An independent historian focusing on Medieval #Iberia; al-Andalus; #Mozarabe…
At the moment researching on Roman/Latin/Christian past reflected in al-Andalus.
#Orosius #IsidorusHispalensis #alAndalus
中世イベリア半島史・アンダルス・モサラベ。博士（学術）。所属なし。
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4·21 days agoGermany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein (Guardian, 2025-04-03)
“The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight”
(The author “placed these deportations in the broader context of #Germany ’s discourse around Israel and Palestine – a repressive climate that has, … targeted high-profile figures…”)
#HannoHauenstein
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> cont. “Germany’s Deportation Crackdown”
Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-post-holocaust-doctrine-germany-seeks-to-deport-pro-palestinian-protesters/
London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/april/high-bars
Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2025/04/germany-palestine-protest-deportations-antisemitism
(in German)
Legal Tribune Online https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/abschiebung-ausweisung-palaestina-aktivisten-rechtswidrig-eugh-freizuegigkeit-berlin
*) the organisations:
Breaking the Silence https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
B’Tselem https://www.btselem.org/
Zazim https://www.zazim.org.il/en/about
Combatants for Peace https://www.cfpeace.org/
Machsom Watch https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/node/51914
Torat Tzedek https://www.torat-tzedek.org/about
BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights https://bimkom.org/eng/
Parents Against Child Detention https://pacd.org.il/en/#BreakingTheSilence #BTselem #Zazim #CombatantsForPeace #MachsomWatch #ToratTzedek #Bimkom #PACD #ParentsAgainstChildDetention
Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions – The Irish Times (2025-04-01)
… from an Irish perspective.
#Unrechtsstaat #UnlawfulGermany
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About #KeremNavot
https://www.keremnavot.org/english-about
>> Kerem Navot is a new Israeli civil society organization (2012) that proposes a new angle on the ongoing dispossession of land in the West Bank, especially in area C which comprises 61% of the #WestBank.
>> We are obligated to empower and professionally strengthen other parties that are active in the anti-occupation movement. Therefore, Kerem Navot’s research conclusions and database are generously shared with other leading Palestinian and Israeli NGOs as well as with international organs.
Mohammed Mansour contributed also to a Japanese newspaper “Asahi Shimbun” covering the ongoing Gaza #Genocide .
#protectTheJournalists
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Not the one you meant?
(if it’s not, I could generate a gift link myself, so tell me.)
According to German mediae, the Berlin State Police investigates the “incident” for a politically motivated crime.
e.g. (in German)
https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/berlinale/beitraege/2025/staatsschutz-ermittelt-voelkermord-vorwurf-berlinale-regisseur-jun-li.htmlAm I supposed to laugh, or cry?
#JunLi #Berlinale2025
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Video of the scene with reactions from the audience (sorry it’s X, the best I could find so far)
https://x.com/sully/_011/status/1891258595443921157
#JunLi #Queerpanorama #ErfanShekarriz #Berlinale2025
Police pressure forces venue change for Francesca Albanese Berlin event: URGENT CALL to defend free speech - DiEM25 (2025-02-18)
https://diem25.org/police-pressure-forces-venue-change-for-francesca-albanese-berlin-event/
———“In a deeply concerning escalation, the organisers of ‘Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice, and Truth’ … are facing ruthless attacks on their fundamental rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and expression.
“The venue, Kühlhaus Berlin, faced immense pressure from German politicians and the Berlin police to cancel the event.“
“German authorities, already responsible for canceling two events featuring #FrancescaAlbanese, are now escalating their efforts to silence her voice even further. Now, Berlin authorities are ratcheting up their efforts to quash this crucial conversation, putting the organisers and panelists under extreme pressure and threatening disruption through overwhelming riot police presence …”
Also from Melanie Schweizer on X
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891805714185662960
“Democracy under attack in Germany 🔥🔥‼️‼️due to extreme political pressure the initial venue cancelled our event. But we resist! New location: at News Outlet [Junge Welt] …”
Incredible. 😰
Announcement from Melanie Schweizer
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891784857946059036“Berlin riot police will be present today at the event with UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese…”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T1Z6-3u8Gv6T9ArkBGhL4fOVvh5QJDBG/view
Open letter to the Mayor and Senator for Science of the State Berlin, on the political pressure put upon the Free University of Berlin to cancel Francesca Albanese and Eyal Weizman, signed by Michael Barenboim, Christine Binzel and Hanna Kienzler.
------“… With your actions, you are contributing to the continuation of the delegitimization and defamation campaign against the UN Special Rapporteur. As early as December 2022, experts and scholars felt compelled to write a statement condemning the attacks on Ms. Albanese… At the end of last year, 50 (!) Jewish organizations signed another statement expressing their support for Ms Albanese. The delegitimization campaign you support is part of a broader campaign by the far-right Israeli government and its supporters against the UN as a whole.”
Poll: 70% of Israelis support second phase of hostage-ceasefire deal | The Times of Israel (2025-02-08)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-70-of-israelis-support-second-phase-of-hostage-ceasefire-deal/amp/
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(The poll cited above)“Seventy percent of the Israeli public is in favor of continuing to the second phase of the hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to a television poll aired Friday [Channel 12 news], which found a nearly identical figure backs US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip.”
“The survey also asked Israelis if they are for or against Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza, with 69% in favor and 18% opposed. The remaining respondents did not know.”
“Despite the plan’s popularity, half of respondents say they don’t believe it will ultimately come to fruition, compared to 36% who think it will.”
Reputable/established media may follow.
#972Magazine was also the first to report about #Lavender, I remember.
> cont. “Resisting Submission” by Jan Komárek
“[Anna] Dumont’s essay is entitled ‘What Autocrats Want from Academics: Servility’. And that is exactly what I refuse to give them, even in my small, insignificant way.”
“Let me say this publicly:
“Donald Trump and his minions are destroying democracy, fundamental freedoms, and the Constitution on which these values are based.
“By supporting Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 2023, the United States is complicit in the crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which should be properly investigated by the International Criminal Court.
“Punishing people for saying these two things violates the U.S. Constitution and the value of which Americans have always prided themselves: the freedom of speech.
“We, in the free world, will keep reminding of these truths, that ‘we hold to be self-evident’”
#USPol #AcademicFreedom #Verfassungsblog
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