Christine Binzel

@christinebinzel.bsky.social

Professor of Economics @UniFAU | development economics, economic history, political economy, causal inference, Middle East | All opinions personal. sites.google.com/site/cbinzel/

This is quite something, from Germany. An instagram poster was fined €2,400 for using banned symbols (Swastika). She appealed, citing she was comparing the actions of the State of Israel to the methods of the Nazi regime. A German highcourt ruled in her favour and overturned the fine.

Hakenkreuze und Davidstern: Vergleich zwischen Israel und NS-Regime nicht strafbar

In mehreren Instagram-Posts verglich eine Nutzerin die Taten des Staates Israels mit den Methoden des NS-Regimes – und bediente sich dabei des Hakenkreuzes und der NSDAP-Fahne. Das OLG Zweibrücken ver...

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"Wer nahm sich das Recht, »From the river to the sea« zu einem »Kennzeichen« der Hamas zu erklären, wo ein solcher Schritt sich doch offensichtlich über grundlegende gesetzliche Normen unseres Rechtsstaates hinwegsetzt? Wie das geschehen konnte, hat die Öffentlichkeit ein Recht zu erfahren"

»From the river to the sea«: Die Politik hat die Parole verboten und lässt die Justiz damit allein

Wegen des Ausrufs »From the river to the sea« werden immer wieder Menschen angeklagt. Doch in deutschen Gerichtssälen kommt es zu sehr unterschiedlichen Urteilen.

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Gift article “Eyal Weizman: the Strip was blanketed with “enormous dust clouds containing particles of the different materials that formed the building[s] & [their] environment—concrete, plaster, paint, glass, metal, sand, soil—some of which are synthetic & toxic.” www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Gaza’s Deadly Soil | Helen Epstein

Long before October 2023, Gaza’s people suffered international sanctions, a humiliating occupation, and periodic Israeli bombardments. Few could leave the

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“Humanitarians and hospitals now almost have to justify why we shouldn’t be targeted rather than those launching the attacks having to explain themselves.” From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war?

International law states only military sites can be targeted during conflicts, but this is routinely being ignored

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Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

"The Biden administration's failures on Gaza remain an albatross on Biden's record. I thought of Biden as a good man who had worked with me and others to end the Darfur genocide, but he ended up complicit in the slaughter that unfolded in Gaza."

The day's essential read. This piece by David Kirkpatrick in the New Yorker is historically important and comes perilously close to a confession by senior Biden advisors that their government facilitates Israeli policies of genocide or ethnic cleansing, was fully conscious of them, could have

How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran

Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.

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"I was quite shocked by the treatment that he is receiving. He is 23 hours a day in his cell,” Farrell said, calling on the Irish prime minister, Micheál Martin, to discuss the issue with the German chancellor, Friedrich #Merz, when he visits on Tuesday. #Ulm5

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial “It just seems that there’s very harsh conditions that seem unwarranted for the scale of the fact that these people haven’t harmed people.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

#Politik: Weder Grenzen noch Verfassung: Genozidforscher Omer Bartov seziert die Gründe für Israels Verhältnis zu Palästina seit 1948. Ist der Zionismus noch zu retten? Als fanatisierte Ideologie habe er den Gaza-Völkermord ermöglicht. Ein Gespräch www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...

Omer Bartov: „Israel wird Paria-Staat. Nur Sanktionen können etwas verändern“

Weder Grenzen noch Verfassung: Genozidforscher Omer Bartov seziert die Gründe für Israels Verhältnis zu Palästina seit 1948. Ist der Zionismus noch zu retten? Als fanatisierte Ideologie habe er den Ga...

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"From all that we have witnessed and heard, our inescapable conclusion is that the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu, and in particular Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, aim to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically." theelders.org/news/palesti... #WestBank

Palestine must not disappear

A statement by Mary Robinson, Graça Machel, Helen Clark and Hina Jilani following their visit to the Middle East, 11-16 July 2026

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