Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”
Tobias Lang
@tobiaslang.bsky.social
Director Austrian Centre for Peace ac4p.at
Snatched from Beirut or caught at the border? A midnight raid by a disguised four-man hit squad has ended the decades-long run of pro-Assad militia leader Mihraç Ural. Reporting directly from Damascus 👇 renanetjes.substack.com/p/snatched-f...
wichtig, weil ganz im norden und soweit weg von HA wie möglich
The New Arab@thenewarab.bsky.social · 6d agoThe opening of Lebanon's second international airport has been delayed by incomplete security arrangements and additional work not covered by the original operating contract, with the government now targeting 15 November for the first commercial flight.
Why the Druze don’t trust the Syrian interim authorities 👇
aljumhuriya.net@aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 7d agoIn the Coastal Massacres case, #Aleppo’s Military Criminal Court issued two death sentences over attacks on public forces, and jail sentences for Defense Ministry personnel for crimes including murder and torture.
The EU has approved a three-year security mission in Lebanon despite reported US objections, as UN peacekeepers prepare to withdraw from the south:
EU approves Lebanon mission despite ’US objections’
The EU has approved a three-year security mission in Lebanon despite reported US objections, as UN peacekeepers prepare to withdraw from the south.
newarab.com
the new vice president of the regional assembly of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. This is the world we live in.
Durfte im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social schönen Abend in Gedenken an Herbert Amry moderieren. Er war Diplomat mit großen Verdiensten bei 🇮🇱-🇵🇸 Verhandlungen aber trotzdem fällt Gedenken schwer. Wohl weil er Whistleblower bei Noricum war Mit @thomasriegler.bsky.social u.a. open.spotify.com/episode/20cW...
René Amry et al.: DIPLOMAT UND WHISTLEBLOWER: EIN ABEND IM GEDENKEN AN BOTSCHAFTER HERBERT AMRY
Kreisky Forum Talks · Episode
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Sickening: An Israeli Bar-Ilan University math professor charged with hatching a “thorough and detailed plan” to murder hundreds of Arab citizens and cause thousands more to flee Israel, allegedly with help from “subversive elements” in the military. www.timesofisrael.com/bar-ilan-uni...
Bar-Ilan University math professor charged with plotting to murder hundreds of Arabs
Suspect allegedly tried to convince, then blackmail, right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin into helping to find recruits for mass simultaneous attacks supported by 'subversive elements' in IDF
timesofisrael.com
Wundert mich ja als Zuschauer des gemeinsamen Auftritts von Strache und dem damaligen Likud-Minister Ayoob Kara (Moderation Hilmar Kabas) vor ca 15 Jahren im Imperial nicht besonders. Interessant, dass es so lange gedauert hat…
DER STANDARD@derstandard.at · last mo.Es war ein langer Weg für die FPÖ: Seit Jahrzehnten versuchte man, etwa unter Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, gute Beziehungen zu Israel zu erlangen. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340106/kickl-rechte-eu-abgeordnete-und-netanjahus-likud-diskutieren-ueber-antisemitismus
Last week I visited Köszeg 🇭🇺 for the first time. Apart from the iASK I made sure to see the small but beautifully renovated Synagoge.
A Syrian court has delivered its first verdicts over the March 2025 coastal violence: a death sentence, a life term, an acquittal, and 20 years for a soldier whose case file included a video of a kneeling man being shot. | Paloma de Dinechin. https://f.mtr.cool/a93f8uxwqe
Wundert mich ja als Zuschauer des gemeinsamen Auftritts von Strache und dem damaligen Likud-Minister Ayoob Kara (Moderation Hilmar Kabas) vor ca 15 Jahren im Imperial nicht besonders. Interessant, dass es so lange gedauert hat…
DER STANDARD@derstandard.at · last mo.Es war ein langer Weg für die FPÖ: Seit Jahrzehnten versuchte man, etwa unter Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, gute Beziehungen zu Israel zu erlangen. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340106/kickl-rechte-eu-abgeordnete-und-netanjahus-likud-diskutieren-ueber-antisemitismus
Es war ein langer Weg für die FPÖ: Seit Jahrzehnten versuchte man, etwa unter Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, gute Beziehungen zu Israel zu erlangen. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340106/kickl-rechte-eu-abgeordnete-und-netanjahus-likud-diskutieren-ueber-antisemitismus
In Israel tritt ein ehemaliger hoher Polizeibeamter auf der Liste der islamistischen Partei mit Wurzeln bei den Muslimbrüdern bei der Knessetwahl an. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...?
How Jewish politician joining Arab party could reshape Israeli politics
Former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz, a Jewish centrist, has joined Raam, potentially paving the way for cooperation between the Arab Islamist party and opposition factions that have so far refus...
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In Israel tritt ein ehemaliger hoher Polizeibeamter auf der Liste der islamistischen Partei mit Wurzeln bei den Muslimbrüdern bei der Knessetwahl an. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...?
How Jewish politician joining Arab party could reshape Israeli politics
Former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz, a Jewish centrist, has joined Raam, potentially paving the way for cooperation between the Arab Islamist party and opposition factions that have so far refus...
al-monitor.com
Zwei Jugendclubs in Sachsen-Anhalt, die der AfD ein Dorn im Auge waren, sind abgebrannt. Zufälle gibt es. Warum ist das kein mediales Top-Thema? taz.de/Brand-in-Sac...
Brand in Sachsen-Anhalt: Jugendclub Mood und Kulturwerk Ost sind komplett zerstört
In Sachsen-Anhalt stehen Kulturräume unter AfD-Druck. In Gardelegen sind nun zwei davon abgebrannt. Die Betreiber sammeln Kräfte – und wollen weitermachen.
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I wonder about the size of the samples in israeli election polls. n=500 seems to be normal which is bad, especially when there are so many (small) parties…
lets say it won’t make any efforts of overcoming the current situation easier
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 2mo agoHikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda:
Freed during the prisoner exchange with PFLP-GC negotiated by the late Austrian diplomat Herbert Amry under the auspices of Bruno Kreisky.
Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 3mo agoFrom the 1972 Lod airport operation, through the 1985 prisoner exchange deal between the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Israel, to his political asylum in Lebanon, 👉 youtube.com/shorts/5y7AJ...
In Al-Majallah, Haid Haid writes about the recurring abuses and killings of detainees in Syria and recommends that the government accept international assistance with security sector reform. @haidhaid22.bsky.social @almajalah.bsky.social en.majalla.com/node/332578/...
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BIG — Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and Mossad chief Roman Gofman discussed, during their meeting in Amman, the establishment of a “special operations room” in Jordan under U.S. supervision, aimed at preventing any confrontations in Syria, including those that could involve Turkey || AFP
Cute, eh? ICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S., newly released emails show www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
ICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S., newly released emails show
Hundreds of emails exchanged between U.S. immigration officials, which were obtained by the National Iranian American Council and made public Tuesday, offer the most transparent play by play yet of ho...
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und warum hat der ORF in diesen Zeiten keinen Nahostkorrespondenten?
Florian Klenk 👨🏻💻@klenkflorian.bsky.social · 2mo agoWarum hat der ORF kein Investitativ-Team und kein investigatives Format?
thanks again to the Middle East Forum for supporting this convicted criminal hooligan and giving him a platform www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Anti-Muslim U.K. activist Tommy Robinson stars in Chikli's Likud campaign
The minister in charge of combating antisemitism used Robinson's endorsement to boast that he had broken Israel's 'foolish' boycott of Europe's far right, after cultivating ties with parties once shun...
haaretz.com
Beginn Sonntag 20:30, so kann man auch für leere Stadien sorgen Österreichische #Bundesliga
und warum hat der ORF in diesen Zeiten keinen Nahostkorrespondenten?
Florian Klenk 👨🏻💻@klenkflorian.bsky.social · 2mo agoWarum hat der ORF kein Investitativ-Team und kein investigatives Format?