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A German leftist MP called out during chancellor’s speech “it’s a genocide”.

#Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz gave his first government statement on 14 May. As he referred to “the war in Gaza”, there was an interrupting call from among the Left Party faction: “It’s not a war, it’s a genocide (Es gibt keinen Krieg, es gibt einen Genozid)”.

Soon after the speech was finished the president of the Bundestag Julia Klöckner rushed to reprove it as “a relativization of Holocaust” and not to be allowed, without identifying the caller.

cf. [in German]
Julia Klöckner rügt Linke für »Genozid«-Zwischenruf - Der Spiegel (2025-05-15)
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/julia-kloeckner-bundestagspraesidentin-ruegt-linke-fuer-genozid-zwischenruf-a-5437d0fe-d283-4ca4-8e45-14af9a9e1e62

Later Mirze Edis declared his deed:
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191363.krieg-in-gaza-mirze-edis-es-bleibt-ein-genozid.html [interview in German]

#StopGenocide #NameGenocideGenocide #MirzeEdis #relativizationOfHolocaust
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Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine | Barry Yourgrau (The Nation, 2024-09-03)

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/weimar-anti-fascist-palestine-zionism/
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>> After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.

>> … he published a controversial German-language political and cultural weekly called Orient, ... Orient offers a fascinating window into the forces already stirring there, as well as the travails of some of its German Jewish refugees. After almost a year of being the target of constant hostility …, Orient was finally silenced when a bomb blew its print shop to pieces.

>> … the story of my father’s exile and his milieu … evokes a dark, internecine version of the currents swirling toward Israel’s birth, currents that have swept through the decades to today’s horrors in Gaza and the West Bank…

#BarryYourgrau
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Why Israel’s demand for Hamas to disarm is a red herring (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-13)

https://www.972mag.com/israel-demand-for-hamas-to-disarm-is-a-red-herring/
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>> ... Israel’s insistence on Hamas’ disarmament is a red herring designed to sabotage any meaningful progress in the ceasefire talks and allow the genocide to continue. This was made abundantly clear when Israel’s government adopted plans to conquer and permanently occupy all of Gaza, squeeze the population into concentration camps near the border with Egypt and force as many as possible to leave, and maintain that apparatus even after all Israeli captives are released...

#StopGenocide #IsraeliSabotage
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Pro-Palestinian protesters, police clash in Basel during Eurovision (France24, 2025-05-17)

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250517-pro-palestinian-protesters-police-clash-in-basel-during-eurovision
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>> Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with riot police in Basel as the Swiss city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest Saturday, AFP journalists at the scene witnessed.

>> During [Israeli Y. Raphael’s] performance of her song "New Day Will Rise" on Saturday, loud whistles could be heard in the arena, according to an AFP photographer in the hall.

>> There have been a number of smaller protests against Israel throughout #Eurovision week in Basel, and demonstrators interrupted Raphael's act during a dress rehearsal for one of the semi-finals.

#StopGenocide
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Israel Is Eradicating Gaza’s Healthcare System as the World Watches in Silence | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (2025-05-16)

https://pchrgaza.org/israel-is-eradicating-gazas-healthcare-system-as-the-world-watches-in-silence/
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• Calls on the United Nations Security Council to issue a binding resolution urging an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ...

• Urges the international community to exert pressure on Israel to immediately reopen Gaza’s crossings ... International specialized medical teams must be immediately sent to Gaza to fill the huge gap in the healthcare personnel, and to ensure continuity of treatment protocols for cancer patients and the injured.

• Emphasizes the need to activate international accountability mechanisms to hold the Israeli leaders accountable before the International Criminal Court for their responsibility in committing war crimes...

#PCHR #ICC #UNSC #StopGenocide
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Global Emergency Alert from Pal Commission & Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

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https://x.com/PALwarcrimes/status/1923855200151875798 )

>> On 17 May 2025, Hamas officially conveyed to Netanyahu the offer to release all Israeli hostages for cessation of bombings and entry of aid, Netanyahu refused.

>> ... The world must act immediately to stop this final phase of genocide before every child and civilian in Gaza is erased.

>> We call on all governments and institutions to immediately call every Israeli official to:

1. Demand a ceasefire
2. Force open all crossings, and coordinate the urgent delivery of life-saving aid.

>> Flood your governments, ministries, and Israeli embassies with calls and emails. Do not wait —the children of Gaza cannot survive this any longer!

#StopGenocide
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‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-15)

https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-total-urban-destruction/
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>> While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

>> Y., a soldier who recently returned from reserve duty in Rafah, described the army’s demolition methods to +972 Magazine and Local Call. “I secured four or five bulldozers [from another unit], and they demolished 60 houses per day. A one or two story house, they take down within an hour; a three or four-story house takes a bit longer,” he said. “The official mission was to open a logistical route for maneuvering, but in practice, the bulldozers were simply destroying homes. The southeastern part of Rafah is completely destroyed. The horizon is flat. There is no city.”

#StopGenocide
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#Petition · Stop Annalena Baerbock becoming the next UNGA President - Change.org

https://www.change.org/p/stop-annalena-baerbock-becoming-the-next-unga-president
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>> The German government has nominated (former) Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for the position of 80th President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). We, the undersigned German initiators of this petition, decidedly oppose this nomination and call on all who uphold justice to join us in rejecting it.

>> Baerbock is neither professionally nor morally fit to lead the #UNGA as its 80th President. Over the past 18 months, she has blatantly violated international law by overseeing Germany’s weapons deliveries to Israel - in direct contradiction of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) stance against third-party support for Israel's genocide in Palestine. ..

>> Baerbock has demonstrated a deeply troubling disregard for our shared humanity, dismissing the killing and maiming of Palestinians with stark indifference...

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Spanish broadcaster criticizes Israel’s attacks on Gaza during Eurovision (Anadolu Agency, 2025-05-16)

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/spanish-broadcaster-criticizes-israel-s-attacks-on-gaza-during-eurovision/3569896
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>> Spanish broadcaster TVE criticized Israel’s attacks on Gaza during a Eurovision [semi-final] broadcast Thursday evening.

>> As the Israeli candidate, Yuval Raphael, was introduced before her performance, #TVE included captions questioning Israel’s participation in the song competition.

>> “TVE has requested a debate over its participation,” said one caption. “The victims of the Israeli attacks exceed 50,000, including more than 15,000 children.”

>> The Spanish broadcaster then called for “justice and respect for human rights” in the competition.

#Eurovision #Spain
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Witkoff Told Mediators That the US Won’t Force Israel To End Gaza Slaughter (Antiwar.com, 2025-05-15)

https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/15/report-witkoff-told-mediators-that-the-us-wont-force-israel-to-end-gaza-slaughter/
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>> US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has told Arab mediators that the US will not force Israel to end its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, according to a report from The Times of Israel.

>> ... The source said that Witkoff largely agreed with the position of Arab mediators that Israel’s plan to escalate will not be effective.

>> At another meeting with hostage families this week, Witkoff was pressed on why the US didn’t force Israel to stop. “... The Israeli government is a sovereign government. ... and we can’t tell them what to do,” Witkoff said, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Haaretz.

>> Israel’s military operations in Gaza are entirely reliant on US military aid, meaning the US has the ability to pressure Netanyahu to end the slaughter...

#USPol #StopGenocide
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Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya (NBC News, 2025-05-16)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-working-plan-move-1-million-palestinians-libya-rcna207224
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>> Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

>> The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.

>> In exchange for the resettling of Palestinians, the administration would potentially release to #Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago, those three people said.

>> No final agreement has been reached, and Israel has been kept informed of the administration’s discussions, the same three sources said...

#USPol #StopGenocide #CrimeAgainstHumanity
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Spanish PM Sánchez Suspends Trade with Israel Over Gaza 'Genocide', Ambassador Summoned | DeepNewz (2025-05-14)

https://deepnewz.com/middle-east/spanish-pm-sanchez-suspends-trade-israel-over-gaza-genocide-ambassador-summoned-91af1a4a
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>> Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared in parliament that Spain will not resume trade with Israel, labeling it as a 'genocidal state' due to its ongoing actions in Gaza…

>> In reaction to Sánchez's remarks, Israel has summoned Spain's ambassador, Ana María Salomón Pérez, for a formal reprimand at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem the following day. This diplomatic move comes after #Spain canceled a contract for 15 million bullets worth 6.6 million euros with the Israeli company IMI Systems intended for the Guardia Civil…

#BDS #NameGenocideGenocide #IMISystems #ElbitSystems
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