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Martin Konečný

@martinkonecny.bsky.social
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Running EuMEP (European Middle East Project) in Brussels, promoting just & fact-based EU policy on Israel/Palestine. www.eumep.org

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CIDSE @cidse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1/5 Ahead of Monday's Foreign Affairs Council: the new CIDSE–EuMEP proposal lays out exactly how the EU can end trade with illegal Israeli settlements. 🔗 www.cidse.org/2026/07/09/h... 🧵
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How the EU Can End Trade with Illegal Israeli Settlements
A new CIDSE–EuMEP proposal shows the EU has the legal obligation and the tools to end trade with illegal Israeli settlements. PROPOSAL CIDSE and EuMEP have developed a detailed proposal to end...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My commentary together with Muriel Asseburg of @swp-berlin.org on why Germany should not oppose but actually support an international-law based EU ban on trade with Israel's illegal settlements www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...
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Weg frei für den Importstopp
Die EU hält Israels Siedlungen für völkerrechtswidrig – importiert deren Produkte aber weiter. Deutschland sollte umsteuern.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨As EU Commission puts out options to restrict trade with Israel's illegal settlements, we are today releasing our full proposal to ban such trade We show how the EU can concretely design & implement it – and why it's legally necessary By my org EuMEP & @cidse.bsky.social eumep.org/wp-content/u...
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Thijs Reuten @thijsreuten.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
On the West Bank occupation turned into annexation. Illegal settlements, literally making it unlivable for Palestinians or forcibly displaced them. Enough condemnations but never consequences or real pressure. Together with colleagues @catarina-europe.bsky.social en @tinekestrik.bsky.social…
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Spoke to @euronews.com podcast on Gaza and Trump's Board of Peace, alongside @lisamusiol.bsky.social www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Podcast: Israel opens Rafah crossing: What does this mean for Gaza?
Buses have been slowly bringing Palestinians in and out of the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, which had been closed since May 2024. What does this mean for the Israel–Hamas ceasefire pl...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Gaza vs. Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Should the EU Seek a Seat on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace? With my two cents alongside others
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Journalist: You've said Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza, since they destroyed almost the entire strip & civilian infrastructure? EU chief spox: It’s an interesting question, on which I have no comment at this stage.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Important move by the Commission & VDL. But one measure missing in the package is to ban trade with Israel's illegal settlements. While 5 member states are already moving to do so at national level. And while the EU could also do so as a trade measure by qualified majority.
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Roland Papp @rlndpapp.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I talked to @martinkonecny.bsky.social about the Israel- EU Association Agreement and the divided EU, which is unable to pressure the Israeli government ‪via its trade and research connections. nepszava.hu/3292930_mego...
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Megosztott az EU Izrael ügyében, pedig lenne lehetősége nyomást gyakorolni Benjamin Netanjahu kormányára
Szakértők szerint Izrael megsérti az EU és Izrael közötti egyezményt, mert nem tartja be az emberi jogi kötelezettségeit, ezért az Uniónak már régen lépnie kellett volna, de erre egyelőre esély sincs.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This is an overly positive take on the EU-Israel Gaza aid deal👇 Several points to make here:🧵 1. If this brings more aid to the starving Gazans through UN mechanisms - and I strongly hope it will - then it's a win that will save lives. But:
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Nathalie Janne @natjanne.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Comment Bart De Wever compte-t-il "améliorer la situation humanitaire" à #Gaza sans suspension de l'Accord d'association ou sanctions contre #Israël? Les condamnations 🇪🇺 n'ont jamais rien donné. Le Conseil d'association UE-Israël n'a rien donné. On attend sa recette miracle. #SuspendtheDeal
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Pour Bart De Wever, l’accord d’association UE-Israël n’a « pas grand-chose à voir » avec la situation humanitaire à Gaza
C’est ce qu’a affirmé le Premier ministre à son arrivée à Bruxelles pour un sommet européen. Il a déploré une situation humanitaire « inacceptable » dans le territoire palestinien.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
EU foreign ministers & ⁦‪@kajakallas.bsky.social‬⁩ this Monday: Let's park the discussion on any EU measures of pressure on Israel despite its breach of the Association Agreement, our first focus should be on dialogue with Israel to help get humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel:
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Coalition of NGOs challenging @ec.europa.eu and @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social for continuing to treat Israel as an "adequate" country for unrestricted transfers of EU personal data despite escalating human rights violations and disregard for international law
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"We are ashamed of you" - powerful open letter by 200 Maltese writers, academics, artists and activists calling out @president.europarl.europa.eu Roberta Metsola's silence on Gaza. openlettertorobertametsola.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/5/
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 03/06/2025
NEW STATEMENT | Europe on Gaza: Words Are Not Enough A rising chorus of European states have condemned #Israel’s military campaign in the #Gaza Strip. While much depends on Washington, European leaders have levers at their disposal to press for the war’s end. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Europe on Gaza: Words Are Not Enough | International Crisis Group
A rising chorus of European states have condemned Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip after months of siege and bombardment. While much depends on Washington, European leaders have levers at ...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Europe's dynamics on Gaza finally begin to shift, a human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. This is an opportunity to step out of Europe's self-imposed irrelevance and press Israel to reverse its devastating course. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný
A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputation, says Martin Konečný, head of the European Middle East Project
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Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Europe's pressure-free dialogue with #Israel has completely failed To step out from self-imposed irrelevance and try to prevent ethnic cleansing and annexation, the #EU must impose real costs on Israel's crimes, suspend the bilateral deal @martinkonecny.bsky.social: theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný
A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputation, says Martin Konečný, head of the European Middle East Project
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner – and that gives it leverage to finally change the course of this brutal war - superb piece by @nathalietocci.bsky.social related to the ongoing EU review www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Europe will never agree on Israel – but here’s a way it can act to help Gaza | Nathalie Tocci
The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner – and that gives it leverage to finally change the course of this brutal war, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
“It’s like standing in front of a burning building and asking for a review of whether there’s a fire” - @conoraon on EU’s review of Israel’s compliance with the human rights clause of the Association Agreement👌 www.newarab.com/analysis/eur...
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Is Europe finally taking action over Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
After 18 months of complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza, the EU has voted to review its free trade agreement with Tel Aviv. Critics say it’s too little, too late
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Finally - after decades of toothless EU statements calling the settlements illegal and destructive for peace, a first member state says hey, maybe we shouldn’t be trading with them. Where are the others?
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Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
On the preciousness of life: Some reflections on the murder of Jews in Washington and the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza peterbeinart.substack.com/p/on-the-pre...
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On the Preciousness of Life
Making Sense of Yesterday’s Horrifying Murder in Washington, DC
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Large coalition of governments rejects Israel's US-backed dystopian "aid" plan aimed at displacing and concentrating the Gaza population. Demands Israel to let aid in and allow UN & humanitarian orgs to do their work to deliver it to people across Gaza. www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/...
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Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza
Whilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid, Israel blocked humanitarian aid entering Gaza for over two months. Food, medicines and essential supplies are exhausted. The population…
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Leaders of UK, France, Canada: "We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Gov. pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank
Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Only when the EU started discussing the possibility of suspending the Association Agreement does Israel begin to take notice. Israeli cabinet discussion on whether to allow any aid into Gaza, according to Israeli broadcaster KAN (translation)👇 www.kan.org.il/content/kan-...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Promoting illegal settlements under the guise of academic cooperation: Prague is hosting a “Czech-Israeli university conference” with multiple speakers from the settler Ariel University that‘s banned from EU academic & research programs Erasmus and Horizon www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...
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Czech – Israeli University Conference - Institut pro politiku a společnost
This year’s edition, titled „Cooperation in Education, Science, and Technology Transfer,“ will focus on strengthening academic and industry partnerships between the two nations. It will be held under ...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Le Monde on shifts in the French Jewish community on Gaza www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Guerre à Gaza : des personnalités de la communauté juive française prennent position pour dénoncer la situation
Bravant ce qu’elle décrit comme une « injonction au silence », et par « amour d’Israël », la rabbine Delphine Horvilleur a dénoncé, dans une tribune publiée jeudi 8 mai, la « déroute politique » de l’...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Israeli human rights NGOs checked point by point how Israel responded to EU calls made at recent EU-Israel Association Council. They found "consistent and deliberate disregard" by Israel for EU positions. Highly relevant for current EU debate on Association Agreement. gisha.org/UserFiles/Fi...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This decision is a "mega-land grab" and a move towards "full-scale annexation". Peace Now on Israel's decision to resume, for the first time since 1967, land registration in the West Bank, a bureaucratic camouflage for massive theft of Palestinian land. peacenow.org.il/en/cabinet-d...
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The Cabinet Decides to Initiate Land Registration Process that would Dispossess Palestinians from their Lands the West Bank - Peace Now
On Sunday, 11/5/25, the Security Cabinet decided to initiate land registration process (also referred to as “land settlement process”) in Area C in the West Bank. The process of land registration dete...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🇵🇹Portugal backs the Dutch initiative to review the EU-Israel association agreement: “Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said that Portugal supports the Netherlands' proposal to review the association agreement between Israel and the EU.” www.tsf.pt/3393729451/s...
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"Situação dramática" em Gaza. Portugal "apoia" revisão do acordo de associação entre Israel e a UE
Em declarações à TSF, Paulo Rangel mostra-se "verdadeiramente preocupado", uma vez que "já não existe ajuda humanitária relevante desde que deixou de valer o acordo de cessar-fogo"
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Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
❗❗Important❗❗ As EU foreign ministers meet, the Netherlands requests a review of Israel’s compliance with the EU-Israel association agreement - highlighting Article 2 - Israel’s obligations under humanitarian law. In doing so, the Netherlands joins Spain, Ireland & Slovenia.
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Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block
Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
US to UN humanitarian agencies: give up your fundamental humanitarian principles for the sake of Israel's monstrous plan to concentrate and torment 2 million Palestinians in a tiny part of Gaza - or we'll slash your funding. www.timesofisrael.com/us-pressurin...
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US pressuring humanitarian groups to get behind Israeli aid plan for Gaza
Trump administration indicating to organizations, such as World Food Program, that their US funding could be slashed if they don't take part in initiative that is opposed by UN
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/05/2025
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Belgian N-VA (party of PM De Wever) announces support for Macron's plan to recognise Palestine www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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N-VA steunt plan van Frans president Macron om Palestijnse staat te erkennen | VRT NWS: nieuws
De N-VA steunt het plan van de Franse president Emmanuel Macron om Palestina als staat te erkennen. Dat zegt N-VA-voorzitter Valerie Van Peel in De Ochtend op Radio 1. Daarmee neemt de N-VA nu ook een...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This is a much needed move by the Netherlands and the way to go for the EU to apply meaningful pressure on Israel over Gaza. The EU-Israel Association Agreement is the main leverage the EU has. Other EU states must support this to prevent further Gaza catastrophe. @ministerbz.bsky.social
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
How Varhelyi, now EU Commissoner in charge of health and animal welfare, is dutifully sticking to his portfolio www.politico.eu/article/orba...
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Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan
Hungary’s EU commissioner is hindering the plan’s quick approval on Tuesday, despite obligations to act independently from Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly policies.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 05/05/2025
Russia isn’t just targeting Ukraine’s military. It’s waging a war against civilians — in homes, schools, hospitals. In a new legal analysis, Susan Farbstein and @humanrightshls.bsky.social examine how Russia’s aerial attacks meet the legal threshold for extermination, a crime against humanity.
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How to Eliminate a Nation: Russia’s Crime of Extermination in Ukraine
Prosecuting the crime of extermination is essential to deliver justice for Ukraine and protects civilians in armed conflict.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Among the most minimal things states can do beyond just issuing another statement of concern www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...
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Spain to boost funding for UN investigation into war crimes in Gaza
Situation in Gaza 'completely and absolutely unacceptable' amid Israeli aid blockade, says foreign minister - Anadolu Ajansı
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Worth noting: as part of this funding package, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's Commission pledges to continue funding UNRWA. €82m per year = same level as last year. EC as one of the largest funders continues to stand behind UNRWA, despite Israel's banning and US defunding of the agency.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Russia following Israeli playbook to justify the Sumy massacre. The difference is that Western governments and media are largely immune to this propaganda in this case. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
When Macron recognises Palestine, will Starmer follow suit? By our esteemed friend Sir Vincent Fean, former UK consul-general to Jerusalem, grounding the case for UK & French recognition in historical responsibility going back to the Sykes-Picot Agreement www.independent.co.uk/voices/macro...
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When Macron recognises Palestine, will Starmer follow suit?
Recognition of Palestine is not about taking sides, nor rewarding terrorism, nor delegitimising Israel – it is about parity, writes Sir Vincent Fean, the former British consul general to Jerusalem
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Willem Staes @willemstaes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
BREAKING: Belgian Minister of Justice @anneliesverlinden.bsky.social on ICC arrest warrants: "Belgium, as a state party, is legally obliged to carry out requests for arrest and transfer issued by the court." Also notes that immunity argument does not apply to Netanyahu. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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Minister van Justitie Annelies Verlinden: "Geen enkele reden om samenwerking met Internationaal Strafhof te veranderen"
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
2023: @kajakallas.bsky.social dismayed by Orban’s handshake with Putin after ICC arrest warrant: “How can you shake a criminal's hand?” 2025: Kallas too dismayed by Orban’s handshake with Netanyahu to say a word.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Orban is setting up Budapest as The Anti-Hague, seat of the International Criminal Club (ICC)
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
EU Parliament today adopted 2 interesting amendments tabled by the centre-right EPP, calling to: 1) Activate EU Blocking Statute to protect the ICC from US sanctions 2) Monitor & assess Israel's compliance with Article 2 (human rights clause) of EU-Israel Association Agreement
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
EU’s Kaja Kallas & co. on Syria: “It is also fundamental that all external actors fully respect Syria's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The EU condemns any attempts to undermine its stability and prospects for a peaceful and inclusive political transition.”
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
David Friedman, whose one and only mission is for Israel to annex and ethnically cleanse Palestine, is considered one of top contenders for post of US ambassador to the UN. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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The race for UN ambassador is on again, but some potential choices already saying no
Trump may disdain the world body, but the ambassadorship is likely too prominent a position to leave empty.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Dutch media investigation: Christian organisations in the Netherlands fund illegal settlers in the West Bank, incl. those sanctioned by the EU for violence. The funding goes for housing, security cameras, drones... t.co/58XTFFiMDU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgJfLLAa3Jo
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
One of the stunning revelations here is that the Trump team expects Europe to pay for its bombing of Yemen. Reminder: there would’ve been no renewed Houthi strikes had the US simply held Israel to stick to the Gaza ceasefire deal it had negotiated.
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Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
EU fudging the reality of Israel's unilateral breakdown of the Gaza ceasefire. Claiming Hamas' "refusal to hand over remaining hostages" plays straight into the lie pushed by Israeli govt to justify its renewed assault. Israel not even mentioned by name.🧵 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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