Letter&Lametta

Persönlicher Blog zu Kultur, Kritik und Politik

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@ju_khatib Same Level, wenn die AFD eine Deutschlandkarte mit Gebieten des ehemaligen Preußens und heutigem Polen posten würde. Übel... Oder Putin eine russische mit Krim, etc...

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@FCBayern @leongoretzka_ @VfLBochum1848eV FYI ;)

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@titanic Arnsberg ist alt indogermanisch für "Die Stad am Berg, in der niemand leben will"

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Hello everyone,

I have survived one kidnapping and two assassination plots on U.S. soil, all because I dared to spearhead a campaign against compulsory hijab and give voice to millions of Iranians who refuse to live under dictatorship.

I lost Brooklyn home, my garden, my peace, but not my voice.

Transnational repression is dictatorship without borders.
It must end.

Next Wednesday, October 29, 11 AM, I will stand in Courtroom 24A, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, face-to-face with the two Russian hitmen sent by Iran’s regime to silence me.

They will be sentenced.
And I will speak, not just for myself, but for every woman who refuses to be afraid.

If you are in New York, stand with me.
If not, send your love, your strength, your faith, because when we stand together, dictators fall.

They fear our courage. They fear our unity. They fear the day we all say: enough.

✊🌻
Masih Alinejad

[Hamza @HowidyHamza]

A few days ago, I spoke on a panel in Heidelberg, Germany. The event was about how to reduce the violence Palestinians are living through and how to deal with the injustices we continue to face. I came with other Palestinians who live in Palestine and took the time to come to Germany for it. Instead of listening, a group of students from the Pro-palestine movement at Heidelberg University showed up to shut us down.

Before the panel even started, they handed out fake flyers that looked like our event materials. But instead of our message, the flyers urged people to boycott the event. Then the same students came in and tried to derail the discussion. During the Q&A, they accused me of being a “Zionist” and a “collaborator,” throwing around labels based on whether I fit their checklist. Then they walked out and started protesting outside.

In the past, our cause was hijacked by Pan-Arabism. Palestine became a symbol for Arab regimes, but actual Palestinians were ignored or used. Now, something similar is happening again; this time, it’s coming from a different direction.

Today, we’re being hijacked by what I’d call Pan-Leftism. These ideas spread across Western activist spaces over time but, during the Obama & Biden years, went mainstream. Obama may not have invented these ideas, but his administration helped make them dominant through global NGO networks, academic partnerships, and media coverage.

Now, huge parts of the Western left, along with their local followers, push two fixed demands on Palestinians: full boycott of anything connected to Israel, academic, cultural, and economic, and full support for armed resistance. These may not always be mainstream ideas. They became that during and after the Obama years. And now if you question them, you're accused of betrayal. You’re told you’re not a “real” Palestinian. That’s what happened in Heidelberg. A group of university students, who live in comfort and security, thought they knew better than Palestinians actually living there.

But here’s the truth: we’ve tried armed resistance for decades. Morally, it’s been used by some militias to attack and massacre civilians. Strategically, it’s failed. It has brought more destruction, more loss, and no real gains. We are the ones who live through this. And when we try to speak honestly about it, when we look for alternatives that might reduce suffering, we are shouted down, not by our "enemies," but by people claiming to be on our side.

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@derspiegel War es ein Wels?

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@Seyfu_09 @TiloJung @georgrestle @nadia_z Hatte auch nicht die Diskussionsbereitschaft in Frage gestellt, nur für mich wirkt es widersprüchlich, da ich bei allen drei durchaus eine große Reichweite und Relevanz sehe (ARD, SZ und großer SM Publizist).

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

@Seyfu_09 @TiloJung @georgrestle @nadia_z Aber ist es nicht ein Widerspruch, wenn drei so Reichweitenstarke Journalist*innen, die das Gegenteil der von ihnen postulierten Meinungsenge abbilden, beklagen? Sie repräsentieren doch weite Teile des Spektrums

[Altay Göyüşov @AltayRashidoglu]

Today is a dark day for justice.

Ilham Aliyev has sentenced a young Azerbaijani scholar, Bahruz Samadov, to 15 years in prison.

His crime?

He dared to dream of peace.
He believed that Armenians and Azerbaijanis—two peoples torn apart by decades of violence and propaganda—could learn to see each other not as enemies, but as fellow human beings.

He believed that dialogue is stronger than hatred, that peace is more powerful than war.

But for Aliyev, that dream is a threat. A threat to the system he feeds: one built on fear, division, and endless conflicts.

Aliyev has openly admitted why Bahruz is being punished: because he “mingled” with Armenians. Because he refused to hate. Because he dared to love peace in a country where peace has become a crime.

The regime’s media machine runs day and night, pouring out venom against Armenians, keeping the flames of hatred alive. And Bahruz? He tried to put that fire out—with compassion, with courage, with truth. That’s why the regime hates him. That’s why the the regime crushed him with a sentence as cruel as it is unjust.

The ugliness of this regime is no longer hidden. It is seen and felt by every peace-loving soul who still believes in a better world.

Today, evil triumphed again.
Today, hundreds of political prisoners remain in the regime’s dungeons. But tomorrow, they will lead the nation.

[Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @IlkoKowalczuk]

Was für ein Kommentar von Eva Illouz! Ich befürchte, er wird jene Deutsche, die sich seit Tagen als Fanatiker zu erkennen gegeben haben und alles niederbrüllen, was nicht 100000%ig jede militärische Aktion Israels befürwortet, überfordern.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

🚨BREAKING: Dozens are now in the streets of Beit Lahia, chanting “Hamas out, out!” amid rising calls for protests against Hamas.

A massive anti-Hamas, anti-war protest is planned for tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. (Gaza time) in Beit Lahia.

[Dr. Meron Mendel @MeronMendel]

Wie Trump uns zwingt, die deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen neu zu denken, so muss auch die politische Beziehung zu Israel unter Netanjahu neu aufgestellt werden. Mein heutiger Kommentar in der @SZ zu 60 Jahre diplomatische Beziehungen 🇮🇱🇩🇪
https://t.co/hwYmqlrbWI

[Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي @NTarnopolsky]

💥Huge

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

Last year, a source of mine at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, told me that in early 2024, mysteriously, suddenly, and strangely, entire floor wings at the medical facility would be taken out of commission and would become off-limits to all regular Gazan patients. Upon investigating further, he learned that Hamas was taking over sections of the hospital, setting up shop to treat its soldiers and, shockingly, Israeli hostages, and using the installation as a miniaturized command and control node and hoping that the Israeli military wouldn’t find them out. I’m sharing this information publicly for the first time because I think it is critical to let the whole world know that Hamas continues to abuse medical facilities throughout the Gaza Strip. I asked my friends to provide me with more specifics & visual evidence, but they were unable to, especially after the IDF intensified its attacks on southern Gaza.

The post below confirms what everyone except the “pro-Palestine” movement has known: Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and other terrorists in Gaza continue to intimidate medical staff and seek to turn hospitals into terror operational centers. This particular Doctor, Mohammed Saqer, refused to let terrorists set up shop in his ward. He’s now being threatened by the “resistance” that’s so beloved and favored by so many who think this is helping the people of Gaza. Share this with the entire world so that honest, honorable Gazans trying to do the right thing can have a voice!

Tell the world that the so-called “resistance” in Gaza is a fraudulent, fascistic Iranian militia getting Gazans killed and destroying hopes for a rejuvenated Palestinian national project.

Down with Hamas!

[🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung]

Heute vor 140 Jahren: Am 13. April 1885 wurde Georg #Lukács in Budapest geboren.

#AnDiesemTag 🧵

[Dr. Meron Mendel @MeronMendel]

„Manchmal wirkt es so, als habe Elon Musk oder ein anderer Internettroll den X-Account der Botschaft übernommen“ https://t.co/zYDV5UuUVb

[Stefan Niggemeier @niggi]

„Wenn der Faschismus kommt, scheint noch immer die Sonne. ... Alles ist normal. Nur trans Menschen verlieren ihre Rechte. Und Asylsuchende. ... Und Behinderte. Und Muslime. Und Juden. Und linke Journalisten. Und dann andere Journalisten. Und ich. Und Sie.“ https://t.co/Ums3Ixn8k9

[Letter&Lametta @LamettaLetter]

RT @HenMazzig: Every day since October 7th, Karina Ariev's elderly grandfather has walked to the high school she attended.

There on the wa…

[Abu al-Daraja @AbuDaraja]

"Hamas, Habibi" - poster by some activists who currently occupy a university building in Berlin.

This type of "cosplay Leninism" - not identifying with peace, but with eternal struggle - did immeasurable harm to Gazans, Palestinians, and also Israelis.

[Patrick Gensing @PatrickGensing]

Die haben einen Wahlaufruf für die rechtsextreme AfD vom X-Inhaber und Vertrauten des künftigen US-Präsidenten in der "Weld" veröffentlicht - und tun so, als hätten sie einen verfolgten Dissidenten zu Wort kommen lassen, um einen offenen Diskurs zu retten.

#musk #afd #weld