Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen seems to have slept through her classes on the Nuremberg tribunals, which dealt with the Nazi legacy.
Nuremberg defined a war of aggression – of the kind committed by the US and Israel in attacking Iran – as the “supreme international crime” because "it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole".
In other words, parties like the US and Israel that commit the crime of aggression are responsible for everything that flows from their crime – and that includes Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz.
It is not Iran’s actions "putting global economic stability at risk". It is the criminal endeavours of the US and Israel.
The Nuremberg judges understood that this cause and effect had to be understood correctly, otherwise the logic of the Nazis would take hold again.
It is deeply disturbing that the lessons of Nuremberg are so utterly lost on von der Leyen and Starmer.
Israel should pay reparations for generations - just as Germany did and does. People slaughtered for their RACE - with everything that supports life smashed into rubble — adds up to ecocide as well as genocide: the very worst crimes against humanity.
No excuses.
When I defended my Master’s thesis under the bombing and rubble of Gaza, the very first question I was asked was:
“Why defend it under these circumstances? What benefit will it bring you now?”
I smiled and answered:
“Maybe I will die holding this degree, maybe it will be a symbol of resilience and strength, and maybe I will inspire others not to abandon their dreams — even in danger, even when death is near.”
This is who I am.
I am proud of what I did.
Proud that I defended my Master’s during the war.
Proud to have become a Palestinian researcher ✌️
The genocide apologists are out in force tonight.
Having lost the argument – no group in Gaza has a rocket that can flatten a hospital, not even close – they're trying to spin it differently.
Supposedly it was still one of Islamic Jihad's paltry home-made rockets but the damage was caused by it hitting an ammo dump – presumably a very large one stored in the middle of the hospital.
Even if that sounds like it might be true to you (and it really shouldn't), watch and listen to the missile slam into the hospital at terrifying high speed. That's a very hi-tech armament. Not something Islamic Jihad knocked up in a workshop after watching a YouTube tutorial.
There truly are ghouls out there – and they will keep spewing out new bits of disinformation on behalf of Israel's genocidal government. Don't be fooled
I write a diary on every war night in Gaza. I share human details about my life like other Gazans living under war.
Here is the latest:
#Day 4
Today in Gaza, I no longer believe we will get out of this alive https://t.co/HG0AISYZjb via @AJEnglish
Some argue it’s reckless for Palestinian groups to launch resistance operations bc of the violent Israeli reaction it provokes. But Israel is constantly engaging in overwhelming violence with or without resistance to it.
Professor Kevin Anderson is addressing all of us in very clear words:
»We are heading towards 3 to 4°C of warming across this century, an absolute climate catastrophe for all species incl our own. And all we are doing so far is giving rhetoric and optimism and greenwash.«
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