you participated in the commission of a war crime you ought to be prosecuted regardless of who else is prosecuted with you.
making the kids fight over who is allowed to sleep in the normal bedroom, who has to sleep in the room without a bed and who has to sleep in the tiny, tiled bedroom with neither bed nor window.
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
making the kids fight over who is allowed to sleep in the normal bedroom, who has to sleep in the room without a bed and who has to sleep in the tiny, tiled bedroom with neither bed nor window.
It's funny how the right's deep inferiority complex doesn't let them be normal people despite having all the power. Imagine being the head of the FBI and still a loser?
fucking incredible
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It's funny how the right's deep inferiority complex doesn't let them be normal people despite having all the power. Imagine being the head of the FBI and still a loser?
Few things give you a position at Harvard quicker than enabling the murder of tens of thousands of people abroad and setting entire regions on fire.
Seems like as time goes on more people will adopt this already emerging consensus view of the Biden admin in MENA, but it's one thing to say it and another to hold the architects of this program to account: why does no one ask why CAP hired Blinken, why CNN hired McGurk, Sullivan at Harvard?
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Few things give you a position at Harvard quicker than enabling the murder of tens of thousands of people abroad and setting entire regions on fire.
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Seems like as time goes on more people will adopt this already emerging consensus view of the Biden admin in MENA, but it's one thing to say it and another to hold the architects of this program to account: why does no one ask why CAP hired Blinken, why CNN hired McGurk, Sullivan at Harvard?
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Seems like as time goes on more people will adopt this already emerging consensus view of the Biden admin in MENA, but it's one thing to say it and another to hold the architects of this program to account: why does no one ask why CAP hired Blinken, why CNN hired McGurk, Sullivan at Harvard?