Ulrike Putz

German Journalist in Australia. Working for NZZ, NZZaS, Handelsblatt, Previously Beirut, Jerusalem, Delhi, Singapore, Yokohama. Berliner at heart.

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel | Israel | The Guardian —— https://t.co/FcGjizMjTP

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

In 2015 I met this Palestinian farmer, Abdel-Majeed, on the West Bank. Israeli settlers were attacking him and stealing his land, and I thought the situation was about as bad as it could get.

No, it has gotten much worse. I revisited him last week, during a week-long trip through Israel and the West Bank, and I found that settlers have burned his cars and destroyed his tractor. They have cut down his olive trees and set his sheep shed on fire. They tried to break into his house when his granddaughter was home. Now his wife is arguing that they should give up their home, for fear of being burned alive by settlers.

This is life on the West Bank today. It doesn't get as much attention as Gaza, but the situation is desperate. And the US is largely AWOL. I know it feels a long way away, but this is central to the Middle East crisis and is one reason I fear the crisis will get worse. Here's my report: https://t.co/3sQ0KsASPT

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

When the Gaza war ends, Israel's mainstream media will have a lot to answer for https://t.co/lgUmbp7owL.

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via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/aWujszqNgF

[Mathieu von Rohr @mathieuvonrohr]

Standing next to Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza saying: "We cannot stand by and watch Palestinians starve." https://t.co/1eDus7EK6n

[John Lyons @TheLyonsDen]

The Forever War

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy https://t.co/03nG9OoPQH

[Guillaume Huin @HuinGuillaume]

i've seen crazy ads in my life but NOTHING compares to this.

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/fgxGSzAvVs

[Yesh Din English @Yesh_Din]

Earlier today, dozens of settlers celebrated the holiday of Hanukkah by stealing crops from Palestinian-owned olive trees outside the village of Awarta. After the theft, which was escorted by Israeli soldiers, the settlers proceeded to cut down several trees.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Netanyahu encouraged Qatar to send "millions of dollars a month” to Gaza — “money that helped prop up the Hamas government there" -- because he calculated that the existence of Hamas would help him endlessly avoid negotiations for a Palestinian state. https://t.co/6yBoGThVma

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

I’m old enough to remember when a lot of these guys were denying the Nakba ever happened; there is a sudden shift to “yes it happened and now it’s going to happen again.”

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

'We're Rolling Out Nakba 2023,' Israeli Minister Says on Northern Gaza Strip Evacuation - Israel News - https://t.co/Cy08jSsdmi https://t.co/Aso0OdjkPY

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

It’s worth noting that Northern Ireland did not become peaceful by murdering every civilian who supported the IRA. Armed factions were brought to the table over and over and their legitimate political grievances were addressed. That is, in the end, the only way.

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

Water station for Narrabundah Playing Fields - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Nq7BRJ9PQa via @ChangeAUS

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If people are going to understand this latest conflict and see a path forward for everyone, we need to be more honest, nuanced and comprehensive about the recent decades of history in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank… well said. https://t.co/M1zmj9eCti

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

Grief is fuelling repression and racism in Israel. But our movement for peace is growing https://t.co/fnLEilIzsU

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

“While they are right to condemn Hamas, while they are right to call for the release of hostages, they have been silent — and their silence is complicity— in relation to crimes being committed against Palestinians.”

[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

It’s as if they want Palestinians in the West Bank to rise up

[Ulrike Putz @UliPutz]

….knowing they could stop the bombs, but chose not to. Not just yet; a little more death first… https://t.co/p1uhAgYzL1