Albrecht Metzger

Islamwissenschaftler, Kriminologe, Klärungshelfer.

[Albrecht Metzger @me28954]

Plüschpanzer mit Erektion.

[Anka Feldhusen @AnkaFeldhusen]

At the end of a long and busy day with my new favorite toy, given to me today by a wonderful mayor of a town under Russian occupation a year ago. #StandWithUkraine

[Jules El-Khatib @ju_khatib]

In Potsdam organisiert die Jewish Agency for Israel und bewirbt die Veranstaltungen mit einer Karte von Großisrael, inklusive Gazas, des Westjordanlands und des Golans, also Israel vom "Fluss bis zum Meer" ohne Palästina. Gefördert wird das Ganze vom Bundesinnenministerium.

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

After 4.5 years of boycotting diplomacy and chanting that weapons are the path to peace, Germany now announces that it is ready for talks. If they start with the Charter of Paris for a New Europe (1990) as the point of departure for the talks—before NATO expansion set us on a collision course—then we could have fruitful talks with positive-sum solutions. End the war!

[Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski]

Ukrainian parliament member confirms findings of my open access book that Russian forces withdrew from Kyiv Region and other parts of Central and Northern Ukraine as result of Istanbul peace deal framework. https://t.co/rSBt88p5vh

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Wow!
We are now starting to see the repercussions of the revelations that Netanyahu knew about intelligence of a pending Hamas attack weeks before Oct 7 but chose not only to do nothing, but also not to share the intel with Israeli intelligence services.

Now, the father of one of the Israelis killed at the NOVA Festival accuses one of Netanyahu's ministers - Miri Regev - of rescuing her own daughter at 4.45am on Oct 7 while leaving everyone else there to die.

The official story is that Netanyahu didn't know about the attack until 6:29 that morning. Yet one of his ministers pulled her daughter out of the festival at 4.45am...

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

No matter where you stand on Ukraine, you'd have to recognize this is extremely problematic.

Not even 3 months ago this guy was Ukraine's Minister of Defence, meaning in charge of weapons procurement, including from Palantir - the company whose CEO is now the lead investor in his new private venture.

That alone should raise eyebrows, and not in a small way...

But also think about it from a European taxpayer's standpoint.

EU taxpayers have given literally hundreds of billions to Ukraine's war effort, much of it spent buying American defense technology - including from Palantir.

And now the expertise that spending generated is being privatized by those same Americans, and will likely be sold back to Europeans as a product.

There is a common talking point in Europe that goes "sure we're spending an eyewatering amount of money to support Ukraine but it's also an investment in European strategic autonomy - Ukraine's battlefield innovations will feed Europe's future defense capacity."

I'm not making it up, that's a real argument made by serious people, for instance the German Council on Foreign Relations (https://t.co/cPts72NyMl): "The defense-industrial integration of Ukrainian innovation with European production and funding capacity bears huge potential for Europe’s collective security. Increased cooperation would give the EU and Ukraine greater autonomy from the US."

This deal illustrates perfectly just how wrong that argument is turning out to be. The first major privatization of Ukraine's defense expertise is... an American-owned startup.

Lastly there is the Palantir angle, a company so problematic that many, if not most, major European countries - such as France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and even Germany - are actively cutting ties with it, citing threats to data sovereignty and national security.

And yet somehow the man who ran Ukraine's defense with Europe's money - the single most expensive investment Europe made in several generations - is delivering the fruits of that investment to Palantir's CEO in a private deal.

Make it make sense 🤷

So, long story short, this is yet another chapter in what is becoming Europe's defining story: being the incompetent sucker in the room.

[Iran Talks @theirantalks]

🔴Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, Dr. Kazem Gharibabadi, breaks down the collapse of the Islamabad MOU and explains why the Strait is now a core pillar of Iran's national security.

From blatant U.S. violations to emerging internal debates over the NPT,
watch the full interview to understand the definitive decisions shaping the region’s future.

🇬🇧+English Subtitle

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, calls for a total blockade of Iran, warns against a ceasefire, and says the US shouldn’t be deterred by economic costs of the war.

Clark told CNN that the US should patiently “isolate the country, squeeze the borders, go after the strait, make the blockade 100% around Iran,” predicting that once the IRGC “start to lose, they will come back to the table.”

He added that air and naval power, including unmanned vessels, could largely eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten shipping around the Strait of Hormuz without deploying US ground troops, but it “won’t happen instantly.”

[Marta Havryshko @HavryshkoMarta]

This is a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who posted a photo of himself on Facebook wearing a patch of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking".

This Waffen-SS unit participated in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front, including in Ukraine.

To remove any possible doubt about his ideological sympathies, he also has a giant tattoo of the Nazi eagle on his body.

So, what's @LauraLoomer take on this?

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

One thing I really love about Ukraine is I haven’t seen a single Muslim here.

It’s so refreshing. I am told there are Muslims in Ukraine but I notice they aren’t dominating public spaces the way they do in other parts of Europe.

Russia can’t say the same. Neither can the United States which has allowed unruly and violent Muslims to infiltrate our political institutions and pollute our country like a an incurable disease.

It’s very clean and orderly here. That probably has a lot to do with it.

[Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine Moshe Azman @RabbiUkraine]

I had the honor of welcoming @LauraLoomer —one of the most famous American political bloggers, whose views have a significant influence on the U.S. audience and who is well known for her close ties to President Donald Trump—to the Central Synagogue of Ukraine

It is particularly valuable that Laura came to Ukraine in person. Previously, as she herself has publicly acknowledged, many of her perceptions of Ukraine were shaped by Russian propaganda. Like many people around the world, she was particularly troubled by Russia’s claims of alleged “Nazism” in Ukraine and the plight of the Jewish community here. That is precisely why she decided to come here to see everything with her own eyes.

The conversation was candid. I told Lori the truth about this terrible war—about the daily Russian shelling, the children and civilians killed, the destroyed cities and villages, and the pain that Ukrainian families endure every day. I also shared my own personal tragedies—what I myself and our community have had to go through during these years of war.

We also talked a lot about the lives of Jews in Ukraine. I explained that the Jewish community lives here openly, freely practices its faith, restores synagogues, builds Jewish schools, helps people, and is an integral part of Ukrainian society. Unfortunately, it is Russian propaganda that has, for many years, tried to impose a completely false image of the situation in Ukrainian society on the world.

I’m glad that Laura came specifically to see everything with her own eyes and to understand what the heroic people of Ukraine are going through today.

As a memento of our meeting, I gave Laura a copy of my book, *Between Miracle and Reality*. I hope it will help her gain an even deeper understanding of life in Ukraine, its people, and the true miracles we are now witnessing

I sincerely thank Laura for her courage in coming here despite all the dangers, and for her desire to seek the truth!

May the Almighty bless her, grant her wisdom, health, and protection, and help her always stand on the side of truth and justice!

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Laura Loomer’s extraordinary about-turn this week – from a provocateur who frequently said she did not care about the Russian invasion to a Ukrainian sympathiser cosying up to Zelensky – is the clearest sign yet that Maga has changed its mind on the war

@connorstringer and @Barnes_Joe look at why this change has happened ⤵️
https://t.co/1uZyi7lqTM

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Several days ago, I received a threatening letter informing me that I am "moving up on 'the List," and that I am "fucked."

The letter calls me a "kapo," indicating its authorship by a Zionist fanatic, possibly affiliated with an outfit like JDL Brotherhood 613, or from Betar dead-enders who advocate violence against perceived enemies of Israel.

I opened this letter as Israel-backed Trump admin allies like Laura Loomer portrayed me as a national security threat and demanded my persecution for reporting from Iran, and as the Trump admin harassed me by illegally seizing my phones.

I am not the only person to have received these letters. Howard Heath, a state representative in New Hampshire who is campaigning for Congress on a pledge to cut off military aid to Israel, also reported receiving a letter from the same "Yoor Dedmeet."

The return address applied to the letter is the field office of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian member of Congress. To me, this indicates that she and her staff could also be targets of whichever malicious individual or group sent the letter.

I have filed a report with local police and informed the US Postal Service Inspector of this threatening letter.

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Russian propaganda is real.

Nazism is literally illegal in Ukraine. I didn’t know this till I came here.

Technically, Ukriane has stronger anti-Semitism laws than the US. I met several rabbis in Ukraine who fled Russia because the state had the KGB investigate them for being Jewish.

Zelenskyy is also Jewish and told me on camera during our interview Nazism is illegal in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russia Today amplifies the podcasts of every Holocaust denier in America.

When Russia is hit with more sanctions, RT should be banned.

@elonmusk X is an American company. If Russia is sanctioned, their X account should not be allowed to show up in the US.

[Marta Havryshko @HavryshkoMarta]

MAGA Influencer @LauraLoomer Laura Loomer: "You can be arrested and jailed in Ukraine for promoting Third Reich materials and Nazism."

Let's show Laura the official (!) insignia and patches of some of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, commanded by her new buddy Zelensky.

Pay close attention to the images and unit names.

I would recommend that Laura's team read my Responsible Statecraft article, "Ukraine's Military Has a Real Nazi Problem," before making any more embarrassing statements.

[Marta Havryshko @HavryshkoMarta]

As Zelensky embraces one of MAGA's biggest stars—and his entire propaganda machine fawns over her, portraying her as Ukraine's greatest friend— @LauraLoomer can't seem to keep her racism and chauvinism in check, even while visiting Ukraine.

A reminder to the esteemed influencer: Ukraine is a multiethnic nation, and Muslims are part of it.

Muslims are fighting in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and giving their lives for this country, while Loomer tours carefully staged 'Potemkin villages' and manufactures an alternative reality about Ukraine for her 🇺🇸followers.

[Curt Mills @CurtMills]

Quite the listen

[זירת החדשות @ZiratNews]

מה קרה לטראמפ? אורי גלר טוען שייתכן ונעשה שימוש נגד הנשיא בטכנולוגיה מתקדמת שמשפיעה על תפקוד המוח האנושי.

[Julia Klaus @julia__klaus]

Nach seiner Machtdemonstration beim #AfD-Parteitag pusht Björn #Höcke ein weiteres Alternativmedien-Projekt. Dieses Mal: der „Radiosender“ #Kontrafunk des rechten Podcasters Burkhard Müller-Ullrich. Was ist das und warum macht Höcke das gerade jetzt? 🧵1/6

[Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen]

Beautiful sight

[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

Well, the Biden administration had the opportunity to do a deal in its first six months in office but it decided to double down on Trump’s maximum pressure strategy. Back then the WH thought Trump’s maximum pressure and demanding surrender from Iran was a great idea. They wished they had come up with it. It realized too late (and after the Iran realized Biden was no different from Trump and went to 60%) that was a mistake. The Biden team is very responsible for the mess Iran’s nuclear issue has become.