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A fresh article about the “left” in Israel. During the leftist israeli governments the settlements have soared greatly:
‘We Give Them 48 Hours to Leave’: Israel’s Plans to Transfer Gazans Go Back 60 Years
In the 1960s and 1970s, left-wing governments of Israel proposed plans to ‘thin’ the population of the Gaza Strip. A perusal of the minutes of meetings reveals that their ideas don’t differ much from those of today’s far-right government
Interview with a whistleblower from US state department:
After a 15-year career in the Foreign Service, Michael Casey resigned from the State Department in July over U.S. policy on Gaza and is now speaking out publicly for the first time. He was deputy political counselor at the United States Office for Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem for four years before he left. Casey says he resigned after “getting no action from Washington” for his recommendations on humanitarian actions for Palestinians and toward a workable two-state solution. “We don’t believe Palestinian sources of information,” Casey says about U.S. policymakers. “We will accept the Israeli narrative over all others, even if we know it’s not correct.” He also discusses what to expect for Gaza under the incoming Trump administration.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHmjzHLif68
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Allan Howard
Saw your posts first now today. Hard to tell, could be blatant disinformation placed by Israel, not sure what the facebook comment by this alleged PA rep even say. What is telling though is that pretty much no media, even hawkish israeli media have picked up on this (more than the ones you mentioned).
Could be concocted smear/lies by PA themselves that at the time were engaged in alleged fights with Hamas in the West Bank:
Hamas rejects PA’s claim it’s conducting ‘security campaign’ in West Bank
A spokesman for the PA’s security services, Adnan Al-Damiri, yesterday announced the killing of First Sergeant Mahran Qadous during violent clashes with resistance fighters in the Jenin camp.
sorry I missed the link to the first paragraph, it from this Haaretz article:
“‘We Give Them 48 Hours to Leave’: Israel’s Plans to Transfer Gazans Go Back 60 Years”
https://archive.ph/xPiGh#selection-401.0-405.237That is what the new israel-appeasing new rulers of Syria got, what did they expect? That Israel somehow wanted peace with Syria just because Assad is gone?
Israel hits HTS military target in Syria for 1st time since fall of Assad
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/15/740976/Syria-Israel-HTS-airstrike-Quneitra-Assad
For being neighbours with Israel alot of arab nations seems to be absurdly naive what Israel is about. When on earth will they wake up and learn that what happend in Gaza could very well happen in their own nation?
As this Scheerpost article reveals, final negotiations are not concluded. Let’s hope…_
It does appear that a deal is ready to be finalised. The only unknown for now is if the Biden Blob, or the Trump Blob are pushing it to the finish line. Decide for yourselves.
I am saddened and relieved it’s nearly completed. Although I’m cheerful at the news I’m still pensive…_
https://sonar21.com/trump-love-him-or-hate-him-he-secured-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/
Israeli-french lawyey produced a large dossier of evidence of the dehumanization and acts of genocide by Israel and sent it to the ICC last month:
“Incitement to Genocide in Gaza Situation in the State of Palestine” by Dr. Omer Shatz, Adv
https://www.facebook.com/statewatcheurope/photos/a-case-has-been-filed-at-the-icc-to-prosecute-israeli-officials-for-incitement-t/997809269054204/
Direct link to document: https://www.statewatch.org/media/4664/icc-submission-israel-palestine-incitement-to-genocide-6-12-24.pdfAlso on the topic, released earlier but worth coming back to:
A Massive Database of Evidence, Compiled by a Historian, Documents Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
In other news:
Italian TV show exposes how Israeli lobby manipulates EU institutions
The peace deal is not fully implemented. The Israeli Ultras are demented. Everybody hold your breath for a while longer.
The problems of Israeli over extension do not appear to be recognised by them…. why? …don’t ask, don’t know…_
https://sonar21.com/netanyahu-ignores-zionist-extremists-and-moves-forward-with-ceasefire-but/
The self-vicitimization by the israelis is really something, take this IDF soldier that now whine that his tourist trip to Brazil was ruined after he got exposed as an israeli that had commited war crimes in Gaza:
Yuval Vagdani, an Israeli soldier who fled Brazil after local authorities launched an investigation into possible war crimes he committed during his military service in Gaza, warned soldiers not to upload footage of their actions in Gaza in an interview after returning to Israel.
Listen to him here what he say:https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1878868930686496912
Instead of insisting that its troops not commit war crimes in Gaza, Israel warns not to post them their actions on social media, after a Brazilian court asked police to investigate an Israeli soldier visiting the country for war crimes based on such posts.
https://x.com/KenRoth/status/1876275979695301102
The wicked mentality, the supremacist culture inside of Israel seems to be so completely far-off, I cannot come up with any other country/population with such extreme views.
As discussed at the main page/post one should forget that ICJ will proclaim that Israel commit genocide. That is not going to happen with the new sudden change of leadership at the ICJ.
Basically the new boss of the ICJ, a judge from Uganda is a very religious person and follow the christian zionism creed to full extent. A complete nutjob.New ICJ president a Christian Zionist influenced by End Times theology
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/24/icj-president-christian-zionist-end-times/
So she was the sole judge at ICJ that not only rebuffed concerns/claims that Israel was in the making of a genocide but when one read her formal rejection, she repeated bold, typical hasbara talking points, even basing her arguments on the “war” on israeli government sources (check the footnotes in the link below).
Some absurd claim she make:
1 She claim that Israel try to uphold medical care in Gaza (“Israel has taken
action intended to improve access to medical care in the Strip.”) even though it has been proved that Israel’s attack on hospitals is deliberate, systematic in nature2 She extensively blast Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Houthis and parrot israeli propaganda/narrative
3 She deny that Israel is occupying force in Gaza even though ICJ themselves,have earlier, like rest of the world, recognized that Israel is de-facto occupying Gaza.
3 She condemn and claim Hamas stop aid and shoot at border crossings where aid is supposed to come in (if you follow the footnote you see that her source is the israeli advocate at ICJ!)
3 She claims that Israel try to “alleivate” civilian suffering
4 She criticize Egypt and allege that they stop trucks on their side of the border, no mention whatsoever that Israel have imposed a blockade on Gaza from their end!
5 She reject ICJ idea to send investigators to Israel/Gaza and voted against sending fact-fiding team altogether
6 She deny that Israel destroy evidence of their war crimes/genocide
7 She rejected a call for a ceasefire in Rafah because that would block Israel’s “right” to attack “terrorists” in Hamas as she said (ever since, countless of war crimes against civlians have been committed in Rafah)
8 She rejected a ICJ motion that called upon Israel to respond to concerns,questions from the ICJ
She even brought in the jewish religion when she on the last page said: “It
is also regrettable that Israel was required to respond to a question posed by a Member of the Court
over the Jewish Sabbath.”etc etc I had to stop, it is just too much to read this drivel. I mean this is a farce, is there no possibility to vote this woman out of power at the ICJ? Or is the whole organisation corrupt!?
Read her claims her:
https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/192-20240524-ord-01-01-en.pdfGood article, where is the “Arab League” or is it rather the “American League of servants”
“History Will Judge the Leaders of the Arab World Too, Not Just Trump and Netanyahu”
The U.S. president’s remarks a plan for Gaza’s future have sparked alarm, but they also present an opportunity for Arab leaders to unite and push back. Now, they must put forward a strong counter-initiative
Not sure if this has been posted but prove once again how Israel meddle behind the scenes in western societies:
Leaked emails expose ‘collaborative efforts’ between Israeli govt and Center for Countering Digital HateEmails obtained by The Grayzone reveal how leading “anti-hate” campaigner Imran Ahmed collaborated with Israeli embassy officials to censor pro-Palestine social media accounts — and courted them for donations to his censorship-obsessed Center for Countering Digital Hate.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/06/emails-israeli-govt-center-countering-digital-hate/
Time and time again one see these type of testimonies where israeli soldiers candidly speak about their dehumanizing attitude towards palestinians, like this soldiers that in the 70s fought in Gaza and saw any palestinian as a threat. Even children.
Video: https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1890461765005136366Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, ministers in the israeli government, call for attacking aid depots in Gaza. ICC should include these men in the case against Israel, calling for their arrest.
Smotrich, Ben-Gvir: ‘Open hell’s gates; bomb aid, execute detainees’
“To make this happen, Gaza must endure hell. And hell also means bombing all the aid depots that Hamas holds,” Ben-Gvir told reporters before his party’s weekly faction meeting at the Knesset.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/smotrich–ben-gvir—open-hell-s-gates–bomb-aid–execute-de
Just came across this in the Palestine Chronicle from a couple of days ago:
Shin Bet Admits Failures in Preventing Oct 7 Attack, Blames Netanyahu’s Leadership
The Shin Bet security service’s internal report reveals critical intelligence failures and blames Israeli leadership, particularly Netanyahu, for ignoring warnings about the Hamas threat leading to the October 7 attack….
The inquiry, though critical of the agency’s performance, also pointed a finger at Israeli leadership, especially at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who served as the country’s leader for much of the period leading up to the attack.
“The inquiry also pointed an accusing finger at Israeli policy in the Gaza Strip, and to a large extent, this accusation was directed at the government, and especially at Benjamin Netanyahu, who was prime minister for 13 of the 15 years before” the attack, according to the report.
The Shin Bet investigation noted that Netanyahu had been repeatedly warned by senior officials within the agency, including Bar, of the growing threat from Hamas. Yet, these warnings were largely ignored or dismissed.
Of course they were largely ignored or dismissed, because Benny and his fascist buddies (including Biden and Blinken et al) wanted for the attack to happen so that they could justify the slaughter of tens of thousands of Gazans, and bombing Gaza back into the stone age. And I have no doubt that Shin Bet knows it.
I just did a search to see if I could determine how widely – or NOT – the IDFs Report published last week was covered by the MSM in the UK (I only came across the BBC, but it was only a quick search) and came across the following from June last year in the results, which I’ve not seen before:
UN report: Israeli use of heavy bombs in Gaza raises serious concerns under the laws of war
GENEVA (19 June 2024) – The UN Human Rights Office published an assessment today on six emblematic attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza last year that led to high numbers of civilian fatalities and widespread destruction of civilian objects, raising serious concerns under the laws of war with respect to the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack.
The report details six emblematic attacks involving the suspected use of GBU-31 (2,000 lbs), GBU-32 (1,000 lbs) and GBU-39 (250 lbs) bombs from 9 October to 2 December 2023 on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps and a market. The UN Human Rights Office verified 218 deaths from these six attacks, and said information received indicated the number of fatalities could be much higher….
On 11 November 2023, the IDF stated that since the start of their operation into Gaza, the Air Force had “struck over 5,000 targets to eliminate threats in real time”. By that time the Ministry of Health in Gaza had documented the killing of 11,078 Palestinians, with another 2,700 missing and about 27,490 reportedly injured.
At around the time of these attacks an IDF spokesperson was reported to have said that “while balancing accuracy with the scope of damage, right now we’re focused on what causes maximum damage.” Another IDF official was quoted as saying “Hamas and the residents of Gaza” are “human beasts” and “are dealt with accordingly. Israel has imposed a total blockade on Gaza. No electricity and no water, just damage. You wanted hell, you will get hell.”
In one of the six emblematic Israeli attacks on Gaza, the report states that strikes on Ash Shujaiyeh neighbourhood, Gaza City, on 2 December 2023 caused destruction across an approximate diagonal span of 130 metres, destroying 15 buildings and damaging at least 14 others. The extent of the damage and the craters visible through verified visual evidence and satellite imagery indicates that approximately nine GBU-31s [2,000lb bombs] were used, it added….
Those of us who follow Craig and other independent media are of course fully aware that the Israeli Airforce has dropped thousands and thousands of 2,000lb bombs on Gaza, but the vast majority of people are unaware of this because the whole of the MSM has completely blanked it. And deliberately so, of course (and they have been led to believe the alternative reality that Israel churns out and the MSM dissembles that the IDF et al only target Hamas on the one hand (with “precision strikes”), and that Hamas lies about – or vastly exaggerates – the number of people killed on the other).
UN report detail how Israel have deliberately targeted women and newborns, crimes that amount to genocidal crimes:
– Israel carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report on Thursday.
But who cares in the west right? No one. If Russia was accused of the same crime, well then the media/politicians would (rightly) be all over it, but when allies like Israel actually commit the crime: not a word.
English machine-translation of a German interview with German probationary civil servant at the Ministry of Labour, Melanie Schhwarz.
After posting comments in social media which described Israel as an Apartheid state committing genocide Germany´s largest tabloid, BILD ZEITUNG, started a smear campaign against her. Eventually Schwarz was fired:
German-language version here:
https://www.jacobin.de/artikel/melanie-schweizer-mera25-repression-palaestina-gaza-israel-rechtsstaat-justiz
https://archive.is/QeTZN“They want to make an example of me”
First, the Bild newspaper defamed Melanie Schweizer, a lawyer in the Ministry of Labor, for her solidarity with Palestine. Then, as a probationary civil servant, she was dismissed from the ministry with immediate effect. She spoke with JACOBIN about what her dismissal says about the rule of law in Germany and how she intends to take action against it.
Interview with Melanie Schweizer conducted by Robin Jaspert
Melanie Schweizer worked as a consultant in the Federal Ministry of Labor under Hubertus Heil until February 28. Following a smear campaign launched by BILD, she was dismissed from her probationary civil servant position with immediate effect. The reason: alleged anti-Semitism , which she is accused of due to her stance on Israel and Palestine. The ministry does not even attempt to deny the direct connection between Melanie Schweizer’s political stance and the summary dismissal of the MERA25 Bundestag candidate.In an interview with JACOBIN, Melanie Schweizer explains how she came to be dismissed, what consequences she has drawn from it, and how she assesses the current political situation regarding Israel and Palestine in Germany.
Melanie, you were dismissed from your position as a probationary civil servant at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on February 28, effective immediately. What was the reason for this dismissal?The dismissal is primarily based on three allegations. First, a violation of the principle of moderation. This is justified by my statements on social media. My former employer compiled a list of statements I made, for example, that Israel, in its current form, is a racist and genocidal state.
Have you received a list of social media posts whose content they accuse you of?
Yes, I received a 20-page letter justifying my dismissal. This is absurd. The principle of moderation must be applied in relation to reality. And in reality, the State of Israel is being accused of genocide before the International Court of Justice. When I describe the State of Israel as a currently genocidal state in my free expression and in my political campaign, this is based on facts that have been classified as such by renowned human rights organizations and Holocaust and genocide researchers.
Then they claim that I violated my duty of neutrality and loyalty. I can’t understand that. All of the accusations against me relate to statements made outside of work. Except for one thing: that I wore political symbols on a business trip, namely watermelon earrings. I was away for six days with a superior and wasn’t even reprimanded for it. The third accusation is a violation of the duty of good conduct.
Can you explain what this is for non-lawyers?
It’s a duty to behave benevolently toward one’s employer. You’re referring to the fact that I said in an interview with Democracy Now that I’m suspended and don’t know why – because it’s not and never was clear to me how the allegations made against me justify suspension or dismissal. And then there’s a mix of other allegations.
For example, we have a news ticker on our intranet, and there’s regularly a contact email address underneath. I thought, as is common practice in our ministry, that this was also provided as a feedback function. Why else would there be an email address there? After Annalena Baerbock’s shocking statements on December 2nd in the Bundestag, in which she justified the bombing of schools and hospitals, I wrote to this address and asked them to adhere to minimum journalistic and legal standards when I read yet another ticker message that sought to justify the killing of civilians, especially children, with the “human shield theory.” This is seen as a serious violation of press freedom and an abuse of official position. I would have attempted to interfere with press freedom.
Also mentioned in my dismissal is an open letter we wrote with professors and artists, many of them international, including those from Israel. Initially, I had added my ministry as the affiliation, and all signatories listed their employers. On December 10, I received a call from someone close to me in the ministry, not from management. I was told the letter was fine; I should just remove the ministry affiliation. I did this immediately. This is being interpreted as usurping my office, meaning that I wanted to give the impression I was speaking on behalf of the ministry. That’s pretty far-fetched; after all, we know what kind of policies the federal government is pursuing. I’m also being accused of bringing my political views into my job. The reason given is that other people in the ministry have refused to cooperate since the Bild article appeared on December 12.
As a result of the article, I was ultimately suspended and have never set foot in the office since. However, I was never informed which or how many colleagues allegedly no longer wanted to work with me. The first letter stated that they had received countless disciplinary complaints. I then asked for details. I’ll read the response: “Beginning on December 8, 2024, the first complaints from various citizens about the activities of federal officials on social media began to arrive. Among other things, one individual pointed out that they had referred to Gaza as the largest concentration camp in the world on their profile. Another alleged, among other things, that they had aggressively accused former MP Volker Beck of anti-Semitism.”
I suspect it started like this: Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote on X under a post by journalist Georg Restle, saying that he was the biggest anti-Semite of all time and asked when he would finally be fired. I commented that she should please stop these defamation campaigns. That was probably what prompted her to look at my profile and see that I was a lawyer. She probably thought, “Okay, how can that be? There’s a lawyer who publicly speaks out in favor of Palestine and hasn’t lost her job yet?” Then she found out my employer on LinkedIn and posted accusations on X, which Bild then picked up on. In this context, I’m also being accused of being able to find out my employment relationship.
You are not obliged to conceal your employment relationship, are you?
No, of course not.
Have you ever been approached by superiors about your political work before?
Actually, it was more the other way around. I approached her and sought a conversation. However, we had some legislation pending beforehand that was very important to me. That’s why I actually waited a long time before discussing it in my department. I know the mood in Germany and didn’t want to be responsible for the worst-case scenario, if the law doesn’t pass because people say there’s an anti-Semite at work. You can predict that by now.
When that was over in March, I went to my superiors and said that I found what was happening in Gaza unacceptable and that we as the Human Rights Department had to take a stand on it. I explained my inner conflict, that I was torn inside. I asked for advice and asked what I could do. A superior referred to my off-duty activities and that I was free to do so. Although she saw things differently than I did, it would be good that we could talk about it. Everyone in my hierarchy knew about it. I did have a few arguments, but they were respectful.
At some point, I decided I couldn’t go on like this, that I needed to become more politically active and intensify my work at MERA25. I discussed my political ambitions with everyone in my hierarchy, even with my department head, who was three levels above me. Everyone wished me luck and even praised me for my political commitment. I said that Israel-Palestine would be my central issue. No one saw this as a problem. I also spoke with the person responsible for civil servant status, and he confirmed this. The dismissal letter now spins it as if I had been reprimanded several times. That’s not true. It was the other way around. I sought a conversation. I was told it was okay for me to be politically active.
Nevertheless, the Bild article was quickly followed by a suspension. I had a meeting with HR. They wanted to know if I would continue to express my opinion. I said “yes,” because that’s my fundamental right, after all. Who knows? If I had said, “I’m sorry, I’m not doing this anymore,” there might have been no consequences.
Were you given the opportunity to respond to the allegations?
Partially. A staff meeting was scheduled for December 16, 2024. I wanted my legal counsel present. I was told that wasn’t possible because it was an internal meeting. I also explicitly asked for this at the second meeting on January 2. The staff council had informed me that if I refused to have legal counsel present, no matters could be discussed that would affect my employment relationship. Therefore, I didn’t assume I would be dismissed.
At the second interview, they handed me a letter and said I was being dismissed with immediate effect. That wasn’t true either. The letter was a declaration of intent, and I had two weeks to respond. I submitted it in mid-January, and then nothing came. My interim civil service assessment came right after the elections, followed immediately by my dismissal.
So the dismissal was announced immediately after the election campaign in which you ran as a candidate for MERA25?
Yes, immediately afterward. I’m not aware of any other cases in which Bundestag candidates were stripped of their civil servant status after an election campaign.
So is there a direct connection between your election campaign, the dismissal and the withdrawal of your civil servant status?
Yes, of course. My statements on social media are part of our party platform. There’s even additional protection against dismissal during political election campaigns, which means you can’t be fired for precisely these political reasons. Paragraph 2 of the Members of Parliament Act states that you can’t be dismissed if you’re applying for political office and the dismissal is related to the performance of that office. Of course, my political statements are related to the office I’m seeking. I just think that’s irrelevant from their point of view. It’s about preventing the expression of my opinion on Israel and Palestine. I’ve pointed out several times that I’m in the election campaign and that this is our party’s central issue. This was not addressed.
As a trained lawyer, what is your legal assessment of the events?
In my opinion, the entire process is clearly illegal and unconstitutional. I have informed myself, in particular, about the principle of moderation before expressing my opinion publicly, including during the election campaign. And I consider the behavior of the Federal Ministry of Labor a blatant violation of my fundamental rights, my right to engage in political activity, and the constitution. I will take legal action against it. First, there is the administrative objection procedure, but I assume that this will not lead to any results.
Do public servants who publicly support Israel’s policies that violate international law experience similar repression?
No, of course not. Felix Klein demonstrated this with his support for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. The German government is an accomplice in this genocide. It supplies weapons and provides moral, political, and military support. The Federal Commissioner for Antisemitism and Jewish Life in Germany can support Trump’s plan for ethnic cleansing without any consequences. At the federal press conference, it was then twisted as if these were his private statements. That is false. He said it in an official capacity. Within the scope of his official duties.
Freedom of expression was celebrated and celebrated on a grand scale. For me and many others, this is like a slap in the face. It’s a sign of the current state of this country. Regarding the issue of Palestine, it’s very, very obvious that, on the one hand, there’s no longer any freedom of expression or assembly. There’s rampant violence at demonstrations, houses and apartments are constantly being searched, people are being locked up and deported.
But that doesn’t apply to all areas of life. During my suspension, a case came to light in Bavaria in which a civil servant confessed to raping a female acquaintance. To avoid losing his civil servant status, the court only gave him eleven months’ probation. For me, that’s an expression of a patriarchal society, but it’s also reflected in many other issues. And when these converge in the context of Israel and Palestine, it’s even worse, as we saw at the demonstration in Berlin on March 8. At the demonstration, women were publicly beaten by the police and subjected to sexual violence in the street. They were publicly humiliated.
How do you place the circumstances of your dismissal in the context of wider political events in Germany and worldwide?For me, it’s another building block in the authoritarian shift. It didn’t start with me. Marjam Samadzade was dismissed from her role as State Secretary in October 2023. It’s cases like these that are meant to set a precedent. I’m convinced that my case, too, is meant to set an example. I’m currently receiving a lot of messages from people who fear the consequences if they speak out publicly. But it’s important to me to continue speaking out. Especially as a lawyer, I cannot accept the curtailment of fundamental rights. If we don’t resist the state’s increasing repressive, aggressive, and authoritarian nature, then the authoritarian shift will continue, and at some point it will be too late.
It pains me to watch this. We have a mandate from our history, and we’re not fulfilling it. Considering what was possible in recent years under a left-leaning government, I’m truly afraid of what will happen to someone like Merz, who has already announced his intention to disregard international law. Globally, we’re seeing the same thing with Trump, among others. And now the EU wants to provide another 800 billion euros for war. Meanwhile, trains are crashing into each other in Greece and bridges are collapsing. This prioritization is completely wrong.
What’s next for you personally?
Honestly, I don’t know yet. It’s all still fresh in my mind, and I need to process it first. But I’m definitely going to sue. I currently have two job offers, and I don’t think I’ll be out on the street anytime soon. I’ll find something else.
Is there anything else you want to get off your chest?
Yes. I don’t want my case to be used as an example for keeping quiet. Quite the opposite: It’s an opportunity to speak out and express one’s opinion. We have fundamental rights. It’s a tremendous achievement that we’ve fought for over centuries. We must fight for these rights. We still live in a state governed by the rule of law; I still believe in that. We have a duty to defend this constitution.
And especially as Germans, we have a duty to prevent genocide. Silence is complicity, no matter how one defines the legal aspect. Yes, there is a lawsuit before the International Court of Justice. And the court does not accept lawsuits that are unsubstantiated. It certainly does not issue interim legal protections. There is substantial, substantive evidence of genocide. But that is actually secondary: Tens of thousands of people, including tens of thousands of children, were killed. The primary issue is not whether it is genocide or not, but that we cannot tolerate it. It is uncivilized and barbaric.
This is a political conflict that must be resolved politically, not through weapons. Violence has never ended violence. Every war is a failed policy. And our politicians get a lot of money for finding political solutions and not driving us into wars. We must hold them accountable for that.
Info: Melanie Schweizer is a qualified lawyer and political scientist specializing in business and human rights. She is a candidate for the German Bundestag for the MERA25 party in the 2025 federal election.
