Daily Archives: 12. Februar 2024


12.02.2024 - 22:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

Iraq says talks resume on US-led coalition withdrawal

Iraq said on Sunday that it had resumed talks with the United States on the future of the anti-Islamic State coalition, expressing hope that they would not be disrupted and lead to an outcome soon.

A first round of talks opened on 27 January but was swiftly suspended after a drone attack killed three US military personnel at a base in Jordan the following day.

12.02.2024 - 22:00 [ Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of @UNRWA / Twitter ]

#Gaza on two separate incidents the Israeli Forces opened fire on an @UNRWA school in Khan Younis (southwest). As a result, two @UNRWA colleagues on duty were shot, one was killed. Despite multiple attempts, we couldn‘t retrieve his body. Humanitarian workers #NotATarget, they should be protected.

12.02.2024 - 21:00 [ War Mapper / Twitter ]

#Gaza map update: There have been minimal changes in the past week. The #IDF have been gradually expanding their operations within the city of Khan Yunis itself, but with slow progress.

(11.02.2024)

12.02.2024 - 20:44 [ Times of Israel ]

UK slaps sanctions on West Bank settlers for ‘egregious’ violence, following US move

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the four targeted Israeli settlers, one of whom was also included in the US sanctions, were involved in “egregious abuses of human rights.”

“Extremist Israeli settlers are threatening Palestinians, often at gunpoint, and forcing them off land that is rightfully theirs,” he added. “This behavior is illegal and unacceptable.”

12.02.2024 - 20:15 [ Aviva Klompas / Twitter ]

Get your tissues. This is the moment Fernando Marman and Luis Har were reunited with their families after 127 days as hostages in Gaza.

12.02.2024 - 18:00 [ Tichys Einblick ]

Verfahren gegen Correctiv: Die Medienplattform verwickelt sich weiter in Widersprüche

Nach Schravens Drohung stellt sich erstens die Frage: Wenn Correctiv über gerichtsfeste Belege verfügt, wer auf dem Treffen mit welcher wörtlichen Formulierung aufgetreten war – warum finden sich diese wörtlichen Zitate dann nicht in dem Correctiv-Artikel? Bis jetzt wurden sie auch nicht nachgereicht.

Und zweitens: Warum rückt Correctiv nicht spätestens jetzt damit heraus? Da die eidesstattlichen Versicherungen der Teilnehmer schon Teil des Verfahrens sind, müsste Correctiv nicht erst bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung damit warten, gleich sieben Teilnehmer des Treffens einer Straftat zu überführen.

12.02.2024 - 17:56 [ @Wahlen_DE / Twitter ]

BERLIN | Vorläufiges Endergebnis der Teilwiederholung (betroffene Stimmbezirke)

GRÜNE: 27,6% (+0,4)
CDU: 20,6% (+6,9)
SPD: 14,6% (-7,8)
LINKE: 12,6% (+0,7)
AfD: 12,6% (+5,6)
FDP: 3,3% (-5,8)
Tier: 2,5% (+0,4)

Änderungen zum ursprünglichen Endergebnis von 2021
#BerlinWahl

12.02.2024 - 16:56 [ Pax Nederland ]

International Organisations: stop arms transfers to Israel and Palestinian Armed Groups

(25.01.2024)

Together with international aid and human rights organizations, such as Oxfam and Amnesty International, we appeal to all UN member states to halt the crisis in Gaza and prevent further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian lives. We call on all states to immediately cease the transfer of weapons, components, and ammunition to Israel and Palestinian armed groups as long as there is a risk that they may be used for serious violations of international humanitarian law or human rights.

12.02.2024 - 16:42 [ The Rights Forum ]

Rechter: Nederland moet uitvoer F-35-onderdelen naar Israël stoppen

De Nederlandse regering moet de export van onderdelen van F-35-gevechtsvliegtuigen naar Israël binnen zeven dagen stoppen. Dat bepaalt het Gerechtshof Den Haag. De uitspraak is conform de eis van Oxfam Novib, PAX en The Rights Forum.

12.02.2024 - 16:30 [ Associated Press ]

Dutch appeals court orders Netherlands to stop exports of F-35 parts to Israel, citing war in Gaza

The exports must cease within seven days.

The decision came as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the conflict.

12.02.2024 - 16:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Death toll in Gaza climbs to 28,340: Palestinian health ministry

More than 67,984 Palestinians have also been wounded the ministry added.

In the last 24 hours, Israeli forces killed at least 164 people and more than 200 have been wounded in Gaza, a ministry statement on Telegram said.

12.02.2024 - 15:20 [ United Nations ]

Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in the Middle East and on the Order of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024, indicating provisional measures in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)

(09.02.2024)

The Special Adviser echoes the 26 January statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General taking note of the Order of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024 indicating provisional measures in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), in which the Court ordered Israel, inter alia, in accordance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention, “to take all measures within its power” in relation to Palestinians in Gaza to prevent the commission of acts within the scope of Article II of the Convention, including killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s destruction and imposing measures intended to prevent births, as well as to “ensure with immediate effect that its military forces do not commit any of the above-described acts”. Furthermore, the Court indicated “that Israel must take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip”. In this connection, neither the Secretary-General nor the Special Adviser take a position in relation to ongoing judicial proceedings before the Court.Echoing the words of the Secretary-General, the Special Adviser reiterates that violations of international humanitarian law can never justify the collective punishment of the people in Gaza. “Civilians must be protected at all times on both sides,” Special Adviser Wairimu Nderitu reminded.

12.02.2024 - 15:03 [ United Nations ]

UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East

(09.02.2024)

The statement also referred to the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought forward by South Africa against Israel on prevention of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Ms. Nderitu noted that neither the UN Secretary-General nor herself, as his Special Adviser, “take a position” in relation to ongoing judicial proceedings before the court.

In the 26 January decision, the ICJ ordered Israel, inter alia, in accordance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention, “to take all measures within its power” to prevent the commission of acts within the scope of article II of the instrument, including killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s destruction and imposing measures intended to prevent births.

The court also ordered Israel to “ensure with immediate effect that its military forces do not commit any of the above-described acts”.

12.02.2024 - 14:50 [ CNN ]

Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive

More than 100 people were killed due to Israeli airstrikes as warplanes targeted different areas of the city and helicopters fired machine guns along the border areas, the PRCS said early Monday.

CNN cannot independently verify the number of casualties on the ground.

There are fears the death toll could rise further as the PRCS said people remain trapped under the rubble and there is still a heavy presence of warplanes in the skies over Rafah.

12.02.2024 - 14:40 [ CBS News ]

Israeli military says it‘s rescued 2 hostages during Rafah raid; Palestinian officials say dozens of Palestinians killed

The army identified the rescued hostages as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, who it said were kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir Yizhak in the Oct. 7 cross-border attack that triggered the war. Netanyahu‘s office said they also hold Argentinian citizenship. In a post on X, the former Twitter, Argentine President Milei thanked Israel for the rescue.

12.02.2024 - 00:05 [ Epic History TV / Youtube ]

The First Crusade (ALL PARTS)

The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk Turks. But when Pope Urban II preached a sermon at Clermont in 1095, the result was unlike anything ever seen before.