@michaelbarenboim.bsky.social
Violinist, Prof at Barenboim-Said Akademie, concertmaster of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. In the spotlight mainly for speaking out about Gaza since early 2024. Involved in artistic and academic projects amplifying Palestinian voices. All views my own
To be blunt: this language is not acceptable to be used about human beings, and the fact that the Tagesschau, Germany's main TV news outlet, sees fit to do so on their YouTube channel tells you basically everything you need to know about mainstream media in Germany @tagesschau.bsky.social
These coordinated smear campaigns (in the following thread by @tilojung.bsky.social ), including lies and misquotes, only show that the argument itself is lost. That's not going to save a single Palestinian life, but it's worth noting nonetheless.
Tilo Jung@tilojung.bsky.social · 4d agoHier nochmal die Dokumentation eines inszenierten Skandals von Multiplikatoren und Agitatoren, welche den notwendigen Kampf gegen Antisemitismus missbrauchen (1)
" (...) from a rule-of-law perspective, it is deeply problematic that someone can be barred from entering the country over a political statement that is not a criminal offence — and then be denied access to the files."
Hanno Hauenstein@hahauenstein.bsky.social · 6d agoScoop: "Bob Vylan Frontman Deported From Germany for Chanting “Death to IDF” at Glastonbury" – my latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/07/30/b...
#Gaza: On July 25, seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza. Eight wounded patients were referred to our field hospital in Al Zawayda, Deir al-Balah. Across Palestine, people are under constant attack from Israeli forces. This is not a #ceasefire. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ag...
The next round of: German mainstream media v reality
Hanno Hauenstein@hahauenstein.bsky.social · 2w agoSiedlermassaker heißen in deutschen Medien übrigens „tödliche Auseinandersetzungen mit Folgen“
Germany's suppression of pro-Palestine voices (including my own, with examples), the misuse of Holocaust memory to justify complicity in atrocity crimes, the need to centre Palestian perspectives, and more ⬇️ @972mag.com @972mag.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social www.972mag.com/michael-bare...
‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’
For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible.
972mag.com
This Sunday in Berlin Dust up your best white clothes and join this silent march @medico.de @medico2.bsky.social @ippnwgermany.bsky.social #medaolidar #vdää www.medico.de/termin/2026-...
Schweigemarsch - Veranstaltung - 26.07.2026 - medico international
Free Dr. Abu Safiya & All Healthcare Workers
medico.de
Mamdani in einem Interview mit der New York Times. Das passt eins zu eins auch auf deutsche Politiker*innen, die in privaten Gesprächen von Apartheid in der Westbank und Genozid in Gaza sprechen, aber öffentlich dazu schweigen.
An israeli strike on a funeral procession for a Palestinian killed by Israel in an earlier strike. A double tap of sorts. Gruesome www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 14, including mourners attending funeral
Eight killed and 20 injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day.
aljazeera.com
A reminder that a man had his German passport taken away because of two Instagram posts. He is now stateless. Germany's "Staatsräson" is thus a tool of oppression www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
Deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft: Zwei Posts auf Instagram, und er ist den Pass wieder los
Gerade erst wurde Abdallah A. eingebürgert. Es brauchte zwei Posts, und der Palästinenser verlor die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft wieder. Nun zieht er vor Gericht.
zeit.de
"Two years on, this grotesque convergence – total narrative victory coexisting with the unhindered erasure of Palestinian life – reveals that the issue was never a lack of facts or a failure of empathy" www.equator.org/articles/mor...
Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity • EQUATOR
Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues.
equator.org
A dystopia inside a dystopia for Palestinians in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections
theguardian.com
‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City. By Basel Adra www.972mag.com/israel-hebro...
‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron
By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.
972mag.com
Man würde meinen, dass die Strafanzeige von Anna Liedtke wegen mutmaßlicher Vergewaltigung durch Gefängniswärterinnen in Israel auch deutschen Mainstreammedien eine Meldung wert wäre...? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners
theguardian.com
"Our support of this vital HU student initiative (...) is also emblematic of our commitment to the institutions and norms of international law - the relevance of which is increasingly being called into question in Germany." Read PJA's statement here⬇️ pja-verein.de/public-state...
PJA Statement on HU Student Parliament Resolution, "Solidarity with Palestine - End HUs Involvement in the Genocide" - Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics
We support the student parliament at Humboldt University which on July 9, 2026 passed a resolution demanding that their institution end all of its institutional …
pja-verein.de
This is a very well known article by Edward Said. If the German Bundesrat gets its way, and a law criminalizing the denial of Israel's "right to exist" passes the Bundestag, quoting from this could put you in jail for up to 5 years. www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/m...
The One-State Solution (Published 1999)
nytimes.com
According to the findings, there is a "custom or practice" that performers ask for permission before making statements from the stage, and that "the MSO would have taken the same actions if Mr Gillham had expressed a political belief in support of Israel” Absurd www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra over Gaza comments
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza
theguardian.com
Israel's impunity is limitless. Not a peep from our governments, who support this and other outrageous acts of violence against Palestinians. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
Jailed Gaza hospital chief in life-threatening condition, rights group says
Elyas Abu Safia says his father Hussam can barely breathe or speak after more than 555 days in Israeli prison.
aljazeera.com
Germany's "fight against antisemitism" is not only a tool to strip away the rights of Arabs and Muslims, it also leads to widespread corruption taz.de/Foerdergelda...
Fördergeldaffäre in Berlin: Genehmigt auf Druck von Joe Chialo
Unter dem damaligen Kultursenator drückte die CDU auch ein Projekt der Lobbyorganisation Elnet durch. Die Verwaltung hielt dieses für „explizit nicht förderfähig“.
taz.de
Yossi Bartal@yossibartal.bsky.social · last mo.Meine taz-Recherche zur Berliner Fördergeldaffäre: Wie die Israel-Lobbyorganisation ELNET, die Rüstungsgeschäfte vorantreibt, vom Berliner Senat finanziert wurde– durch politischen Druck aus der CDU & gegen den eindeutigen Widerspruch der Verwaltung. Für Chialo, der ELNET gut kennt, ist das heikel.
“There can be no doubt in anyone who reads today’s report that every international legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children and they need to be held accountable,” Commissioner Chris Sidoti said news.un.org/en/story/202...
Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent c...
news.un.org
"Das Vorgehen Israels ist nicht zu rechtfertigen. Wir dürfen die offene Drohung, den Südlibanon zu zerstören wie den Gazastreifen, nicht hinnehmen. Das geht auch an die deutschen Entscheidungstragenden: Wir müssen handeln, bevor es zu spät ist!" @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social 1/3
I will be in Tbilisi participating in @zegfest.bsky.social With @kuminaidoo.bsky.social @zeldaperkins.bsky.social Aïda Delpuech, Nadia Beard, Kirsten Dawes, Seema Jilani, and Natalia Antelava. Read about the three events I'm in here. Looking forward! www.zegfest.com/program-zeg-...
"our co-resistance seeks to expose, not conceal, structures of oppression and dismantle the discourses and policies that sustain inequality and dispossession." Read the position paper of PJA here (in ENG and DE)⬇️ pja-verein.de/on-solidarit...
Erasing anything Palestinian www.amnesty.org/en/latest/re...
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities
An ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in the West Bank is being carried out by Israel in a context of apartheid and unlawful occupation.
amnesty.org
"The substantial quantities of food that have entered the Strip since the beginning of the ceasefire significantly exceed the nutritional needs of the population, according to UN methodologies” This is not how one speaks about human beings www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Israel says Gaza crossings closed until further notice after Iran missile attacks
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timesofisrael.com
"Israeli soldiers shoot car of civilians - baby dies" Because saying that those soldiers killed the baby would have been too easy. Still, @ntvde.bsky.social , unlike other mainstream media outlets in Germany, actually bothered to cover this story. www.n-tv.de/politik/West...
Israelische Soldaten schießen auf Auto von Zivilisten - Baby stirbt
Eine palästinensische Familie trifft im Westjordanland auf Mitglieder der israelischen Armee. Wenig später fallen Schüsse - ein Baby erliegt seinen Verletzungen. Nun erhebt der Vater des Kindes schwer...
n-tv.de
This is a great read also for people outside of Germany. Worth sending into your favourite translation software😀
Deborah Feldman@deborahfeldman.bsky.social · 2mo agoFür die @fr-zeitung.bsky.social habe ich dieses Mal über das Ende der Staatsräson geschrieben: www.fr.de/zukunft/stor...
