Josef Kraus

Írán, Střední východ a Masarykova univerzita, bezpečnost, politologie.
Co víc si člověk může přát?

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@JaroslavBendos Tak pokud člověk nemá žádné znalosti o Rašínovi, makroekonomii či tom, co provádí Aleš Michl, mohlo by to být možné.

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

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[Arya Yadeghaar (Backup) @AryJeayBackup]

Gheysar, a famous Los Angeles-based Iranian singer, returned to Iran.

The singer had publicly expressed his disgust at the behaviour & stances of the Iranian diaspora regarding the war on Iran.

During the war, he kept expressing support for Iran.

Now, he has returned to Iran after many years & joined the Eid Ghadir gathering today in Tehran.

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

Íránská diaspora nejsou jen fanatičtí stoupenci Rezy Pahlavího. Stále více popkulturních celebrit se vrací z exilu a pořádá vystoupení v Íránu, třeba jako tady Qeysar žijící v Los Angeles a od začátku protestující proti bombardování své domoviny. Nezpívá o lásce, ale patriotismu.

[yaser aghayi 🇩🇪🎒 @ya3er_ap]

اولین اجرای قیصر خواننده لس‌آنجلسی کف تهروون
#وطن_پرست

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

s turbanem. Tradiční dělení společnosti přestalo platit. Otázkou je, jak dlouho tento efekt vydrží tváří v tvář ekonomickým těžkostem a pádivé inflaci. Návraty exulantů ale patří mezi nejzajímavější epizody celé této podivné situace.

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@tuheheheh @CT24zive LOL

[Jan Daniel @al_horalistani]

Včerejší turbulentní vývoj ohledně Trumpovy stopky pro rozšíření izraelských útoků na Libanon jsme stihli pokrýt jen okrajově.
Povedlo se nám ale probrat humanitární dopady současného konfliktu, jeho historický vývoj a podobu izraelských útoků.

Díky za pozvání @MartinJonas19

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING: Iran has suspended negotiations with the United States due to ceasefire violations

An Iranian official told Tasnim:

— Due to repeated ceasefire violations and the current situation in Lebanon, all contact with the US side has been suspended

— Talks will remain suspended until all terms of the ceasefire are met

— Iran is also considering completely blocking the Strait of Hormuz again, as well as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Satellite images analysed by BBC Verify indicate that Iranian strikes have damaged at least 20 US military sites across eight Middle Eastern countries since the war began.

The attacks hit air defence systems, surveillance aircraft, fuel depots, and communications infrastructure, causing billions of dollars in damage.

Analysts say the strikes appear more precise and extensive than US officials have publicly acknowledged.

Source: BBC

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@VojtaMT To jsou to takovéty prázdné morální pózy od lidí, co tu zemi ani nenajdou na mapě.

[Jan Daniel @al_horalistani]

"In Gaza, all men of military age were deemed legitimate targets. “And military age is really open to interpretation,” said Jonathan. “It could be from 16 to 60 or even younger...Most of the people that my unit killed were not armed..."

https://t.co/JRNv4lDgXO

[Marek Čejka @CejkaMarek]

O íránském chaosu přehledně se @surowicz - BLÍZKOVÝCHODNÍ PODCAST № 40

plus také:
👉 Nekončící humanitární krize Gazy 🇵🇸
👉🏽Peripetie izraelské předvolební politiky 🇮🇱
👉🏿 Nejistota a destrukce Libanonu 🇱🇧
https://t.co/xigWKxtPtN

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@MarekVondrak @CT24zive 🤡🤌

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@tuheheheh Vzájemně se tim kluci legitimizují…

[Global War Desk @GlobalNewsHQI]

🚨 BREAKING:

🇴🇲 Oman is making its move.

The Sultan of Oman has signed an executive decree to expand trade and deepen economic cooperation with Iran — a major signal that Muscat is betting on closer ties with Tehran despite growing regional pressure.

As the Middle East shifts, Oman appears determined to strengthen its partnership with Iran rather than distance itself.

The balance of power in the Gulf may be changing faster than many expected.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

“My name is Amos Goldberg. I am an Israeli Professor of Holocaust Studies. For nearly 30 years I have researched and taught the Holocaust, genocide and state violence.

And I want to tell whoever is willing to listen that what’s happening now in Gaza is a genocide.

A year ago when October 7th happened, like all Israelis I was in shock. It was a war crime and a crime against humanity. 1200 people - more than 800 of them civilians - were killed in one day. Children and the elderly were among those taken hostage. Communities were destroyed. It was outrageous, traumatizing, personal. Like most Israelis, I know people who were killed, who lost loved ones or whose loved ones were taken hostage.

But immediately afterwards came Israel’s response and within weeks thousands of civilians were killed in Gaza. It took me some time to digest what was unfolding before my eyes. It was agonizing to confront that reality. I was reluctant to call it a genocide.

But if you read Raphael Lemkin – the Jewish-Polish legal scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ and was the major driving force behind the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention – what is happening in Gaza now is exactly what he had in mind when he spoke about genocide.

It does not need to look like the Holocaust to be a genocide. Each genocide looks different and not all involve killing of millions or the entire group. The United Nations Genocide Convention explicitly asserts that genocide is the act of deliberately destroying a group in whole or in part. Those are the words.

But there does need to be a clear intent.

And indeed, there are clear indications of intent to destroy Gaza: Israel’s leaders - including the prime minister and the minister of defence - and many high-ranking military officers, media personalities, rabbis, as well as ordinary soldiers were very open about what they wanted to achieve. There were countless documented incitements to turn the whole of Gaza into rubble and claims that there are no innocent people living there.

A radical atmosphere of dehumanization of the Palestinians prevails in Israeli society to an extent that I can’t remember in my 58 years of living here.

Now that vision has been enacted. Tens of thousands of innocent children, women and men have been killed. Over a hundred thousand were wounded. There is a near total destruction of infrastructure, intentional starvation and blocking of humanitarian aid. There are mass graves and reliable testimony of summary executions. Children that were shot by snipers. All the universities and almost all hospitals are gone. Almost all the population is displaced. There have been numerous bombings of civilians in so-called ‘safe zones’. Gaza does not exist anymore. It is completely destroyed. Thus, the outcome fits perfectly with the stated intentions of Israel’s leadership.

Lemkin - that scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ - described two phases of a genocide. The first is the destruction of the annihilated group and the second is what he called ‘imposition of the national pattern’ of the perpetrator. We are now witnessing the second phase as Israel prepares ethnically cleansed areas for Israeli settlements.

And therefore, I have come to the conclusion that this is exactly what a genocide looks like. We don’t teach about genocides in order to realize it retrospectively. We teach about it in order to prevent it and to stop it.

But like in every other case of genocide in history right now we have mass denial. Both here in Israel and around the world.

But reality cannot be denied.

So yes, it is a genocide.

And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.”

- Statement to Led By Donkeys, December 2024
- Photo: Parliament Square, London, 8.40am, 4th December 2024

[Hamidreza Azizi @HamidRezaAz]

This is a significant development. Although the deal to deliver these systems was signed before the war, it may indicate a potentially more assertive #Iran-ian foreign policy in the South Caucasus, especially in light of the growing security partnership between Azerbaijan and #Israel.

In other words, the fact that what was supposed to be a secret deal has now become public is, in itself, quite significant.

[Josef Kraus @surowicz]

@MercuryBarbora Tohle je naprosto dokonale!