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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quote from an article about @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social win in the Berlin election in @tagesspiegel.de Full article: www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/judis...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

PJA event at Spore Initiative on Palestinian-Jewish co-resistance and the university on 24th September Read our position paper on the topic here: pja-verein.de/on-solidarit... Info on the event: spore-initiative.org/en/programmi... @sporeinitiative.bsky.social

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Film Review: 'NAZA' turns Israeli military testimony into evidence, offering an inside account of the decisions, command structures and intent behind Gaza's war:

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A documentary, a deposition, a record: Why NAZA matters

Film Review: ’NAZA’ turns Israeli military testimony into evidence, offering an inside account of the decisions, command structures and intent behind Gaza’s war

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“We are still hearing voices from under the rubble, so there is still hope to find people.” They are digging with their bare hands to rescue whoever they can, because Israel doesn't let in the necessary equipment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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At least 16 killed after building in Gaza City damaged by Israeli strikes collapses

Rescue workers say search for dozens of people hampered by lack of heavy machinery

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"According to Macklemore, Sheeran was under pressure from stadium owners rallied by Robert Kraft (...) to drop Macklemore from the tour, lest the English singer be barred from their venues." An all too familiar story www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech

The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium show

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"This report shows how Israel is implementing this mechanism of elimination through five main domains: violence and intimidation, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, social and political destruction, and ethnic cleansing and territorial takeover." www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Germany is back before the ICJ over allegations of complicity in genocide. As the Nicaragua v. Germany case returned to The Hague this week, The New Arab spoke to international law expert Dr. Nahed Samour about what’s at stake. by @ralhindi.bsky.social

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is one of those "better than nothing/better late than never" things that those 12 countries deserve no applause for. Over two years after the ICJ's advisory opinion on the unlawfulness of the occupation as a whole. And yet, even this Germany refuses to do www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...

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UK, France among 12 states backing sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements

Israel ⁠is closing Britain's consulate in occupied East Jerusalem as part of its retaliatory measures.

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In this radio commentary, speaking on Nicaragua v Germany at ICJ, I argue that Germany's historical responsibility lies within the obligations of the genocide convention @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy Listen here⬇️ www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/nie-wieder-f...

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"Nie wieder" - für wen?

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Most of Germany is rightfully horrified by a far-right party almost gaining an absolute majority in Sachsen-Anhalt. The simultaneous disinterest in a possible breach of the genocide convention is mystifying, to say the least. Nicaragua v Germany at the ICJ this week www.un.org/unispal/docu...

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 28/08/2026

For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible. By @hahauenstein.bsky.social Read more: www.972mag.com/michael-bare...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“The statements made by Israeli politicians are not, in themselves, the main issue. The real problem is that they reflect an actual policy aimed at eradicating Palestinians as a group.” Article in @freitag.de on Germany's reaction to recent statements by Ben Gvir www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...

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Wert(e)los: Deutschlands ungebrochene Unterstützung für Israel

Während deutsche Politiker Ben-Gvirs Aussagen verurteilen, bleibt die realpolitische Unterstützung Israels ungebrochen. Der Künstler Michael Barenboim sieht trotzdem einen kleinen Lichtblick in der de...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Politicians in Germany and elsewhere were outraged by Ben Gvir demanding the killing of 30-40 people per day in Gaza. But Israel actually really killing Palestinians in Gaza on a daily basis (even if not on that scale) doesn't cause any outrage whatsoever www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260818-isr...

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Israeli drone strike on crowded Gaza cafe kills 6 Palestinians, eyewitnesses say

Six Palestinians were killed, including a child, and over 12 others were injured Tuesday by an Israeli drone strike that targeted a crowded cafe in the port of Gaza City, Anadolu reports. In the im…

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

From an article on @mediapart.fr Fortissimo, and crescendo! (And it doesn't end with the prime minister) www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“It just seems that there’s very harsh conditions that seem unwarranted for the scale of the fact that these people haven’t harmed people.” The Ulm 5 trial still seems to get less German mainstream media coverage than international mainstream media coverage www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial

Irish politicians concerned about Daniel Tatlow-Devally’s treatment in jail want Micheál Martin to send observers to Ulm 5 trial

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Here's a report by Tagesschau, Germany's primary news outlet, on living conditions in Gaza. In 8 paragraphs, it manages not to mention Israel, who have imposed living conditions on Palestinians that are designed to destroy them as a group. @tagesschau.bsky.social www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...

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Hitzewelle im Gazastreifen: "Die Zelte sind wie stickige Backöfen"

Hunderttausende Menschen leben noch immer in Notunterkünften in Gaza-Stadt. Krankheiten, Ungeziefer und verunreinigtes Wasser belasten ihre Gesundheit - bei Temperaturen von rund 40 Grad. Von Jörg Pop...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“Dr Segal had the courage to sound the alarm to try to prevent Israel’s genocide of Palestinians,” /said Maria LaHood,deputy legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.“And for this,the University of Minnesota administration(...)revoked his job offer” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000

The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

To be blunt: this language is not acceptable to be used about human beings, and the fact that the Tagesschau, Germany's main TV news outlet, sees fit to do so on their YouTube channel tells you basically everything you need to know about mainstream media in Germany @tagesschau.bsky.social

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

These coordinated smear campaigns (in the following thread by @tilojung.bsky.social ), including lies and misquotes, only show that the argument itself is lost. That's not going to save a single Palestinian life, but it's worth noting nonetheless.

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

" (...) from a rule-of-law perspective, it is deeply problematic that someone can be barred from entering the country over a political statement that is not a criminal offence — and then be denied access to the files."

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/07/2026

#Gaza: On July 25, seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza. Eight wounded patients were referred to our field hospital in Al Zawayda, Deir al-Balah. Across Palestine, people are under constant attack from Israeli forces. This is not a #ceasefire. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ag...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The next round of: German mainstream media v reality

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Germany's suppression of pro-Palestine voices (including my own, with examples), the misuse of Holocaust memory to justify complicity in atrocity crimes, the need to centre Palestian perspectives, and more ⬇️ @972mag.com @972mag.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social www.972mag.com/michael-bare...

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‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’

For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible.

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Yossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mamdani in einem Interview mit der New York Times. Das passt eins zu eins auch auf deutsche Politiker*innen, die in privaten Gesprächen von Apartheid in der Westbank und Genozid in Gaza sprechen, aber öffentlich dazu schweigen.

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Two years on, this grotesque convergence – total narrative victory coexisting with the unhindered erasure of Palestinian life – reveals that the issue was never a lack of facts or a failure of empathy" www.equator.org/articles/mor...

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Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity • EQUATOR

Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 15/07/2026

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City. By Basel Adra www.972mag.com/israel-hebro...

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‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Man würde meinen, dass die Strafanzeige von Anna Liedtke wegen mutmaßlicher Vergewaltigung durch Gefängniswärterinnen in Israel auch deutschen Mainstreammedien eine Meldung wert wäre...? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention

Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Our support of this vital HU student initiative (...) is also emblematic of our commitment to the institutions and norms of international law - the relevance of which is increasingly being called into question in Germany." Read PJA's statement here⬇️ pja-verein.de/public-state...

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PJA Statement on HU Student Parliament Resolution, "Solidarity with Palestine - End HUs Involvement in the Genocide" - Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics

We support the student parliament at Humboldt University which on July 9, 2026 passed a resolution demanding that their institution end all of its institutional …

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is a very well known article by Edward Said. If the German Bundesrat gets its way, and a law criminalizing the denial of Israel's "right to exist" passes the Bundestag, quoting from this could put you in jail for up to 5 years. www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/m...

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The One-State Solution (Published 1999)

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

According to the findings, there is a "custom or practice" that performers ask for permission before making statements from the stage, and that "the MSO would have taken the same actions if Mr Gillham had expressed a political belief in support of Israel” Absurd www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra over Gaza comments

Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“There can be no doubt in anyone who reads today’s report that every international legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children and they need to be held accountable,” Commissioner Chris Sidoti said news.un.org/en/story/202...

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Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds

Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent c...

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medico international @medico2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"Das Vorgehen Israels ist nicht zu rechtfertigen. Wir dürfen die offene Drohung, den Südlibanon zu zerstören wie den Gazastreifen, nicht hinnehmen. Das geht auch an die deutschen Entscheidungstragenden: Wir müssen handeln, bevor es zu spät ist!" @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social 1/3

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I will be in Tbilisi participating in @zegfest.bsky.social With @kuminaidoo.bsky.social @zeldaperkins.bsky.social Aïda Delpuech, Nadia Beard, Kirsten Dawes, Seema Jilani, and Natalia Antelava. Read about the three events I'm in here. Looking forward! www.zegfest.com/program-zeg-...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"our co-resistance seeks to expose, not conceal, structures of oppression and dismantle the discourses and policies that sustain inequality and dispossession." Read the position paper of PJA here (in ENG and DE)⬇️ pja-verein.de/on-solidarit...

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"The substantial quantities of food that have entered the Strip since the beginning of the ceasefire significantly exceed the nutritional needs of the population, according to UN methodologies” This is not how one speaks about human beings www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

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Israel says Gaza crossings closed until further notice after Iran missile attacks

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"Israeli soldiers shoot car of civilians - baby dies" Because saying that those soldiers killed the baby would have been too easy. Still, @ntvde.bsky.social , unlike other mainstream media outlets in Germany, actually bothered to cover this story. www.n-tv.de/politik/West...

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Israelische Soldaten schießen auf Auto von Zivilisten - Baby stirbt

Eine palästinensische Familie trifft im Westjordanland auf Mitglieder der israelischen Armee. Wenig später fallen Schüsse - ein Baby erliegt seinen Verletzungen. Nun erhebt der Vater des Kindes schwer...

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