More than 21,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a daily bombing campaign against the Strip. The war in Ukraine is entrenched and is advancing inexorably towards its second anniversary. In Sudan, nearly seven million people have been forced to … Read more
Berlin/Bremen (dpa) – After the controversial awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thought, Masha Gessen sticks to the comparison of the situation in Gaza with Jewish ghettos during the Nazi era. “The claim of the uniqueness of the Holocaust places it outside of history,” Gessen said on Monday in Berlin during a discussion … Read more
Gaza/New York (dpa) – Despite the devastating situation of civilians in the Gaza war, a draft resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire has failed in the UN Security Council. Although 13 of the 15 members of the UN body voted in favor in New York, the USA, as Israel’s ally, vetoed the draft introduced by … Read more
America is trying to distance itself from world leadership by focusing on internal problems, although everything around it is already in flames, most of all the situation with Venezuela. When Hamas attacked Israel in early October, it became abundantly clear that the war between Russia and Ukraine was not a local or even a regional … Read more
“We are ready to free more hostages in exchange for an extension of the ceasefire” for more days. The Hamas spokesman said he hoped it would be implemented on Wednesday. Israeli media, citing the prime minister’s office, reported that Israel received a list from Hamas with the names of hostages to be released. No comment … Read more
Density stress also moves beavers – now up to the railway embankment in Zurich-Oerlikon After the Limmat, the Sihl, the Glatt and the Leutschenbach, beavers have now also colonized the Binzmühlebach on the railway embankment in Zurich-Oerlikon. Their population has recently declined slightly across the canton. Beavers have settled in the Binzmühlebach on the railway … Read more
Washington (dpa) – After increasing reports of anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents at US educational institutions, the responsible authority is opening investigations against seven universities – including the elite universities of Columbia and Cornell. With the announcement, the US Department of Education is responding to an “alarming nationwide increase” in such reports since the Islamist Hamas … Read more
For more than a year, they have sometimes swapped their student uniforms for that of apprentice diplomats. In a few days, from November 18 to 22, sixteen middle school students from Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis will fly to New York (United States) where they will visit the headquarters of the United Nations (UN). . They will … Read more
10.11.2023 14:10 (Akt. 10.11.2023 14:10) As a result of the attempt by two men on Thursday morning to damage the Israel flag that was displayed in front of the Graz town hall, it will now be taken down at night. In addition, the town hall security service keeps an eye on it, and the flag … Read more
Berlin (dpa/bb) – Dozens of people, including students, came to a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Free University (FU) of Berlin on Friday afternoon. Participants in the rally waved Palestine flags and held banners reading “Stop the Genocide” and “Ceasefire now Stop the war.” The police counted around 160 participants. The call for the … Read more