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Official German statement to the decision of #ICC

Erklärung der Bundesregierung zum Beschluss des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, 2024-11-22)

https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/erklaerung-der-bundesregierung-zum-beschluss-des-internationalen-strafgerichtshofs-2321638
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“The German government was involved in drafting the ICC Statute and is one of the ICC's biggest supporters. This attitude is also the result of German history.

“At the same time, as a consequence of German history, we are bound to Israel with unique relationships and great responsibility.

“We will carefully examine the domestic steps. Any further action would only be taken if it is foreseeable that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Joaw Galant will be visiting #Germany.”

So, keep them outside of German territory, and forget. 🙆

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Nan Goldin kritisiert Israel und Deutschland scharf (Tagesschau, 2024-11-23)

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/goldin-rede-kritik-100.html
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“Bei der Eröffnung ihrer Retrospektive in #Berlin hat die Fotografin Nan Goldin Israels Vorgehen im Nahost-Konflikt angeprangert. Auch Deutschland macht sie für das Leid der Zivilbevölkerung verantwortlich.”

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The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza (Drop Site News, 2024-11-21)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netanyahu-gallant-israel-biden-gaza
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“The court’s decision may also create serious tension for the European Union, as it wages its own legal battle at the ICC against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin faces an ICC arrest warrant over his invasion of that country, which has increased legal pressure ... Many European countries like #Germany that have been vocally supportive of Israel will now face pressure to undermine the authority of the same court that they are relying on to combat Russia...”

“While the Biden administration has already made clear it rejects the jurisdiction of the #ICC over Israel, at least one U.S. mayor has pledged to comply with the warrants. ‘Dearborn will arrest Netanyahu & Gallant if they step within Dearborn city limits,’ said Abudullah Hamoud, the mayor of the #Michigan city...”

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Without Fear or Favour: For an Effective International Criminal Court (Verfassungsblog, 2024-06-14)

https://verfassungsblog.de/without-fear-or-favour/
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A statement by a group of 9 German legal scholars published in June, after the application for arrest warrants for Netanyahu et al.

"Germany... would thus be obliged under international law, and would be capable under German law, to arrest any person against whom the ICC has issued an arrest warrant, be it President Putin or, in future, perhaps one of the Hamas leaders, Defence Minister Gallant or Prime Minister Netanyahu..."

"... the public statement by the German Federal Minister of Justice that President Putin would be arrested in #Germany and surrendered to the #ICC. If the same were not to apply in the case of an arrest warrant for an Israeli Prime Minister, Germany would be exposed to the accusation of applying double standards ..."

h/t https://mastodon.social/@martoiu/113525887302851935

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Fresh protest in White House on Biden’s Israel policy (Politico, 2024-11-18)

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/11/18/fresh-protest-in-white-house-on-bidens-israel-policy-00183727
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Fresh, latest and perhaps the last? Anyway, I’d like to remember there have been a number of conscientious White House staffers throughout…

“… a group of at least 20 White House staffers call out the Biden administration for failing to follow through on demands issued … on Oct. 13, which required Israel to take ‘concrete measures’ within 30 days to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”

“‘You are running out of time to do the right thing, but decisive action could save precious lives in the next two months,’ the staffers write.”

“This marks the latest in a flurry of letters from U.S. government officials urging Biden to cut or condition U.S. support for Israel…”

“… An open letter in July signed by more than 500 appointees and staffers condemned the deep humanitarian impact of U.S. policy while funding the war in Gaza.”

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German architecture award rescinded over British artist’s Israel boycott vow (Guardian, 2024-11-18)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/german-architecture-award-rescinded-british-artist-israel-boycott-vow-james-bridle
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"[the Schelling Architecture Foundation] has rescinded one of its … awards from a British artist [James Bridle] over the signing of an open letter promising a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, citing the German parliament’s controversial antisemitism resolution as a factor behind the decision.”

“… on Sunday, days before this Wednesday’s awards ceremony …, Bridle was informed in an email that the foundation’s committee had decided unanimously not to award them the prize because Bridle was among the several thousand authors who signed an open letter calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions.”

“In its email … the foundation further linked its decision to a cross-party resolution passed by the German parliament earlier this month.”

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Live Updates: I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaza.
(New York Times, 2024-11-21)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/21/world/israel-netanyahu-hamas-gaza?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.bk4.jwQE.BCnDXqhSny-E
＊Gift article link＊

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Israeli-Palestinian film on West Bank occupation branded 'antisemitic' by Berlin city portal (Middle East Eye, 2024-11-13)

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-film-west-bank-occupation-branded-antisemitic-berlin-city-portal
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“#Berlin's official online portal has faced backlash for claiming the Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land about Israel's takeover in the occupied West Bank contained ‘antisemitic tendencies’.”

“In a post on X (formerly Twitter), [one of the directors Yuval] Abraham said he felt ‘unsafe and unwelcome in Berlin’ because of the designation.”

“The Berlin portal's commentary was criticised in a number of quarters, including by German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert.” 👀

“The text on the site was later changed, along with an admission that the original description had been ‘incorrect and inadmissible’.”

🤔 They could have just erased the first expression and remained silent. A glimpse of conscience?

https://www.berlin.de/kino//_bin/filmdetail.php/299743 (screenshot -in German- below)

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Weaponizing Jewish fear, from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam: Rhetoric about ‘pogroms’ and ‘Jew hunts’ aims to obscure reality by generating mass hysteria — which can then be used to advance a far-right agenda.
(+972 Magazine, 2024-11-15)

https://www.972mag.com/amsterdam-maccabi-tel-aviv-antisemitism/
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“In the wake of October 7, scholars of antisemitism, genocide, and Jewish history have warned of the ways that particularly traumatic episodes in Jewish history have been evoked to justify Israel’s onslaught on Gaza and crack down on those who criticize it. As antisemitism scholar Brendan McGeever articulated clearly, despite being brutal and disturbing, the incident in Amsterdam was no pogrom ... The proliferation of this term and others like it in the aftermath of the violence only served to obfuscate the reality of those events through creating mass hysteria…“

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Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks | Reuters (2024-11-16)

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/muslims-who-voted-trump-upset-by-his-pro-israel-cabinet-picks-2024-11-15/
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“Several Muslim and Arab supporters of Trump said they hoped Richard Grenell, Trump's former acting director of national intelligence, would play a key role after he led months of outreach to Muslim and Arab American communities, and was even introduced as a potential next secretary of state at events.

“Another key Trump ally, Massad Boulos, the Lebanese father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany, met repeatedly with Arab American and Muslim leaders.

“Both promised Arab American and Muslim voters that Trump was a candidate for peace who would act swiftly to end the wars in the Middle East and beyond…”

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☕️ Palestine Café 🫖
Sunday 17.11.2024 | 03:00 pm | Interbüro Genter Straße 60 13353 #Berlin

via https://todon.eu/@Demo/_Ticker/_Berlin/113489417236443797

“The Palestine Café in Wedding is a meeting place for people who want to exchange ideas against the genocide in Palestine and the racist incitement by the media and politics. This is week we will be looking into the Berlin Security Conference that is taking place on the 19th and 20th of November.”

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"Israel will disappear"… an impressive thread.

https://social.coop/@raph/113478526116527333 ff. 🧵

“… Israel as we know it (a militaristic, apartheid state that offers democracy and liberalism to Jews only) is disappearing. It is slowly but surely becoming theocratic and authoritarian, even to Jews…”

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