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From Tel Aviv. Now in Berlin.

Berliners - this event I helped organise is happening this Thursday at taz Kantine. It will feature my former boss MK Aida Touma-Sliman, who will talk to @luiseamtsberg.bsky.social and @gilshohat.bsky.social about the upcoming elections in Israel. Highly recommended. taz.de/taz-Talk-ueb...

taz Talk über die Wahlen in Israel: Machtwechsel in Sicht?

Wohin – und vor allem wer – steuert Israel? Ein Gespräch mit Aida Touma-Sliman, Mitglied der Knesset, zur Zukunft eines gespaltenen Landes.

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Für viele jüdische Israelis ist der Zionismus eng mit der Sicherheit der Jüd*innen verbunden, weswegen Reem Hazzan und Nimrod Flaschenberg nicht glauben, dass die laut vorgetragene und symbolische Ablehnung des Zionismus ein hilfreiches Mittel der Überzeugung ist. 👉 buff.ly/klrDhZ8

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This by @nimrodflash.bsky.social helps correct the most typical misunderstanding of imperialism: it is not something certain "bad states" do, but a global system in which capitalist factions forge cross-border alliances to tilt the playing field to their own advantage. jacobin.com/2026/03/neta...

Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites

The war on Iran is a joint effort by segments of the US, Israeli, European, and Arab ruling classes that are committed to global and regional domination — not just the result of Israeli pressure on Do...

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Proud of my brilliant, beautiful, and brave wife, Tamar Raphael, who did what she had to do while speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair and made a statement in support of Palestinian rights. She was later viciously attacked by a digital mob of Israeli fascists, but she’s fine.

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1/3 In the past 24 hours, Israel killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, including over 40 children. Such a massacre would have shaken global opinion to the core just a few years ago, but after 2 years of genocide, it now seems commonplace, and the world has become anesthetized>

Ich habe für nd über den „Trump-Friedensplan“ geschrieben – ein zynisches, oligarchisches Abkommen – und über die Chancen, die dennoch in ihm liegen. Es ist zugleich ein Versuch, aus einer linken Perspektive in einem Zustand linker Ohnmacht zu analysieren. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...

Waffenstillstand in Nahost: Über die Köpfe der Palästinenser

Trumps »Friedensplan« interessiert sich nicht für die Menschen Dennoch gibt es Anlass für verhaltenen Opti­mis­mus. Die Gründung eines palästinensischen Staates könnte näherrücken.

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The only significant weakening of AfD in polls in the last 4 years was during the massive anti-AfD protests in early 2024. They were mainstream liberal protests uniting different sections of German society. Wouldn’t it be a good idea for @die-linke.de to mobilise for another wave?

1. Against the backdrop of the last occurrences in Gaza, the Israeli government is appointing dangerous radicals to key positions, making permanent the extreme-right rule over Israeli institutions: a week and a half ago, David Zini was appointed as head of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)>

🧵 There are good reasons to be a bit happy today, and they go beyond the end of the slaughter in Gaza and the release of many people on both sides. The way this ceasefire was achieved is better than most optimistic scenarios for a ceasefire we could have expected. >

A year ago, Alma Itzhaky and I wrote about the right’s post-October-7 vision for Israel - a Jewish Sparta. Today Bibi used the reference of Sparta to describe his vision of dealing with international isolation.

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A new poll finds that 32% of Israeli Jews think it is right for soldiers to refuse participating in warfare if it endangers the hostages. The process of crumbling trust in the state, which started during the legal overhaul, is intensifying.

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🧵 Yesterday, the Israeli cabinet approved a cut of 3.35% of all government ministries' budgets (excluding defence) starting in 2026. For example, 230 million (67$ million) Shekels will be cut from the Ministry of Transportation, and 125 million from the Ministry of Education. >

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The Israeli government just announced its plan for occupying Gaza City. This means the total destruction of what remains of the built environment in the Strip - turning Gaza city into rubble, just like Rafah and Khan Yunis before, and a permanent Israeli occupation. >

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🧵 Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily in Israel, published a poll of the Israeli public to mark 20 years since the disengagement from Gaza, which shows 52% support for resettlement in Gaza, and strong resistance to removal of West Bank settlements. I am doubtful about this poll. >>

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I thought I couldn't be more desperate about Israeli politics, and then Lapid and Gantz supported Ayman Odeh disqualification. No hope whatsoever. There are 100 Kahanists in the Knesset.

Naftali Bennet, currently Bibi’s top challenger, gave an interview. What is his plan for Gaza? He wants Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal now, and ones he, Bennet, gets in office, he would resume the war to eradicate Hamas. He is no alternative, and I think he’ll fail.

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Germany should recognise Palestine as a state. It should do so now and send a clear message that occupation is unacceptable and that the Palestinian people’s rights are inalienable. An article published this morning with MdBs from Die Linke, the Greens and SPD. www.fr.de/politik/oste...

Palästina – mehr als nur Symbolpolitik

In Sachen Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina muss Deutschland sich Frankreichs Kurs anschließen – denn die Zeit drängt. Ein Gastbeitrag.

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Gemeinsam mit meinen Kolleginnen Sanae Abdi (SPD) & Luise Amtsberg (Grüne) sowie Jules El-Khatib & Nimrod Flaschenberg habe ich einen Gastbeitrag geschrieben, der die Bundesregierung zur Anerkennung Palästinas auffordert und so ein Zeichen gegen Besatzung & Säuberung setzt. www.fr.de/politik/oste...

Palästina – mehr als nur Symbolpolitik

In Sachen Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina muss Deutschland sich Frankreichs Kurs anschließen – denn die Zeit drängt. Ein Gastbeitrag.

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My friend @alonsahar.bsky.social started a newsletter about German-Israeli relations, uncovering the hidden workings behind the operation of Staatsräson. The first edition is packed with info that Alon masterfully gathered. Read and Subscribe! staatsraesonmonitor.substack.com/p/staatsraso...

Staatsräson Monitor Newsletter #1 - 18.6.2025

German-Israeli relations - From Insomnia to Insight. Story tips here: srmonitornl@gmail.com

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If Israel’s leadership had a shred of strategic thinking and concern for Israeli citizens, it could have used a ceasefire in Gaza as a tool in negotiating a ceasefire with Iran, in addition to a nuclear deal. Khamenei would have saved face as the saviour of Gaza. Instead, they want regime change.

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