Tag: Palestine
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Springer’s Palestine pranger: German tabloids denounce university members for their call for reflection
“Bild” and “BZ” accuse university lecturers of solidarity with an alleged “Jew-hating mob”. The Federal Minister of Education is boosting this smear campaign. The series of articles in Springer media about university lecturers who have signed an open letter against…
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Flag stress among Brandenburg physicists and fears, that Israeli military could benefit from German technology
The DESY research centre in Zeuthen is working on an Israeli observation satellite with an unprecedented wide angle. Employees criticise the one-sided positioning in the Gaza war. In three years’ time, a flying telescope could revolutionise space observation: A rocket…
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“Accusation of anti-Semitism has become a political weapon”, says Moshe Zuckermann after denunciation by German government commissioner
Due to an email from Felix Klein’s office, the adult education centre withdrew from a talk with the renowned Israeli professor Moshe Zuckermann. He therefore criticised German solidarity with Israel. The persecution of Israeli intellectuals in Germany has gained another…
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Gaza war: International NGO’s appeal to United Nations to stop arms deliveries by all sides
16 human rights organisations are calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Hamas is also prepared to do so. On Friday, the International Court of Justice could order Israel to halt all military operations. An alliance of 16 international…
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No murder over Gaza postings: Judiciary sees no third-party involved in death of Jordanian student
Because a German blogger spread a false report on the case of the dead student Mohammad Barakat around Christmas, the police exceptionally ignored the press code. The Hamburg Public Prosecutor General’s Office still sees no evidence of third-party culpability in…
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Train trip with motion detector: French railway is testing methods for “intelligent” surveillance
The SNCF has been trialling surveillance tools from domestic and foreign companies at railway stations in France since 2017. Last year, parliament even extended these possibilities. Between 2017 and 2021, the French railway company SNCF trialled at least 19 different…