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Les non-dits économiques et sociaux du débat sur la fin de vie - Fondapol


#politique #servicepublic #santé #euthanasie #eugénisme

Oh. Pu. Tain. De. Bor. Del. De. Mer. De.

Le projet de loi sur l’accompagnement des malades et de la fin de vie, proposant de légaliser le suicide assisté et l’euthanasie, s’inscrit dans une logique inédite. L’étude d’impact de ce texte n’a pas pris en considération les implications sociales de ces nouvelles pratiques dans notre société.

Or, les exemples observés au Canada et dans l’Oregon font apparaître que les personnes seules ou défavorisées sont surreprésentées parmi les populations ayant recours au suicide assisté. De plus, on voit désormais circuler, à bas bruit mais aussi explicitement, l’idée que le développement de la mort provoquée pourrait être une source d’économies.


fondapol.org/etude/les-non-dit…


Les non-dits économiques et sociaux du débat sur la fin de vie - Fondapol

Fondapol
in reply to Emmanuel Florac

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Anne

Oui, ça aussi j'ai vu.... plus le WHO qui met en avant des maladies aussi bénignes connues et maîtrisées que l'épilepsie en avant, l'âge retenu pour être vieux est 65 ans, et que la DÉMENCE visée "bénéficierait" d'une "prise en charge" mise en place par les médecins !... T'as pas intérêt à aller mal... Ni à avoir des analyses de sang trop mauvaises...

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CRISIS in Gaza Soars as Israeli Officials Vow to Enact 'TRUMP'S PLAN' | Patrick Henningsen odysee.com/gaza-crisis-trump-P…

CRISIS in Gaza Soars as Israeli Officials Vow to Enact 'TRUMP'S PLAN' | Patrick Henningsen

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now warning that Syria could be weeks away from “potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions,” as the West rushes to prop up the Al-Qaeda regime...
Odysee

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How will we deal with all the broken images?
When an instance goes down, all of the images on it go with it. there's going to be a lot from lemm.ee, especially given its size.

unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov doesn't like this.

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"Qarib" Media Programme Hosts Strategic Gathering in Ramallah to Bolster Independent Journalism #Palestine english.pnn.ps/news/47497

"Qarib" Media Programme Hosts Strategic Gathering in Ramallah to Bolster Independent Journalism

RAMALLAH /  PNN /The Qarib media programme, implemented by the French media development agency CFI and funded by th
english.pnn.ps

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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Link: 404media.co/directfile-open-so…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
Jason Koebler (404 Media)

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The core portion of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch. Passing this key milestone brings Roman one step closer to helping answer essential questions about the role of dark energy and other cosmic mysteries. “The test could be considered as […]

Core Components for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Major Shake Test - NASA

Ashley Balzer (NASA)

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#Sharia #Islam #Islamismus #GG #Grundgesetzt
In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration

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Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

Link: news.sky.com/story/meta-found-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

Google says Meta and search engine company Yandex used Android capabilities "in unintended ways that blatantly violate our security and privacy principles".
Mickey Carroll (Sky News)

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Hey team. Hope your midweek is approaching tolerable.

Reminder that if you could use some #comfy, our popular Comfy Channel as it was at station shutdown is popped up for the month of June.

comfy.radiofreefedi.net

Our beacon to look out for self and one another, discover awesome indie artists, and direct as possible support them with a kind word or materially if you can.

A gift to the community in the lead up to #RFFF25, #RFF Fest in July.

musician.social/@radiofreefedi…

#radioFreeFedi #radio


Radio Free Fedi

Sounds from the Fediverse to the Universe
comfy.radiofreefedi.net

radio free fedi

2025-05-27 06:55:23

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Ahoy friends!

Announcing RFFF 25. The extra F is for Fest!

A month long artists' streaming series in July.

*DM* if you're keen to present/perform original material. You need not have been on RFF to participate.

More info for all (will grow) at the venue page party.radiofreefedi.net

Let's assemble, #party and welcome new friends who may not have caught the vibe of the station or our epic hangouts.

Stay vertical. 🐹

#music #art #spokenWord #fediWave #concert #live #owncast #joinIn



radio free fedi - sounds from the fediverse to the universe

radio free fedi was small web, consent driven, artist populated, non-commercial mechanism, attribution promoting, community radio for the fediverse. This stream is for live hangouts and chat, and special events.
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Whoa! I noted that last week's ep of Bad Faith podcast w/ Briahna Joy Gray was giving #solarpunk vibes and lo and behold guess who is the next guest? @pluralistic !

It's a premium ep. I'm listening now. If you needed a reason to sub, this is a good one! This meeting of the minds is long overdue.
badfaith.libsyn.com/episode-47…


Bad Faith: Episode 479 Promo - Truth in Fiction (w/ Cory Doctorow)

to instantly  and our entire premium episode library: Author, journalist, & activist Cory Doctorow joins Bad Faith to discuss his latest novel , enshittification, the utility of fiction as a vehicle to expose scams and create urgency around politica…
badfaith.libsyn.com

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World Aquatics Toughens Stance on Enhanced Games radiohc.cu/en/noticias/deporte…

World Aquatics Toughens Stance on Enhanced Games

Today, World Aquatics announced a regulation that will sanction those who participate in or support events such as the so-called Enhanced Games, designed to facilitate doping among athletes.
Javier Pérez Jimenez (Radio Habana Cuba)

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Occasional weird spam posts by otherwise (seemingly) legitimate users?

I'm noticing a pattern starting to develop in the community I mod (just barely -- it's only happened 3 times so far) where a user that posts a fairly large amount of relevant content occasionally posts weird spam with a title of alternating letter nonsense (e.g. "zazaz" or "sdsdsds") and a link that goes to some random domain that serves nothing but a default 404 error (as in the domain is registered and there's a server responding to requests, but there's no content for it to serve).

I suppose it could just be bad behavior on the part of said users, but it feels more like a bug or their account getting hijacked or something. Anybody have any insight?

in reply to nocturne

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grue

Two of the three I noticed were from different users (but the other two cases were the same username on different instances, so it's very plausible that they may all be alt accounts of the same human).

You misspelled the instance name, but that's a good thing since pinging the user in question with a mention probably wouldn't have been a good idea anyway.

The thing that confuses me is that the user has posted a bunch of other content (both posts and comments) such that the ratio of spam to ham is pretty low, and the writing of the comments seems very human (in terms of the inferences it makes and the idioms it uses), so if it's some kind of repost-bot, it's a very sophisticated one.

It really seems like a legitimate user whose account is getting hijacked to occasionally post gibberish spam, which is why I find it so weird.

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Victory! Austin's ALPR contract will be allowed to end by our city council at the end of the month. The battle is won, but the fight continues. Join us and other activist groups for a victory press release tomorrow at 11:30am at city hall! fox7austin.com/news/austin-cit…

Austin city manager removes item on automatic license plate readers from council agenda

Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax has removed an item concerning a potential expansion of the city's automated license plate reader program from Thursday's council agenda.
Elizabeth Evans (FOX 7 Austin)

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A Signal Flare for Strengthening the Navy of the DPRK-from Voice of Korea #DPRK kfauk.com/a-signal-flare-for-s…

A Signal Flare for Strengthening the Navy of the DPRK-from Voice of Korea - KFAUK.com

        From Voice of Korea.   http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee250507002/57/en The hostile forces have formed an aggressive military bloc and been conducting military exercises of different code names around the Korean peninsula, stra…
Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)

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New from 404 Media: the IRS tax filing software Turbotax tried to kill just got opened source. Available on Github, people are forking it

404media.co/directfile-open-so…


The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
Jason Koebler (404 Media)

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Protestation

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I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters!

theguardian.com/technology/202…

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Screencap from linked article, with text: "Emily M Bender, professor of linguistics at the University of Washington and co-author of a new book, The AI Con, has many reasons why she doesn’t want to use large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. “But maybe the first one is that I’m not interested in reading something that nobody wrote,” she says. “I read because I want to understand how somebody sees something, and there’s no ‘somebody’ inside the synthetic text-extruding machines.” It’s just a collage made from lots of different people’s words, she says. Does she feel she is being “left behind”, as AI enthusiasts would say? “No, not at all. My reaction to that is, ‘Where’s everybody going?’” She laughs as if to say: nowhere good."

‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home

Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it
Emine Saner (The Guardian)
in reply to Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

When an artist uses materials with text on them to create a collage, it's natural to assume that they chose the materials in part for the meaning of the text they include. Papier-mâché, on the other hand, uses paper (usually newsprint) simply for its physical properties. The text is incidental.

I use this metaphor to highlight, yet again, that LLMs don't work with the meaning of the text they process & extrude -- just the form.

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"As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initially planned to sail from Malta last month, but the group’s ship was damaged in a drone attack. The new mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who speaks with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen."

democracynow.org/2025/6/4/gret…

#Gaza #Israel #GretaThunberg


Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: It’s My Moral Obligation

Democracy Now!

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The Fed Gov Demands Data from #SNAP —But Says Nothing About Protecting It

part of a larger effort by #Trump admin to gain “unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding,” thru #EO14243. While the order says this data sharing is intended to cut down on fraud, it is written so broadly that it could auth almost any data sharing…flies in the face of well-established data #privacy practices & places people at considerable risk.

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/fede…


The Federal Government Demands Data from SNAP—But Says Nothing About Protecting It

Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a troubling order to all state agency directors of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP): hand over your data.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

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📚 Celebrating what we love, with the people who love it too. Our Guests of Honor this year are the superstar authors Sarah Gailey and Tochi Onyebuchi!

Come through June 18–21 in Oakland:
🎟️ locusmag.com/2025-locus-awards… (link in bio)

headshots of sarah gailey and tochi onyebuchi for the 2025 guests of honor for the locus awards

2025 Locus Awards Weekend, June 18-21

Schedule  |  Buy membership  |  Buy 2025 Awards T-Shirts | Additional Info We can’t wait to see you at the Locus Awards to be held June 18-21, 2025 in Oakland, California! We are pleased to h…
Locus Online

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Another PSA about Amazon:

They only pay authors 30% in royalties (even if they price above 2.99) when someone buys a book through Amazon COM while not actually living in the US.

That's right. Amazon "steals" 40% of my royalties because the customer is in a different location that the USA.

Why?

Because they can. Because we authors let them get away with that. No other store does this.

Buy direct. Or at least not through Amazon.

shop.hannah-steenbock.de/

#Reading
#WritingCommunity


Hannah Steenbock

Hannah Steenbock is a German writer of fantasy and science fiction. She uses both her native German and English as languages for her tales, as she loves English and tends to think in that language when plotting Fantasy.
Hannah Steenbock
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When we released post editing for #Mastodon, we first released a version that supported processing and displaying edits incoming from other servers, before releasing a version that flipped a switch allowing anyone to make edits. We're taking an identical approach with quote posts, as the upcoming 4.4 version of Mastodon will begin displaying quote posts from other servers and software. Once this is widely deployed on the network, 4.5 will bring the long awaited ability to quote posts.

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Hey NYC-area folks!

Tonight (June 4), my friend Kevin Smokler is going to be at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn ...

... to do an event for his new book "Break the Frame", a collection of his interviews with pioneering female directors

Tonight he'll be in conversation with Debra Granik, director of -- among other fabulous movies -- "Winter's Bone"

Event details here: greenlightbookstore.com/event/…

super worth attending if you can!


Kevin Smokler with Debra Granik

Brooklyn independent bookstore
Greenlight Bookstore

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Drawing on sources as varied as Wordsworth, Hitchcock, and Conan Doyle, author @PhilipPullman considers the sonic beauty and expert storytelling of Milton's masterpiece and the influence it has had on his own work: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t…

The Sound and the Story: Exploring the World of Paradise Lost

John Milton’s Paradise Lost has been many things to many people — a Christian epic, a comment on the English Civil War, the epitome of poetic ambiguity — but it is first of all a pleasure to read.
The Public Domain Review

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"Die Bundesregierung hat bisher KEINE israelischen Kriegsverbrechen in #Gaza abschließend festgestellt. Dabei prüft das Auswärtige Amt die endlosen Beispiele angeblich seit vielen Monaten."

x.com/TiloJung/status/19302494…

Komplette BPK:
youtube.com/watch?v=M5pSc_85xy…

#Westbank #Palästina #Israel #Genozid #Rassismus #Rechtsextremismus #Propaganda


4. Juni 2025 - Regierungspressekonferenz | BPK

Unterstützt unsere Arbeit ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaivDiskutiert im Jung & Naiv Forum ► http://forum.jungundnaiv.de/ Bundesregierung für Desinteressierte ...
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Sui

@bifouba Die Aussagen von der Bundesregierung sind wirklich nur noch Gaslighting.

Ich freue mich aber, dass innerhalb der Linkspartei langsam der Wind dreht. Dass sie jetzt die JDA statt die IHRA nehmen und dass nun eben Menschen wie Köktürk im Bundestag sitzen, ist eine gute Entwicklung.

Meinem Eindruck nach liegt das vor allem auch an den jungen Leuten, die neu in der Partei sind und inzwischen so große Mehrheiten bilden, dass sie die Antdeutschen (und die Reformer) überstimmen können.

in reply to daniel

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daniel

And here's peace activist and CND campaigner Pat Arrowsmith's jacket. It was her father's Civil Defence warden's jacket which Pat wore in the 50's and 60's, and has attached a peace badge to it.

Pat, ineligible to inherit her father's money unless she was married to a man (she was a lesbian), married an anarchist poet for one day to qualify for the inheritance, then had the marriage annulled and donated the money to Sappho and Gay Pride Week 1979.

#pride #peace

A photograph of a dishevelled, dark blue jacket. It has a "CD [Civil [Defence] Torbay", with insignia sewn on it. On the other side is an early CND badge attached it, with the classic peace symbol There's also an ARP [Air Raid Precautions] badge attached to the lapel.

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Update – US Approved Moderna’s CARCINOGENIC Next-Gen COVID sa-mRNA Vaccine. FDA & CDC Shady Moves vs RFK Jr.

American cardiologist Peter McCullough and epidemiologist Nicholas Hulsher, who published many study on Covid vaccines, confirmed that are the dangerous new sa-mRNA technology

vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/06/fd…

#usa #covid #mrna #vaccines

Update – US Approved Moderna’s CARCINOGENIC Next-Gen COVID sa-mRNA Vaccine. FDA & CDC Shady Moves vs RFK Jr. - VT Foreign Policy

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO The latest articles published by the most authoritative American medical bloggers are destined to stir up a huge hornet's nest all over the world for various reasons: FDA (Food and Drug Administrat…
Fabio G. C. Carisio (VT Alternative Foreign Policy)

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People reach for Hitler analogies to describe Trump, because Hitler is what we all learn about in school. But there are other historical analogues that might be a closer fit, and Louis Napoleon is definitely a good one.

lareviewofbooks.org/article/he…

#USPol


He’s a Cretin but We’ll Manage Him | Los Angeles Review of Books

Paul North finds a prescient analysis of the end of the American republic in Karl Marx’s essay “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.”
Los Angeles Review of Books
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Jason Lefkowitz

"The Eighteenth Brumaire focuses on the 1851 French coup d'état, by which Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of the Second Republic and Napoléon Bonaparte's nephew, became emperor of the Second French Empire as Napoleon III. It seeks to explain how capitalism and class struggle created conditions which enabled 'a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part'."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eigh…

#USPol


1852 essay by Karl Marx on the French coup of 1851

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
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#Palestine / Israeli [defense] exports surge 13% to $14.8 billion despite Gaza genocide impact

Israel's defense exports jumped over 13% in 2024 to $14.8 billion, even as overall Israeli exports contracted 5.6%. The defense sector now represents nearly 25% of Israel's goods exports and approaching 10% of total exports.

Europe became the dominant market, accounting for 54% of defense exports (up from 35% in 2023) as countries increased military spending amid the Ukraine war. Air defense systems, missiles and rockets comprised 48% of exports, with Israeli technology proving effective against drone and missile threats.

However, industry sources report that images from #Gaza are complicating deal closures. #Spain recently froze a nearly $300 million Spike missile deal due to the situation in Gaza. Defense companies face parliamentary opposition in European countries and competitors using the Gaza war to discourage purchases of Israeli systems.

Sales to Abraham Accords countries reached $1.8 billion (12% of total exports), while Asian exports dropped from $6.3 billion to $3.4 billion due to major 2023 deals with India and Azerbaijan not repeating.

Hebrew themarker.com/allnews/2025-06-… or archive.ph/B0bED

See also

12 countries condemn forced displacement of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1146…

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide


האירופים רודפים אחרי התוצרת הביטחונית הישראלית — עם עדיפות להגנה בלבד

היצוא הביטחוני נהפך לדומיננטי במיוחד במשק, נוכח זינוק של 13% בו ב-2024, ל-52 מיליארד שקל ■ העוסקים בתחום מדווחים כי התמונות מעזה מקשות על סגירת עסקות, אך יש המאמינים ש-2025 תהיה אפילו טובה יותר
חגי עמית (TheMarker)

oatmeal

2025-06-04 08:45:10

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#Palestine / 12 countries condemn forced displacement of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank

Diplomatic missions from #UK, #Germany, #France and 9 other nations issued joint statement expressing solidarity with residents of Mughayir a-Deir who were forced to abandon homes due to settler violence and Israeli authorities' failure to provide protection.

As has been common practice for years, Israeli settlers established an outpost meters from a Palestinian village. The community was forced to flee after escalating violence and threats. Seven neighboring communities have already been displaced following the same pattern. Tens of thousands in Area C face "high or imminent risk" of forcible transfer.

These countries demand Israel dismantle the outpost and allow safe return. They call this a violation of international law and demand Israel respect the prohibition on forcible transfer.

xcancel.com/FranceJerusalem/st…

**JOINT PRESS STATEMENT**
**WEST BANK, JUNE 2025**

**DIPLOMATIC STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN MUGHAYIR A-DEIR**

The undersigned diplomatic missions express their strong solidarity with the Palestinian community of Mughayir a-Deir. The community's long-standing residents were recently forced to abandon their homes and belongings due to escalating settler violence and a prevailing climate of impunity.

Israeli settlers have established an outpost just metres from the community, which is a clear violation of international law. Mughayir a-Deir was one of the last remaining Palestinian communities in the area. Seven neighbouring communities have already been displaced amid a broader and deeply troubling pattern of violent settler attacks and a lack of protection by the Israeli authorities.

We therefore urge the Israeli authorities to dismantle the outpost immediately and to take urgent and effective measures to enable the safe return of the displaced residents. It is imperative that the community is protected from further violence and intimidation.

Mughayir a-Deir is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of displacement in Area C of the West Bank, where a coercive environment marked by repeated settler violence, movement restrictions, land confiscation, demolitions and inadequate access to essential services is making life unbearable and pushing communities to leave. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Area C face a high or imminent risk of forcible transfer. This alarming trend gravely undermines prospects for a just and lasting peace.

We call on Israel to respect its obligations under international law, including the prohibition of forcible transfer. We also reaffirm our clear and consistent opposition to settlements, which are illegal under international law. We emphasise Israel's responsibility to protect all Palestinian communities in Area C.

*The Consulates General of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Representative Offices of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands, as well as the Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza*

@palestine
@israel
#SettlerViolence #IsraelWarCrimes #Palestine #EthnicCleansing #GazaGenoicide

**JOINT PRESS STATEMENT** **WEST BANK, JUNE 2025** **DIPLOMATIC STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN MUGHAYIR A-DEIR**

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oatmeal

[followup]

Houthi attacks are forcing major operational changes:

[...] He [Colonel (Res.) Yair Kulas, head of SIBAT - the Defense Export and Defense Cooperation Directorate at Israel's Ministry of Defense] also referred to supply chain challenges: 'The supply chain is challenging due to shipping routes that have been changed under the Houthi threat, Ben Gurion Airport which has been blocked at times due to missile launches. So if we need to be more flexible, we are being flexible. And if there is a demand from the purchasing country for local production on its territory, we establish manufacturing activity there.'"

Hebrew ynet.co.il/economy/article/syi…

While Israeli defense companies acknowledge supply chain challenges from Houthi attacks on shipping routes Operation Prosperity Guardian , European naval missions provided free security for Israeli exports. Rather than diverting resources to Red Sea security, Israel can maintain focus on high-value defense production for the European market surge. While European militaries absorb the costs and risks of confronting Houthis and Israeli arms companies profit from the resulting demand.

This pie chart shows the breakdown of Israeli defense exports by sector in 2024: The chart visually confirms that nearly half of Israel's $14.8 billion in defense exports comes from air defense technologies - the systems that proved so effective against Iranian attacks and are now in high demand due to conflicts in Ukraine and regional tensions. This concentration in air defense explains why European countries, concerned about drone and missile threats, became Israel's largest market in 2024.
This pie chart shows Israeli defense exports by geographic region in 2024: The massive 54% share confirms Europe's transformation into Israel's primary arms market.

"התמונות מעזה משפיעות": חשש בישראל מחרם עולמי על הייצוא הביטחוני

במשרד הביטחון אמנם פרסמו כי 2024 הייתה השנה הרביעית ברציפות בה הייצוא הביטחוני שבר שיאים, עם חוזים בשווי של כ-15 מיליארד דולר.
נווית זומר (ynet)

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#Nestlé-Lobbyistin Klöckner, #CDU, eine Partei, die #Israel für deren #Genozid und Kriegsverbrechen in #Gaza und #Westbank Waffen liefert, die Haftbefehle des #IStGH gegen #Netanyahu und #Galant untergräbt - ein Merkmal rechtsextremer, verfassungsfeindlicher Politik - wirft Casin #Köktürk, #Linke aus dem Bundestag, weil sie einen Pullover mit der Aufschrift "#Palästina" trägt.

Die CDU / #CSU ist rechtsextrem und demokratiefeindlich.

nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191683.…

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#Rechtsextremismus #Rassismus


Linken-Abgeordnete Köktürk fliegt aus dem Bundestag

Cansin Köktürk hat im Bundestag eine T-Shirt mit der Aufschrift »Palestine« getragen. Das war für die Parlamentspräsidentin zu viel: Sie schmiss die Linken-Abgeordnete aus dem Plenum.
nd-aktuell.de
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"Wadephul im Plenarsaal: #Deutschland wird weiterhin an #Israel Waffen liefern. Kein Wort zu über 50.000 Toten und verletzten Kindern. Ich werde von Frau #Klöckner aufgefordert den Plenarsaal zu verlassen, weil auf meinem Shirt „Palestine“ steht. Ihr habt alle dermaßen versagt." #Linke

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#CDU #CSU #Rechtsextremismus #Rassismus #Israel #Palästina #Gaza #Westbank

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The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

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The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

Thanks in part to your support, the right to repair is now law in Washington.Gov. Bob Ferguson signed two bills guaranteeing Washingtonians' right to access tools, parts, and information so they can fix personal electronics, appliances, and wheelchai…
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Schülerinnen aus Münster spenden ihre langen Haare für den guten Zweck


Haare spenden für Krebskranke: Schülerinnen aus Münster haben ihre Haare hergegeben. Aus den Spenden sollen jetzt Perücken werden.#Regio-Beitrag03062025 #StudioMünster #Münsterland #Haarspende #Schulen #Krebs #Mädchen
Schülerinnen aus Münster spenden ihre langen Haare für den guten Zweck

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