Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social

Not so active on X anymore. You may find me on BlueSky.

[Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social @bitteham]

Partiledare och politiker som vill ha ett offentligt samtal utan hat och hot borde kanske lämna X. NYT:s stjärnreporter Maggie Haberman: ”Sociala medier kan fortfarande vara en plats för nyheter men /…/ är mest giftiga. Plattformarna är konstruerade för att du ska bli arg."

[Maria M Stenergard @MariaStenergard]

Sweden regrets the decision by the US to impose sanctions against the @IntlCrimCourt. Sweden and the EU stand firmly behind the ICC and its vital role in ensuring accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims of the most serious crimes of concern to us all.
Multilateralism and international institutions for ensuring accountability are needed more than ever at a time when violations of international law continue to cause immense suffering. Sweden will continue to support the ICC, its independence and its integrity.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

The UK stands with the International Criminal Court and we stand united with our partners in strongly disagreeing with sanctions imposed on the Court.

The ICC must be permitted to continue its critical work holding perpetrators of the most horrific international crimes to account.

[Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 @KSAmofaEN]

#Statement | The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the State of Qatar, and the Arab Republic of Egypt welcome the decision of the Government of the United Kingdom to ban the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to introduce restrictions on services linked to such settlements, and express the hope that this decision will help mobilize the international community to take similar actions in line with international law and hold accountable settlement organizations and individuals engaged in illegal settlement activities.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

מצבה הבינלאומי של ישראל נמצא בשפל היסטורי. בארה"ב מתפתחת הסכמה דו-מפלגתית על כך שמדיניות ממשלת נתניהו מנוגדת לאינטרס האמריקני ושיש לבחון מחדש את מערכת היחסים עם ישראל. לקואליציית נתניהו לא אכפת והאופוזיציה מפגינה בורות וניתוק לגבי המצב ��פחדנות לגבי השינוי הנחוץ במדיניות

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

A week and a half before October 7, 2023 UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Abu Dhabi and spoke with him for 45 minutes.

In that conversation, bin Zayed warned that Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel.

Bin Zayed urged Netanyahu to take the situation seriously. To his surprise, however, the prime minister reacted with relative calm. Netanyahu said that, in his assessment, Hamas intended to operate in the West Bank area, and he reassured bin Zayed that Israel was prepared for any scenario.

🔗https://t.co/ptN5tisEMe

[Daoud Kuttab داود كُتّاب @daoudkuttab]

my friend the former NY times reporter in Gaza offered this article to major London, NY and DC newspapers they all turned her down. Haaretz published it
https://t.co/bQyyj9u0iX

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

“Israel is trying to make life in the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians.”

In an interview with @IsaCNN for @CNN, B’Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak said: “The extensive killing is the most extreme manifestation of a policy inflicting widespread harm, and no onedemands accountability from Israel for its actions.”

From October 2023 through July 27, 2026, Israel killed 1,100 Palestinians in the West Bank. Of those, 37 were killed by Israeli settlers.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Maggie Haberman spent an hour with him in the Oval Office in March and came away with a number. Seventy percent of his mind share, by her estimate, goes to the renovations. The ballroom. The arch. He interrupted an unrelated meeting to call Emmanuel Macron and ask what it is like to stand under the actual Arc de Triomphe, whether it has a visitor's desk, whether people jump off it. Someone had asked him what should go on top of his own version. He was deciding between that and a giant gold cast of his own fist from Butler.

Meanwhile nobody around him seems fully certain he understands how depleted American munitions are after this war he started with Iran, a live open question from a reporter who has covered him for a decade.

There is no policy agenda left, by Haberman's own account. No immigration bill in the works, no legislative program, nothing beyond retribution and construction. He is not governing a country right now so much as decorating a legacy he has already decided he deserves.

[Financial Times @FT]

Are Americans souring on Israel?

The polls say they are, and fast too. Sixty per cent of Americans now view Israel unfavourably. A sea change in what used to be perhaps the most pro-Israel country on Earth, says John Reed, the FT’s explainer editor. https://t.co/yWUjMPyEfE

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

This is why you don’t start a war without clearly defining your desired end state, outlining how that end state will be achieved, anticipating how the enemy will react, & specifying the metrics by which you’ll know you’ve achieved the end state.

Otherwise, you will inevitably end up with what we have now—a bombing campaign in search of a strategy.

[Sherwin Bryce-Pease @sherwiebp]

USA calls on all Rome Statute members to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

It’s an odd collection of countries opposing the appointment of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - against a vast majority of member countries.

[Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social @bitteham]

A must read.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In a new report, David D. Kirkpatrick writes about the Biden Administration’s handling of the war in Gaza—and the top officials who now express regret about it. “Virtually everyone involved thought that Israel was killing more Palestinians than was necessary to achieve any legitimate objective,” Kirkpatrick notes. “What surprised me the most was the vast gulf between what the Biden Administration knew internally and what they said to the Israelis privately, and, on the other hand, what they said and did publicly.” Read his investigation: https://t.co/c2f1WcEEOj

[Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social @bitteham]

An urgent call to help stopping pogroms on the West Bank.

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Urgent call to the international community to take immediate action to stop Israel's violence and prevent pogroms by settler militias and the Israeli army across the West Bank.

In recent days, violence by settler militias, enabled and supported by the Israeli army, has escalated across the West Bank, including the torching and destruction of Palestinian property, and the forced expulsion of families and communities. These attacks have been met with silence and inaction from much of the international community, allowing the violence to continue and intensify.

Today's event in the village of Tell (Area B) when a settlers' "tour" in the village ended with the killing of at least 4 Palestinians and 1 settler and several people injured is leading to escalated violence in the area with settlers, ministers, and Knesset members calling for further revenge attacks which already started across the West Bank. Experience shows that these events can escalate quickly into mass pogroms when met with silence.

We call the international community to act now. Immediate pressure must be placed on Israel to stop further attacks, prevent pogroms and further killings, and ensure the protection of Palestinians, in accordance with Israel's obligations under international law.

Adalah; Akevot; Bimkom; Breaking the Silence; B’Tselem; Emek Shaveh; Gisha; HaMoked; Haqel; Human Rights Defenders Fund; Ir Amim; Leap; MachsomWatch; Parents Against Child Detention; Peace Now; Physicians for Human Rights Israel; Rabbis for Human Rights; UCPIP; Yesh Din; Zazim

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In a new report, David D. Kirkpatrick writes about the Biden Administration’s handling of the war in Gaza—and the top officials who now express regret about it. “Virtually everyone involved thought that Israel was killing more Palestinians than was necessary to achieve any legitimate objective,” Kirkpatrick notes. “What surprised me the most was the vast gulf between what the Biden Administration knew internally and what they said to the Israelis privately, and, on the other hand, what they said and did publicly.” Read his investigation: https://t.co/c2f1WcEEOj

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

BREAKING: ICC Member States Dismiss Chief Prosecutor https://t.co/dSQKZe42Oq

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Urgent call to the international community to take immediate action to stop Israel's violence and prevent pogroms by settler militias and the Israeli army across the West Bank.

In recent days, violence by settler militias, enabled and supported by the Israeli army, has escalated across the West Bank, including the torching and destruction of Palestinian property, and the forced expulsion of families and communities. These attacks have been met with silence and inaction from much of the international community, allowing the violence to continue and intensify.

Today's event in the village of Tell (Area B) when a settlers' "tour" in the village ended with the killing of at least 4 Palestinians and 1 settler and several people injured is leading to escalated violence in the area with settlers, ministers, and Knesset members calling for further revenge attacks which already started across the West Bank. Experience shows that these events can escalate quickly into mass pogroms when met with silence.

We call the international community to act now. Immediate pressure must be placed on Israel to stop further attacks, prevent pogroms and further killings, and ensure the protection of Palestinians, in accordance with Israel's obligations under international law.

Adalah; Akevot; Bimkom; Breaking the Silence; B’Tselem; Emek Shaveh; Gisha; HaMoked; Haqel; Human Rights Defenders Fund; Ir Amim; Leap; MachsomWatch; Parents Against Child Detention; Peace Now; Physicians for Human Rights Israel; Rabbis for Human Rights; UCPIP; Yesh Din; Zazim

[Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social @bitteham]

Också imponerad över hur han verkade in i det sista genom sina böcker, essäer och ett Sommarprat som berör på djupet.

[Bitte Hammargren @bitteham.bsky.social @bitteham]

Djupt berörd av Martin Kraghs bortgång. När jag kom till UI 2016 var det han som fick mig att bättre förstå Ukrainas historia och vad de kämpade för, bland annat genom de personligheter från Ukraina och den ryska oppositionen som han bjöd in. https://t.co/oYfAT4fW1b

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

JD Vance says Israel is 'losing the battle' for U.S. public opinion https://t.co/ttu0guugAy