Commencez par écouter. Laissez à vos antagonistes la
possibilité de s’exprimer. Laissez-les parler à loisir. N’opposez pas
de résistance, ne vous défendez pas, ne discutez pas, car c’est
cette réaction qui crée les barrières. Essayez plutôt de construire
le pont de la compréhension. N’élevez pas les murs de la
mésentente.

«l’homme qui veut se perfectionner et s’élever n’a pas de temps à
perdre en querelles personnelles. Elles aigrissent son caractère et
lui font perdre la maîtrise de lui-même. Ne craignez pas de faire
quelques concessions. Mieux vaut abandonner le chemin à un
chien que d’être mordu en lui disputant le passage. Car même tuer
le chien n’enlèvera pas la morsure.»

From Racism and Anti-Communism to Global Dominance: On the Use of ICE’s Foreign Policy Provision hamptonthink.org/read/from-rac…
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That really fucking pisses me off. Zero giving to charity on Nostr for me until there is a good way to verify and manage donations. Sat donations should timelocked until the charity reaches x,y,z outcomes or does some demonstration of integrity like a live stream. This whole situation is going to get much much worse with ai. Sadly the dude behind Tina's scam will be back...

Mercredi, jour des sorties ! 6e épisode de mon projet estival !
#musique #music #NosferatuMovie #nosferatu #nosferatu1922 #soundtrack #Steampunk
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Mutual aid in Gaza: “I will continue to help people even if it costs me my life”
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/06/…

"An interview with Anas Arafat from Plant the Land about the importance of emergency common assistance whilst working on longer-term solutions ~ Will B ~ Anas Arafat is a lawyer and longtime humanitarian aid activist based in Gaza. Anas co-founded the Plant the Land Team in 2015 and since then has

Tamar Meggido & Ronit Levine-Schnur & Yael Barda: »#Israel Has Already Annexed the #WestBank in Practice.
Last month, Israel's Knesset voted in favor of the recognition of the State's right to Judea and Samaria, and the advancement of Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Area C. In reality, #annexation has already taken place«
haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-05… (Paywall)

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»The basic assumption in the Israeli public discourse, which includes right-wingers as well as center-left politicians, is that annexation requires an official announcement, such as legislation or a public declaration that changes the status of the territories. It seems that this is also the approach which was adopted by other countries. But that's an assumption that is legally inaccurate. In fact, the annexation of territory doesn't require a declaration or a legislative act.«
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»The actions of the Israeli government in the past two years have resulted in Israel already completing the annexation of the territories, without a political roadmap or legislation. It did this by comprehensively changing the authority of the state bodies operating in the territories, the structure and methods of its control over the territories, and the way in which budgets allocated to establishing and deepening Israeli control are utilized.«
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»The military apparatus that governed the West Bank in recent decades, until recently, and which regarded itself as subject to international law, no longer exists. If until two years ago the West Bank was viewed as under military rule, today it is governed by Israel's civilian ministries. The Civil Administration is now subordinate to Bezalel Smotrich, who serves as an additional minister in the Defense Ministry.«
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»This annexation isn't taking place on the pages of the newspaper [...] but through the wording of administrative documents, the transfer of budget items, a change in planning principles, accelerating licensing processes, the transfer of powers regarding land, developing infrastructure in favor of the settlements and including the settlements in Israel's infrastructure and civil law system. These steps are creating civilian Israeli sovereignty in the territories. «
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»What's the problem? In addition to the fact that annexation is totally forbidden according to international law, the infrastructure and government structures that were designed by the government in the territories are based on institutionalized discrimination, without granting civil rights to the Palestinian residents and through systematic discrimination against them when it comes to budgets and resources. «
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»It is also a democratic problem:
Annexation without rights is an apartheid regime. When 2 populations live in the same area, under diff. legal systems, diff. rights & diff. representation in pol. Institutions – that's a regime that discriminates in a structural & systematic manner. And the denial of this reality by elected officials who refuse to recognize the fact that annexation is already here are helping to perpetuate violations of the law & the erosion of the democratic values [...]«
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»But the annexation's effect is not limited to the apartheid that is directed at the marginalized Palestinian population. It's seeping in and destroying the foundations of the country. The significant increase in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank – and the chain of attacks and arson by groups of settlers, some of them with the support of the army – heralds the shift from an apartheid regime with separate laws for different populations to one in which the rule of law is a fiction,«
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»The denial of the rule of law in the territories leads to a similar denial within the "Green Line" and in every other territory where the IDF operates.
The time has come to acknowledge that one of the main goals of the judicial overhaul – removing the barriers to annexation – was already achieved. And like in a self-nourishing cycle, annexation also enables the continued entrenchment of the judicial coup's regime. «
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Es ist also deutlich - wer einer Idee eines Staates Israel anhängt, dass eine Demokratie und ein Rechtsstaat ist, sich aber weigert anzuerkennen dass der Staat Israel gerade eine Annektion der Westbank und Gazas durchzieht, Apartheid leugnet und nicht gehen Apartheid, Siedlungen, Vertreibungen und Annektion protestiert,
der arbeitet daran mit dass der Staat Israel definitiv kein Rechtsstaat und keine Demokratie sein kann, egal wie oft derjenige sagt, dass er Netanyahu doof findet.
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Übrigens: Heute wird der sogenannte E1-Plan vorangetrieben - ein neues Infrastrukturprojekt in der WestBank - was dazu dienen soll zahlreiche palästinensische Communities in der #Westbank komplett voneinander abzuschneiden.

Es ist quasi der letzte Infrastruktur-Baustein, der einer 2-Staatenlösung endgültig den Todesstoß versetzen wird, wenn er umgesetzt wird.

»The Government Pushes Forward Plans in E1, Considered a Death Blow to the Two-State Solution«
peacenow.org.il/en/e1-objectio…

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Damit kann sich wirklich keiner mehr herausreden, der von einer "verhandelten Zweistaatenlösung" als Ziel spricht.
Die einzige Option dafür wäre ein umgehender komplett-Rückzug des israelischen Staats mit allen Siedlern aus den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten.

Wer das nicht fordern will, und dafür keinen Druck aufbauen möchte, dem bleibt nur noch Apartheid und Genozid übrig - oder eben dass es einen nicht-religiösen demokratischen Staat mit vollen, gleichen Rechten für alle gibt.

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PeaceNow meldet, dass die finale Sitzung, in der das E1-Infrastrukturprojekt in der #Westbank, beschlossen werden soll bereits in der nächsten Woche - am 20.8.25 stattfinden wird.

Es handelt sich um den letzten Baustein, mit dem sich der Staat #Israel das Territorium der Westbank endgültig einverleibt, und damit die letzte Chance auf eine Zweistaatenlösung endgültig unmöglich macht.

»Final Approval Hearing for the E1 Plan Scheduled for Next Wednesday in Record Speed«
peacenow.org.il/en/e1-validati…

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Wer also nach diesem Beschluss noch immer davon spricht, dass er eine "verhandelte Zweistaatenlösung will", ohne die ganzen Siedlungen, sämtliche Siedler, ihre Unternehmen und Organisationen und das sie unterstützende Militar vollständig und umfassend zu sanktionieren der lügt über seine Motive.

Ohne Komplett-Sanktion von Siedlungen und Besatzungsregime wird E1 sicher gebaut - eine Verhanlungslösung für einen Staat Palästina ist damit völlig unmöglich.

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Hier noch ein Thread von Daniel Seidemann darüber was E1 bedeutet

»E-1 has long been considered by virtually all of the int'l community as the "doomsday settlement".«

»E-1 will dismember the West Bank into 2 cantons, making a viable Palestinians State impossible. It will seal of Jerusalem from the West Bank, preventing a Palestinians capital. «

»Should the Plan be allowed to proceed, it will indicate that there is no red line that Netanyahu will not cross«

threadreaderapp.com/thread/195…

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Auch @tagesschau schreibt über E1. Inhaltlich abweichend, deutlich aufgeweicht und verharmlosend.
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/is…
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Reaktion der Bundesregierung:
»"Der Siedlungsbau verstößt gegen das Völkerrecht und einschlägige Resolutionen des UN-Sicherheitsrats, sagte ein Sprecher des Auswärtigen Amtes. "Er erschwert eine verhandelte Zweistaatenlösung sowie ein Ende der israelischen Besatzung des Westjordanlands, wie der Internationale Gerichtshof es fordert."«
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/is…

Wahrscheinlich wird man in der israelischen Regierung darüber herzlich darüber lachen und sagen: That's exactly what we want.

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Solche Statements kann man eigentlich nur erklären, wenn man annimmt, dass die Bundesregierung nicht weiss was sie tut oder genau weiss was sie tut aber halbherzig zeigen will dass sie was anders will.

Kallas wird in ihrem Statement schon etwas deutlicher. eeas.europa.eu/eeas/statement-…

Das entscheidende Problem ist halt dass all diese Äußerungen nicht von Taten unterfüttert sind. Damit kommen wir keinen Millimeter weiter. Nur einschneidende Sanktionen würden helfen.

Hundert Akademiker aus #Israel haben an deutsche Parlamentarier geschrieben.

Sie betonen, dass das Zögern, die Weigerung Deutschlands Sanktionen gegen Israel zu erlassen, die Gräueltaten in #Gaza erst möglich machen.

»"Further hesitation on Germany's part threatens to enable new atrocities - and undermines the lessons learnt from its own history,"«

»German hesitation on Gaza could encourage atrocities, Israeli academics say«
reuters.com/world/middle-east/…

Mehrere Aufnahmen aus der Luft von der systematischen Zerstörung, die #Israel in #Gaza angerichtet hat. Das ist wirklich nur mit einem Motiv konsistent - dem jedes Leben von Palästinensern in Gaza unmöglich zu machen, und jede Spur vom Leben dieses Volks auszulöschen - #Genozid

»A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky.
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive«
theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

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Irish president urges UN chief to invoke Chapter VII against Israel #Palestine english.palinfo.com/news/2025/…

Melanie O’Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars: “It is without a doubt that we are witnessing a #genocide now in #Gaza, and state parties to the Convention are failing in their obligation to prevent and punish genocide.”

opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/is-…

Sanctions don't work; perhaps diplomacy would help.
The European Union, meanwhile, continues to hurt itself. Last months it sanctioned an Indian refinery for buying Russian oil which promptly led to higher diesel prices in Europe:

The recent EU sanctions on India’s Niara Energy refinery have removed approximately fifteen percent of European diesel imports overnight, sending prices higher and creating significant market volatility.

...
With alternative supplies needed from the Middle East, Asia, and the US, diesel prices have jumped from $2.40 to $2.47 per gallon, and gas oil has climbed from $700 to $725 per metric ton. The shift comes amid already tight global supply, with Europe now required to pay a premium to attract new barrels.


It is also planning new sanctions on China even as China has proven to have escalation dominance in trade and is certain to hit back.

The attempt to fight Russia by secondary sanctions against its customers is likely to fail.

We can thus expect more attacks on Russia related shipping.

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"I don't think that is an argument that would have any legal force at the end of it, because it's not an agreed process.

“It might be what we would like to do – I would love Scotland to be independent today, but it's not going to deliver that process of Scotland becoming an independent country.”

John Swinney dismisses SNP members' rival independence plan | The National

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You may think of Reform UK as just anti-immigration.

However it’s also anti-civil servants, anti- economic rules, anti-standards

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In light of these draconian restrictions imposed by the UK and Australia upon people in the interest of "protecting children", I felt it might be interesting to talk about how the #DPRK protects children.

You find all these articles proclaiming everything from "rape is rampant in the DPRK" but "porn possession is punishable by death" and whatever other contradictory nonsense without a shred of proof (then turning around and saying, actually, violent crime is extremely rare in the DPRK — but only because punishments for it are so harsh, because that's how criminology works, don't look that up). However, if you actually read the DPRK's criminal code, pornography isn't in there at all. It is in China's, and other countries that prohibit porn, but not the DPRK.

And it stands to reason: Kim Jong-il was a big film buff, which definitely included some pornography, and contrary to popular belief, you absolutely can just walk into an app shop (yes, apps are sold in physical stores) in the DPRK and buy western films. I recall an anecdote from a recent tourist who got to talk with a young North Korean woman on the train, and asked if if she'd ever seen Shrek. Her English wasn't wonderful, but she told him to wait when the bus stopped, dashed out and into an app shop, and then dashed back, to show him that Shrek was now on her phone.

The difference, and the reason that porn doesn't need to be punishable by law, is because you'll have a rough time finding it. All media that you can purchase easily is media that is approved and sold by the state. The national intranet, too, is publicly owned.

That having been said, there are more direct ways that the DPRK protects children, which the UK and Australia do not do and probably would not even consider: Article 258 makes it illegal to neglect, abuse, or otherwise fail to protect and care for your children, elderly, or disabled family members (punishable by a sentence of labour of less than one year). Article 181 makes it illegal to compel a minor to work (similar sentencing).

In the DPRK, the principle role of children is to become educated, and it is the principle role of adults to form a society that is conducive to that education. If a child, therefore, gets their hands on pornography, it is not the fault of the child, but the fault of whoever was meant to be protecting them from it.

(Incidentally, the punishment for rape is between 5-10 years of labour at minimum, beaten out only by murder, which is always over 10 years, and crimes around terrorism and conspiracy against the state, which are the only ones which could land you the death penalty within regular criminal law.)

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Of course, I'm sure there are people who will say, like absolute madmen, "Yeah, but that's just what the law says, which is just propaganda for the people that the judicial system doesn't actually follow!" But you'll have to reconcile the fact that it's expected of every Korean citizen to study on a weekly basis and learn more about their country, history, how it works, and its place in the wider world; there's a good chance that anyone you talk to will be able to tell you off by heart what is in this post, and you would have to reconcile the idea that someone like this could watch supposed public executions for porn possession and still feel immense trust, loyalty, and pride in their country and state — which is nearly always the case; as it has been noted grudgingly even by western sources, the DPRK is a remarkably politically stable nation, much to their chagrin.

The First Stage In Suwayda Has Ended, And Hardly Anyone Can Be Declared The Winner southfront.press/the-first-sta…

Général Christophe Gomart (ancien patron du 13e RDP, puis du COS puis de la DRM) :


Christine #Deviers-Joncour Officiel
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"Ceux qui laissent entrer les #migrants sont complices de tous les #assassinats produits sur notre sol : ils doivent être jugés et condamnés, comme en temps de #guerre. C'est une #invasion bien orchestrée et subie : dénoncer l'#islamisme et vous étiez taxés de #raciste, voire envoyés devant les #tribunaux grâce aux lois votées par nos politiques. Ce qui confirme bien que, si les flux migratoires sont étroitement surveillés, leurs contrôles restent politiques.
Cette invasion de l’#Europe par les émigrants des pays musulmans et de l'Afrique Noire est programmée, contrôlée et acceptée. Rien du trafic #migratoire en #Méditerranée n’est ignoré des autorités françaises, militaires et civiles.
La Direction du Renseignement Militaire, qui est leader en France sur le Renseignement d’Origine Imagerie (ROIM) fourni par les satellites-espions militaires, a inauguré le 19 Janvier dernier un très discret Centre d’expertise, le CRGI (Centre de Renseignement Géospatial Interarmées).
Pluridisciplinaire, il intègre une trentaine de spécialistes civils, militaires et réservistes de haut niveau dont la principale fonction consiste à fusionner le renseignement recueilli par la DRM à partir d’une multitude de capteurs (interceptions, satellites, sources ouvertes, cybersurveillance, etc....).
C’est ainsi que la DRM peut présenter au Gouvernement français une situation précise de la présence des migrants subsahariens en Libye, ainsi que les identités exactes, les modes opératoires et les stratégies des « #passeurs » de migrants.
Ces informations sont transmises par la #France à l’état-major de la mission européenne en Méditerranée (Eunavfor Med) lancée en mai dernier.­­­
Le Renseignement français sait où les passeurs échangent leurs cargaisons humaines, où ils les hébergent.
­­ll les voit préparer les départs vers l’Europe depuis les plages de Tripolitaine et de Cyrénaïque, imposant aux migrants un processus immuable.
­­­Avant tout départ en mer, les passeurs appellent le Centre de Coordination Italien des Secours Maritimes, et c’est ainsi que les bateaux européens vont recueillir directement en mer les masses migratoires, pour les transporter à bon port, de crainte qu’ils ne s’égarent sur les côtes africaines…
Le GEOINT est devenu l’outil idéal pour valoriser des données massives géo-localisées. Il joue le rôle d’un accélérateur de prises de décisions en donnant une vision claire et complète aux chefs militaires et aux décideurs politiques.
L'Invasion n’avance pas au hasard : il n’y a aucun mystère, tout se sait ! On sait où les « passeurs » vont s’approvisionner en bateaux. On sait que la Turquie délivre de faux passeports et que les autorités de réception ferment les yeux....
Le Renseignement Français est donc capable de voir le trafic migratoire en Afrique jusque dans ses moindres détails, et il pourrait le voir également en Europe."
#politique

Pie theory taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/0… Lisa Nandy, the wealth secretary, is on the morning media round. She is treating the world to a dose of pie theory. She has actually referred to the need "for a bigger pie." And pie theory has never and can never solve any known economic problem.

Forget about independence. Start eating processed foods again. Take drugs. Use AI. My future unless Swinney gets a grip. 🤬

"If there is a majority at [[Holyrood]], then the 2029 Westminster election becomes crucial – because if the [[SNP]] were to have leverage in a hung parliament, that in my view has always been the most likely way in which a referendum could happen, sooner rather than later.”

John Curtice on 'most likely' route to new Scottish independence vote

thenational.scot/news/25368264…

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I must ask why does he want pharmaceuticals made in the USA, when his health minister, Kennedy is cancelling research into vaccines, and Medicaid etc is all being cancelled in the USA? The population there won’t be able to afford anything for their health; unless they are the millionaires and billionaires.
Trump should not be able to hold the world to ransom while depriving his own citizens of healthcare & medications. I do hope the companies and governments involved will call this bluff.
Also, it’s unlikely a whole manufacturing set-up and all the ingredients, and the skilled workforce can be designed, built and in operation in a few months - given the specialist hygiene etc involved.

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