World without Dignity

 "What we learn from history is that we don't learn from history."  "We live in a wondrous world in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity."   "The Americans are a very lucky people. They are bordered to the north and south by weak neighbours and to the  east and west by fish." Otto von Bismarck.   "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."  "Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."   "The superior man understands what is right, the inferior man understands what sells."   "Without feelings of respect what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"   "Study the past if you want to define the future."   "Wisdom, compassion and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."  Confucius.   "Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."  Nietzche.                                                                                                                  My new calender for the next year states the international telephone numbers for most countries, listed under respective continends. Interesting, Germany isn't listed under Europe. My husband suggested that since Germany kicked out/respectively refused entry for folks who critize Israelian brutal occupation of Gaza this is "the revenge", they no longer belong to Europe. Later on I discovered Germany under the heading: Mexico, Central Mediterranean America, Antilles. In view of Trump's "war on drugs" in the Mediterranean, destroying ships, killing those on board and survivors in the sea, I fear for German commercial ships. - Yesterday, in the neighborhood, I saw a cat walking backwards. Getting closer I discovered a bloody plastic bag over the poor little darling's head. It turned out to be fish blood. I 'd wish ignorant folks would stop throwing platic bags as well as other items on the roads and teach their kids to act likewise. Sometimes people complain the government should make sure that streets are clean, I say it is not the government who drops papers, wrappings of fast food, paper coffee cups, etc. where it doesn't belong, individuals do. Protection of the environment protects also human and animal health. - Lately I've spent a lot of time at our excellent veterinarian's, several of my little treasures suddenly had severe health problems, luckily he managed to save most of them. Great to see their recovery. Wish the same could be said about the Palestinians, cold winter, weather with storms and floodings, unsuitable tents, lacking absolutely everything, infrastructure, even hospitals, Mosques and ancient churches willfully destroyed by the occupation force, with other words: Hell on earth. More than 1000 patients died while waiting for urgently required evacuation for medical treatments that are no longer possible in Gaza. Is there really so little the so - called civilized, modern, world can do? We experience sickening double standards, just compare Putin, the Ukraine war, imposed sanctions, and Netanyahu, the war on Palestine, blackmail and threats. For the EU the Ukraine is nearer home and perhaps in addition the feeling the people there are "more like them". If Jesus and the Holy Family would arrive today, would Europe or US welcome or deport them? After all they wouldn't look very European and  wouldn't  be rich........EU countries try to prevent immigrants to even reach Europe, in spite of various sectors of their industrie relying on immigrant workers. Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on Palestine, in her new report to the UN Assembly called the Gaza Genocide a "collective crime" and that is precisely what it is. Following the Nuernberg Trail on Nazis there was hope that the call "Never Again" would lead to a better world, surely it didn't mean revenge on innocent people, "self-defence" against babies, children, women, youngsters, innocent adults, senseless destructions, land grap etc., borderless hate. The East Timorese president, Ramos-Horta (Nobel Peace Price 1996) in an interview with Aljazeera stated: "When you survive a Holocaust experience , like the Jews, I would think that you are a person that is the most sympathetic to anyone yearning for freedom, for peace, for dignity. Because you understand. They (Israelis) are doing the opposite. I am totally disallusioned with the so-called international society, in particular in the West, that enjoy entertaining themselves lecturing 3. World counties on democracy, human rights, transparency, human rights, anti-corruption, etc., etc. "  By the way, East Timo is one of the poorest countries in the world but it has one of the freest media and democracy in the world! And Europe? On 26th of Nov. 2025 a Berlin court ruled that authorities in Berlin acted unlawful when they shut down a pro-Palestine conference on 12th of April 2024 as they did not want persons like Ghassan Abu Sitta, British-Palestinian surgeon and Dean of a Scottish university, to give witness from what he saw while working in Gaza hospitals, and speake to an audience subjected to often one-sided pro-Israel ("self-defence") informations and very little about e. g. crimes committed by lawless settlers or Israelian Forces. At the time the decision was made under the "German Administration Act", thus no reason behind it was necessary (common practice in Israel, concerning Palestians), but it entailed that the concerned person was barred to Scheningen counties for 1 year (false information provided to Ghassam Abu Sitta: for 1 month only) and successfully preventing his further attendance of simular conferences, e. g. in France. German chancellor Merz (Christian demoratic party - the Christian idea, where is it?) lately advised his audience that without financial support and weapons supply from Germany, Israel would have stopped existing 10 years ago. Really? What about the unlimited aid, weapon supply from the Big Brother, US, what about UK? The Israelian lobby worked very successfully in these and other EU states. Besides, hasn't Israel got the atomic bomb, their own weapon production, don't they even sell on a big scale such weapons, "already tested"? Where the Israelian lobby failed, though, is improving their country's image, many meanwhile call Israel a Rogue state. Heads of state, madly in love with themselves (like Netanyahu and Trump) can do a lot of damage to their country which they don't really love. Nowadays US citizens say that their president has neither control over their economy nor over his character. Lately he started to build momuments for himself, at least he's an orginal and never runs out of new surprising ideas. The Israelian opposition leader (former chief of military) Yair Golan called on Netanyahu to resign. While Trump demanded pardon for Netanyahu, Golan says: "Only the guilty seek pardon." Spain, Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia will boycott the Eurovision contest because Israel is still invited, though Russia isn't any longer, why this double standard, besides, since when does Israel belong to Europe? The Swiss winner last year,  Nemo, returns his trophy in protest over Israeli inclusion. Attempts of various countries to prevent the Israeli football team from participating in the European Leagues and World Cup also failed. In Germany supporters of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Avic soluted German police Nazi style (forbidden solute), during the Europe League match they repeatedly set off fireworks. In addition they demonstrated their lack of education (putting it mildly) by shouting shamelessly their racist slogan: "There are no schools in Gaza because there are no children left."  It is nothing new, they did it before, during football matches, months ago, in France or another EU country. German authorites temporary arrested six of them. Makes a change, arresting Israelis, who after all can't be accused of being " anti-semitic". The UN special rapporteur on Palestine territories, Francesca Albanese, said the costs of rebuilding Gaza should be paid not only by Israel, but also by Israel's main arms suppliers: US, Germany Italy, UK. Further, the support US provides to Israel through their military bases in Cyprus should be investigated, facilitating attacks in Gaza. The European Commission spokesperson, El Anouni, when asked whether the EU is demanding accountability for war on Gaza crimes, simular to its call for accountability for crimes committed in Ukraine, he replied that decisions whether genocide or war crimes are for national and international courts to decide. In the meantime the killing and cruelity continues, there and sadly in other parts of our world. Lord have mercy. What has happened to our civilization, why aren't international laws (once a big achievement) respected any longer? Israelis raided the HQ building of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) in Jerusalem, seized IT items, furniture and other property, cut all communications, replaced the UN flag against the Israelian. Testing how far they can go? And they leave the world speechless. I wish for Israel a humanitarian society with empathy provailing, worthy of a civilized society. It would better our world..... Pray for Palestinian. 

Hell is Other People. (Satre)

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 "Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."  "Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish,  too much handling it will spoil it." Lao Tzu.  "It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families." Mencius. "It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration." Bernie Sanders.   "Before ICE, we had immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then, once ICE was established, we really kind of militarized that enforcement to a degree that was previously unseen in the United States. " Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.            Winter has started, nights are getting colder, but during the day we still enjoy lots of sunshine, plus beautiful sky when the sun goes down. My husband is amazed that more and more European football players are resembling Africans, I " advised" him that this is due to the climate change and after all mankind's craddle stood in Africa. In addition, as we are getting older, the majority of humans either end up with grey hair or more or less boldness, interesting, old age reduces the differences between peoples. Besides, not even all cats are the same,  they are individuals, great, characters with various sleeping habits. Lovely Kaja likes to sleep in a bag hanging on the wall, brave, blind boy, Loulou, prefers a cardboard box, gorgeous Nicola, Riccardo, Janina, Jerimy and Madona choose a table on the terrace (plus a warm blanket) or sometimes also a cardboard box, cuddling together, great Alien, Ali, Jane, Chiquitta, Carlo and cute teen Lizzy want to sleep on the roof on plastic armchairs, of course with warm blankets, gentle Fleur in a wooden pet house, Johnny insists on sleeping in the kitchen, Sunnyboy prefers the sitting room, teen Antonia the bedroom with her "foster dad" whom she adors. . A neighbor confirmed that sweet Daisy's sudden death recently was caused by a fast driven car. She was one of those cats that always observe the traffic and nonetheless got hit and killed by irresponsible speeding drivers (I myself got nearly hit on my pavement by a car with a careless female driver). Had I viewed the killing of Daisy, I wouldn't have hasitated to report it to the police. Tired of speeding dangerous cars around my house. According to Tunisian's much appreciated, new animal protection law, chapter 94, "Anyone who causes death of a pet, unintentionally or through negligence," will be fined 100 - 1,000 Dinar or receive a prison sentence. - The great dealer, Donald Trump, declared (in other words) that he doesn't want to see more foreign folks like himself in US that is: old, overweight, eating mainly unhealthy junk food, supporting dependent family members. Such folks are an unnecessary burden for the US, so he says. Sounds like fake news? A lot of Donald Trump's wisdom does, doesn't it? Often contradicting himself, or changing his mind. As the late Bavarian Franz-Joseph Strauss put it: "What do I care for the rubbish I talked  yesterday?" Anyway, the self-selected (in vain) Nobel Peace Prize asperant, threatens Venezuela and Mexico with war and continues to attack and destroy alleged drug carrying boats in international waters, meanwhile at least 30 boats, killing any persons on board, presently more than 80. US military shot survivors in the Caribbean sea (NTV- news). Reminds me of the ex-president of the Philippines, Duterte, (at long last arrested) who declared those randomly shot (while maybe just outside to do a bit of shopping) as drug dealers. Strange, Mr. Trump seems to regard such actions as an effective idea to fight drug consumption in US. While several law makers adviced US government employees to refuse illegal orders, e. g. National Guard employed against peaceful demonstrators in US towns, military attacking boats in international waters of the Caribbean sea, the president declared that he would regard such a refusal of his orders as traitorous and demand capital punishment. Joe Bidden said that Donald Trump  destroys Democracy with a wrecking ball. Donald Trump demands an investigation of the refugees's status granted by Joe Biden. New values and nothing to rely on. Mr. Trump's peace plan for Ukraine (without participation of the Ukraine), several called it Putin's wishes list, included Ukraine giving up about 20 % of its territory, even an area that Putin never conquered. Imagine waking up one day and your home belongs to another nation with a different political system, a new ruler. Mr. Trump didn't understand and critized that the Ukrainian leadership wasn't grateful for his plan, still, he has meanwhile changed his peace plan and the Ukrainian leadership is supposed to have agreed with several points yet to be discussed and cleared. - During the last 44 days Israel violated the truth agreement at least 500 times. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire last month. Where is the international outcry? "All are equal but some are more equal than others" (George Orwell). UN says that Israeli soldiers have opened fire at 3 positions held by UN peacekeepers in South Libanon. Don't they know international laws ? Big brother is protecting them.... Some heads of state regard it a crime to condemn or protest against cruelty,  war crimes, committed against Palestinians. Apart from e. g. Germany, sadly even the new British labour government intends to restrict pro-Palestinian protests. Is this the country of the famous  Hyde Park, Speakers' Corner? Well, 80 legal scholars and practioners signed an open letter to their government urging it to withdraw the bill. Isn't free speech one of the characteristics of democracy? It sounds incredible, Gaza has the highest rate of literarcy in the world, despite all obstacles, unbelievable education restrictions, plus intentional bombardments of numerous schools etc. during all those years of Israeli occupation, not to forget all that suffering, mentally and physically, lack of security, food, water, medication, shelter. How do you teach without the basics, a clean, secure environment, school books and materials? Palestinians must be a highly motivated people to survive with dignity and grace. May their sufferings end soon and they receive all the support and recognition they need. Sadly kids in other countries, in particular those with ignorant parents, don't always appreciate what chances they may have. Can learning be wasted? Israel is withholding 4 Bn Dollars in tax revenues, they have killed at least 69,713 Palestinians and wounded 170,863, about 350 children are currenglh held in Israelian prisons, more than 90 in so-called "administrative detention", which means for an unlimited period, without information what the accusations are, without court, no information whatsoever for the family. All of this in "self-defence"? Lord have mercy. 

What you Gonna Do if they Come for you.

 "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."  Diego Rivera. "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." Konfucius.  "Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."  "To lead people walk behind them."  Lao Tzu  "For many the American dream has become a nightmare."  "While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strength. Yes, we have become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian, American, Native Amercican, when we all stand together. "   " Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. "  Mencius.                                                                                                            Gentle tomcat Niccola never " miaus" but whistles instead, this is how he trained me to come running whenever he requires my service, in addition it's his way to reply when I call my special little treasure. Such an original. Sadly our senior, 13 years old Tiger, disappeared 4 days ago. We searched for him everywhere, so far in vain. He hasn't got many teeth left, dark fur, white bib and paws, a chronic cold and a floppy ear, not ideal to survive on the street, in particular as the cats in the neighborhood don't know him and may feel tempted to therefore chase him away. He was born in our house and always stayed with us, a family member! We hope and pray he will find his way back home. Lovely, gentle teenager cat, Daily, has passed away. Must have been hit by a car or stone, the afternoon before she went with us for a walk, fit like a fiddle, depressing. Tunisians appear to dream of skyscrapers, a car or at least a pretty loud motorcycle, a must for youngsters who love racing (also in a residential area, many cats pay the toll with their life, more than a thousand people have already died this year in a road accident, speed restriction in residential areas, e. g. 30 km like in Europe, would be great), don't mind black stinking exhaust clouds from cheap petrol/diesel, seal (too much) ground with concrete, love to let their engines run idle, yet complain about too high prices, sadly all too often lack important environmental awareness . Bananas disappeared from shelvings, ever since the government restricted the price to 7 Dinar per kg. Strange, even in Carrefour where these were sold for quite some time at exactly that price, while elsewhere up to 15 Dinar was charged. In Germany that imports Bananas from the same South American countries as Tunisia, they are still available, even at a lower price. - What is important in life? Depends on where you stand, perhaps education, and possibly on your family values and background. The White House was built 123 years ago. Donald Trump had the East wing knocked down in order to make a bit of space for his 8,000 square meters ballroom (special opportunity for only 300 Million Dollars, all donations, so he says, good to have very rich friends), double the size of the White House. During the shutdown 1 million state employees aren't paid in US. And how many lost their job because the state "must cut expenses"? State courts ruled that the government can not stop the food aid for 43 million US citizens on account of the shutdown. The US immigration authorities, ICE, continues to arrest and deport on a big scale those who are, or perhaps just look like more or less unwanted foreigners, immigrants, (though actually all Americans were once immigrants or have such family roots, including the president and his wife).  Mr. Trump, who is still dreaming of the Nobel Peace Price, would like to see even more deportations and wants to welcome white South Africans, as "asylum seekers" .  A recent victim's  deportation from California, Sami Hamdi, a British-Tunisian commentator, was stopped by a federal court. He was on a tour, invited by the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to speak about Palestine. Like Germany US wants to suspress critics of Israel (the truth coming into the light), so they revoked his visa 2 days before his arrest. The authorities didn't bother to inform Sami Hamdi accordingly. CAIR condemned the detention a "blatant affront to free speech". What kind of US does the president intend to create? Perhaps all immigrants, plus those with such roots should be deported from US and the country left to the First Nation. Make America great again....... - In a documentary of 1933 Hitler makes a speech and reads out a letter from president Roosevelt demanding that Hitler won't attack the following states..... (lists all European states plus Palestine). Gaza is burried under 61 million tons of rubble according to UNRWA. Israel complains that hostage corpses are being returned too slow by Hamas, even though they lack the necessary machinery. Turkey offered to help with appropriate expert equipment. Israel refused to grant access, now Italy is helping. Further, in some cases the wrong bodies or body parts are handed over, is Hamas in a position to carry out DNA tests, do they have forensic experts on site? Israel accuses Hamas of making mistakes on purpose, " a breach of the truth contract". Yet Israelian attacks killed 236 Palestinians and wounded 600 since that contract was signed, violated the truth at least 80 times. 15 dead Palestinians are returned by Israel for every deceased Israelian. Several of the dead Palestinians were handcuffed, blindfolded, show signs of physical abuse, executions, had missing limbs or teeth, were burned, men 25 - 70 years old. No attempts to cover up the abuses, being used to act without impunity, who should hold them accountable? More than 10,000 bodies of Palestinians remain buried under heaps of debris, are they worthless, aren't they missed and loved by their families? Aren't Moslems too entitled to a respectful funeral and grave? When the German chancellor, Merz, visited Erdogan, he tried to explain his understanding of Israelian self-defence (been listening too long to his own rhetoric) while Erdogan spoke of genocide. Since the war on Gaza began in October 2023 the situation in Israeli prisons has deteriorated dramatically. The top Israelian army lawyer, Major-General Yifat Tomer Yedrushalmine, leaked to the press a video that shows Palestinian prisoners being beaten and raped by Israelian soldiers. Far- right politians protested against the arrest of 9 guilty soldiers and stormed the prison, managed to free 4. Settlers attacked Bedouin farmers and other Palestinians more than 1000 times during the first 8 months of 2025, they are no longer stopped but rather protected, or even joint by Israelian forces. When Netanyahu threatened to kill all Hamas members and claimed he can do this with the support of some unsuspected Palestians, he spoke the truth (though of course killing all Hamas members won't be possible) . There are criminal gangs /clans among Palestinians, assisted by Israel with weapons and money, as well as arranged loitering of aid carrying vans (forced changed routes to facilitate ambushes) intended for starving Palestians. These gangsters hate Hamas who fights against them. When the British colonized India they concluded that "divide and rule" would be the easiest way for them to dictate and rule this big continent. Divide the enemies' strength by making them suspicious or forcing them to employ their forces in different places. Later on other dictators /governments also learned from history this dirty trick. But several discovered at a later stage that they actually "opened the tin of Pandora" e. g. the Taliban were once trained and provided with weapons by an US government. 29 % of the Palestinian population has been arrested  or detained by Israel over the decades, also children. Following the killing of the Hind Rajab family, including their 5 year old child (who tried in vain to get help, which was recorded, and shocked the world), 

Daisy sudden death. 

Unknown cat hit by a speeding car. 

 and the rescue team, Israel claimed there was an exchange of fire by Israelian troops and Palestinian fighters. Actually 335 bullet holes were counted in the family car. Yet the multidisciplinary research group of Forensic Architecture (based at London University) found proof of only several Israelian employed Merkava tanks in the vicinity of the Rajab family car, no evidence of any exchange of fire! The overall commander of the aforementioned present tanks during the killing was Col. Beni Aharon of the Israelian 401 Armoured Brigade, directly responsible for the killing of the company's soldiers, was a dual Israeli-Argentine national, Itay Choukikov, currently being sued under Argentine law. Dual nationals have already been warned that they may be held accountable, human rights activists reccord and report war crimes, there is hope for justice, better late than never. The Nuernberg Trails gave hope that war crimes will in furture not remain unpunished. The establishment of the Intern. Criminal Court in Den Haag was one lesson learned from history. Dictators of course try to prevent its impact and success. 

By the way, everything written on my block was written by me, right from the beginning, "unknown person" is not correct. 

Trust in God but tie up well your Camel

 "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Theodor Roosevelt. "The love of money is the root of all evil." Bible. "That what you would not approve for yourself, do not approve for others." Quran (and Torah?).  "A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money."  "I am free of prejudice, I hate all equally ."  W. C. Fields  "Do the right thing because it is right." Immanuel Kant.  "If you want to get away with murder, you must appear to be useful."  Nikita Khrushchev. "Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainly is a ridiculous one."   "Truely, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."  Voltaire  "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsible, while bad people will find a way around the laws."  Plato                                                                         Whenever I leave my house, Daisy, a black and white kitten living in one of my temporary shelters in front of my house, comes running after me, shouting something which I think means, don't leave us, we need you..... I love my little treasures. One can do without so many things, but life without them, a present from heaven, would be a tragedy for me. Sometimes folk ask me why don't I apt for a "better life in Europe".  A perfect world doesn't exist anywhere, what is important for me I found here. The world is changing, all too often not in a positive way, older folks remember better days, but as the British say, don't cry over spilled milk. - After Doctors without Boarders declared they are forced to stop operating in Gaza City, too dangerous for their life, (nonetheless Israel managed to kill one recently) and folks worry that the Flotilla of Surmond (50 boats from 44 countries bound for Gaza) are highly endangered of a bloodshed, the activists on board are already subjected to Israeli drones using tear gas and sound bombs. They are treated like terrorists, though unarmed civilians in international waters. Meanwhile the Flotilla has been intercepted and while Israeli forces are occupied occordingly, grateful Palestinians used the opportunity to do some fishing, which they had been prevented from doing for quite a long time. Human rights activists of the Flotilla, detained by Israeli forces, complained of harsh conditions, physical and psychological. Macron urged Israeli authorities to respect international laws. Meanwhile many have been deported to other countries, e. g. Spain and Portugal or Jordan (those from Arabian countries) . Prior these activists were left for hours without water and food. Greta Thunberg received special punishment, insulted, pulled by her hair, forced to kiss the Israelian flag, then wrapped in this flag like a victory trophy, left to sit for hours on a hard ground, locked in a cell with bedbugs which led to a rash, dehydrated. All of this in front of witnesses. What harm would have been done, had Israel allowed the Flotilla to continue and deliver their aid for Gaza? It could have been a minor indication that Israel is serious with wanting peace. Instead, Israeli forces ignored Trump's call for an immediate halt of bombings and continued the senseless killing of 60 Palestians on Saturday and additional 20 on Sunday. So far more than 67,000 Palestians have been killed, mainly women and children. Mr. Trump surprised the world by seemingly pushing Netanyahu to accept his 20 points peace plan for Gaza. When Mr. Trump demanded the Nobel peace price, I actually at first thought that he was joking. Hebrew media outlets report warnings that Netanyahu may seek to undermine the US peace plan. He might use his usual tricks in order not to loose power and avoid prison sentences. Even Israelis regard their present extreme right wing government as an obstical to end the Gaza war. When Netanyahu made his speech in New York - can't say in front of the UN, as almost all members walked out (the usual suspects remained seated) - , Netanyahu got a good demonstration of what "stand alone" means for his country. Pope Leon XIV recently advised : "No peace in revenge, you cannot build the future on violence, forced displacement and the spirit of revenge." When the self-made "peace maker" , Donald Trump was asked,  should Ukrainians also have a word to say reference a peace agreement, he paused and then replied that's an interesting question. Same applies to Palestinians? Or are they like children who need to be controlled, told what to do, what is allowed and what is forbidden. Colonize Palestinia through US and European masters (e. g. Smiley Tony Blair, not a popular figur in the Oriental world) , is this what we learned from history? So

Trump believes he should receive the Nobel Peace price, for his constant support of Israel? Then perhaps Germany should be nominated as well. Their minister of foreign affairs didn't forget to mention just recently that Israel must still be able to protect its security. If I would threaten and attack all my neighbors, I would worry about that too! Anyhow, there is hope Donald Trump will stop the war in Gaza, he seems to be the only person Netanyahu might listen too, though obviously not very keen, smoke over Gaza is still viewable. At least 60 Israelian soldiers have already committed suicide, others will suffer from nightmares and have problems returning to normal life, this is one of the reasons why I say that Netanyahu destroyed the soul of Israel. Other countries had simular experiences following a brutal war. Unfortunately folks with a Jewish religion, not at all in agreement with the Israelian government, are getting tarnished with the same brush. I can not say one bad word about those I personally met, intelligent, sensitive persons, who believe in equality and human rights. And I shall never get tired of correcting those who say "Hitler was right" , such stupidity makes my blood boil. A hell lot of evil was and still is the result of Nazis horrible atrocities. Let us hope and pray for peace in Gaza and may the Palestinians receive all the help and support they need. In my opinion Germany has a special responsibility, Palestinians are paying for German history. Grandparents' experience gets engraved on grandchilds' brains. "Stellvertreterkriege" (deputy wars) are a known phenomenon. 

Those who Keep Quiet Agree

 "The opposite of compromise is fanaticim and death." "A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not on the hilltops."  "Israel should aspire to be a decent country. That is good enough for me."  "The Israel Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less concerning claim."  "If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice, if we don't learn that, we end up in a doomed state." "Two children of the same cruel parents look at each other and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab. It is a conflict between two victims."  Amos Oz.   "Silence is the virtue of fools."  Francis Bacon.                                                              There is an English saying, "It can only get worse." And so it does. When you have a spoiled child, accustomed to get away with murder, you can't change its bad behavior simply by threatening, when it already experienced that it does not have to fear any/hardly any sanctions and its so-called friends will always find excuses for its atrocities. Pinocchio Netanyahu's flexible truth is an insult for intelligent folks. If there is no famine in Gaza, why do children and adults die of starvation every day, presently in total 322, including more than 112 children? Why are they so skinny, just bones and skin, reminding of photos seen in the past of Jews in German concentration camps..... Several ministers of the present far-right Israelian government openly stated that they don't want Palestinians to receive any aid, no food, no water, no medication. Delivery via helicopter has only an alibi function, it's expensive, like a drop of water on a hot stone, and in addition dangerous, death by falling palets from air drops. Some persons already died while running for a bit of food to feed their families, and this while lorries with lots of food are viciously blocked from entering Gaza, large quantities of food is meanwhile rotting. In the past the Israelian army stopped radical settlers, now it actively supports their war crimes, theft, destruction and uprooting several thousands of old, strong Bedouine's olive trees, burning others, often including farms and also killings. Several Palestinians, even those with double nationality, have been beaten to death by fanatic, evil settlers. What kind of state does Netanyahu want, a Pariah state? He once said he intends to make the world a secure place for all Jews. No man before him did so much damage to the Israelian soul and folks with a Jewish religion. Does he and his government really believe they are the choosen people? Which God loves those who do evil, murder innocent children and adults (more than 63,000, mainly women and children)? 156,573 are wounded, 10,000 are missing, numbers raising. If God promised the land to "his choosen people" , why did he also create there Palestinians and Arabs (less loved and less valuable people) ? Amnesty International called Israeli siege of Gaza "collective punishment and war crime" - but listening to human rights organisations seems to be out of fashion nowadays, respecively, condemnation by Western heads of state remains a powerless lipservice. It is so depressing. A leaked military report, based on internal Israeli intelligence database, indicates that only 17 % of those killed in Gaza were actually fighters. Perhaps not surprising, several soldiers committed suicide. It is just one of those effects especially brutal war can have on involved army members (e. g. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) . Melania Trump wrote to President Pution on account of the large number of Ukrainian children that were taken away from their families and brought to Russia to be raised there to forget their culture and country of original, when they grow older forced to join the Russian army and fight against Ukrainian people. Trump declared Putin was very moved by Mrs Trump's letter, as a mother she has a deep feeling for those poor children torn away from their parents. Sounds impressive, but I wonder whether the good lady and her husband, the great dealer, are aware of the undescribable suffering of  innocent Palestinian children, too many severely injured, without hope, those who lost a limb, one or even both parents, their brothers and sisters, other relatives, are undernourished, not even save in hospitals. Does civilization enable us to feel empathy for some people but not for others? Selective empathy? The last two, correction, according to BBC Verif actually 4 strikes on the Gaza Nasser hospital, leaving 20 dead, including doctors, medical staff, 5 journalists (Reuters, Aljazeera, etc) and of course patients, Netanyahu is not ashamed to blame it on a  "terrible mishap." 

They will "investigate" and allow journalists embedded in the Israelian army..... Lord have mercy. The ICC in Den Haag declared that all member states are obligated to refrain from providing assistance to Israel in maintaining the occupation. Israelians with dual nationality living abroad are not exempt from national service, 18 to 36 months. The ICC warned that they may be held accountable for complicity in genocide. By the way, Begium and Germany (governments, not necessarily identical what the majority of their citizens wants) said that they don't support a Palestinian state. Shouldn't at least Germany understand that without Hitler and his evil Nazis Israel would be a different state and Germany has a responsility not just towards Israel but also towards the Palestinians, their suffering in Gaza, the Westbank etc. as  well. Germany ought to know the meaning of a genocide and "self-defence" is by international standards the right of those occupied not the occupiers. Mr Trump decided to refuse a Visa for the Palestinian president Abbas and other Palestinians to attend the General United Nations Assembly in New York. In view of Mr. Trump's determination "to rule the world" and ignore international laws and regulations, it is high time to choose a democatic state as host nation for such assemblies. 

Greed and Deception Rule Our World

 "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyality and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." James Herriot.  "Animals don't lie, animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do." Betty White.   "In a real dark night of the soul, it is always 3 o'clock in the morning, day after day."  "At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look, at 45 they are caves in which we hide."  "Action is character."  F. Scott Fitzgerald.  "Democracy in US doesn't exist anymore."  Yale Professor.  "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."  Albert Einstein.                                                                                    With high temperatures, even at night, leaving the bedroom window open helps a bit, but where we live it means putting up with a lot of noise from the street, pretty loud talking, gossiping and giggling until at least 1 a. m. in the morning (a group of girls/ women sitting together and another one of youngsters/ men across the road, plus deafening teenagers hanging around a staircase who like to mark "their area" with their garbage). Now we understand why many houses here have long corridors, I guess it's obvious we are not living in an academic quarter, but compensated by numerous gorgeous cats and several excellent neighbors . Folks continue leaving kittens in front of our house, an easy solution for them.....A woman asked us to look out for her Siamese tomcat that disappeared 20 days ago. Sometimes up to 3 Siamese cats arrive for breakfast. For several days there were none. This morning, though, a male came, not in good shape, eat very little, but he enjoyed  cuddling with me. Then he not only marked my house "as his property" but me too with a tiny bit of his urine. I took it as a compliment. I have been wondering if and how pets survive in Gaza. A very young Palestinian boy tries to feed them. When a poor kitten died, he cried and apologized that he didn't manage to save its life, "but you are in a better world now, without guns, rockets and drones." It depresses me to think that this wonderful boy Netanyahu wouldn't hesitate to kill "in self-defence". It seems that even some members of the German Social Democrats believe their continued rhetoric of Israelian "self-defence". They have come a long way, not in a positive sense. I remember the great Hans-Juergen Wischnewski ("Ben Wisch") who brought suitcases full of money (10 million Deutsch Mark) to Algeria for FLN to support the Algerian independence fight. The SPD MP, for a while also minister of foreign affairs, was rewarded the highest Palestinian order by Yasser Arafat for his commitment to the rights of Palestinian people. As a child Wischnewski started to collect stamps of Algeria, Marroco and Tunisia, he continued to do so as adult. Sounds like a start, anyhow, he did a lot to improve German relationships with Arabic and African countries. Madonna asked the Pope to visit Gaza, "you are the only one to whom Netanyahu can't deny access." As a mother she finds the suffering and killing in Gaza unbearable, in particular that of the children. Difficult to understand, but apparently several men and women, mothers and fathers themselves, are capable of killing innocent children, such Nazis existed and other war criminals in various countries, only howadays, though, it is called "self-defence". Rhetoric that reminds me of Goebels. The EU and 26 ministers of foreign affairs demand a stop of weapon delivery to Israel. The Israelian chief of civilian staff declared his oposition to the occupation and war in Gaza. Netanyahu decided to punish his critic (like his brother-in- spirit, Trump) and make his life difficult through  discrimination. Families of hostages informed Netanyahu that should their loved ones be killed they will hold him personally accountable in every possible way! Since the beginning of the war at least 187 journalists have been killed in Gaza, the last 4 Aljazeera journalists and a camera man were purposely murdered in a tent at a hospital. Netanyahu claimed that one of them (who anticipated in April his killing by Israeli forces) was a terrorist possing as a journalist, as usual no proof was presented for this accusation. Yet Netanyahu now says he wants to allow international journalists to visit Gaza (and risk their lives or work embedded in the Israeli army?). Meanwhile at least 197 Palestinians are starved to death, including 96 children. Using starvation as a weapon clearly represents a war crime according to international laws. Gangs of far right Israelis have blocked aid trucks from reaching Gaza. Two of Israelian NGO's, B' Tselem and Physicians for Human rights, have labeled the Israelian Gaza war as a genocide, nonetheless many Israelians believe that Hamas is responsible for the starvation in Gaza, yes, media sensorship and continuous propaganda can be very successful! Controlling the masses through propaganda enables the abuse of power. George Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm) warned in his famous literature, incredible how must he forsaw. Ethnic cleansing to create a "Rivera of the Middle East" on a big " cemetry"

it is only one side of the medal. The idea of Greater Israel, " the promised land for the chosen folk", ("Lebensraum", sounds familiar) hasn't died, Netanyahu and his far right government believe the time has come, first steps have been taken. What does it include?   - The entirety of historic Palestine, - Lebanon, - Jordan, - more than 70 % of Syria, - half of Iraq, - one third of Saudi Arabia, - one quarter of Egypt, - part of Kuwait. All of that is supposed to be "the promised land" that God wants the Jews to possess, from the Nile to the Euphrat, so they say and believe. Wonder what destination awaits the "natives" (Arabs mainly)? Looking at Netanyahu' map of the Far, Middle, and Near East, I noted that Tunisia's boarders are marked, but this piece of land appears to be nameless. With a bit of luck Netanyahu thinks it's only dessert waste land that's not worth fighting for, as a colony of no interest. It is worth remembering Lutheran Pastor Niemoeller' words:  "First they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unions and I did not speak out because I am not a trade unist. Then they came for the jews and I did not speak out because I am not a jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me. " Niemoeller was sent to 2 concentration camps and narrowly escaped execution. -

 Last but not least, MP Chok'ri Bahri and others presented a great gift to all animal loving women ( plus men and  children) on women's day: strong animal protection laws.  "Protecting animals is directly protecting humans, it contributes to preserving the environment and universal balance." He strongly criticizes the brutal practices of inflicting on animals. One Health principles, e. g. Chapter 11:  1-3 years prison and fines of up to 2000 Dinars for anyone intentionally assaulting an animal and causing permanent disability. Chapter 23:  16 days to 1 month imprison  and fines of 500 Dinars for anyone mistreating an animal, whether they owe it or not. Harsher penalties in cases of repeated offences. Chapter 94: Fines of 100 - 1000 Dinars for  anyone who causes death of a pet, intentionally or unintentionally or through negligence. Very happy to hear this, thank you very much, you made my day. 

Postscript A Change Got to Come.

 "I am Israeli and I feel Israeli. I would like to see a different army. It is not the army that I dreamt about, and it is not the state that I dreamt about. Therefore I think that it is very legitimate to do anything against this occupation regime."  Gideon Levy.  " Netanyahu's regime is a criminal organisation, nothing more. " " Sadistic murder of Palestinians, the Bogota Declaration against Genocide must be immediately enforced. "  Melenchon (leader of La France Insownise). " The object of power is power."  "Polical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectful."  "Without access to accurate history, people lose the ability to question authority. Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past." "In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." "Propaganda turns lies into accepted norms." George Orwell.   "Gaza was rarely a place to fear as a Jew."  Anthony Loewenstein.                                                    It's a bit hot in Tunisia, Kairouan reached 48 degrees centigrade. The highest temperatures are between 11 a. m. and 6 p. m., this is new, not long ago the temperature used to drop a fair bit after 4 p. m. Now everything is an efford. Thinking of Gaza, being purposely left without water, food, medicine, all those beautiful, innocent children, their parents, relatives and others, isn't that sadistic? Is there a God that allows such cruelty? More than 100 aid organisations warn of man- made famine on a big scale for 2 million Palestians. Doctors, assistants and others are already collapsing on account of starvation., so far 101 including 80 children have  died of famine, 21 less than 5 years old. Selective empathy, is this civilization? Hundreds of supply trucks are being held back by the Israelian regime. 700 used to arrive daily, now only 70 are let in, and it often turns out to be a death trap. Imagine capital punishment even for children, for wanting food and water. Guterres declared that he finds the attacks on UN buildings repulsive.  The UN Special Rapporteur, Fransesca Albanese, rejects " the obscene US sanctions for criticising Israel."  US doctors and veterinarians demand that their government stops supporting Israelian atrocities against Palestinians. The UK minister of foreign affairs says that the brutality in Gaza sickens him. Not only Mosques but also churches are attacked or even destroyed in Gaza, lately one that dates back to the 5th century, no regard, no respect for houses of worship, not what the Jewish religion actually stands for! Anyhow, while the Pope condemns this, it seems to present no problem for Herr Merz, the German chancellor, member of the Christian Democrates (CDU) The Social Democrates, in Coalition with the CDU and CSU (from Bavaria) , demand a stricter approach to Israel and signing the letter, demanding that Israel stops the war.  According to a survey only 13 % of Germans agree with the government's politics concerning Israel, 87 % say that Israel must be stopped violating internatial laws and regulations and faces sanctions. Surprising, in view of " the big filter" used in German media to avoid negative reports concerning Netanyahu's regime. Only lately this has changed a bit. Anyhow, Herr Merz  wants to continue supplying  weapons, even if they are used in violation of  internatinal laws and regulations. He doesn't want to join those 30 states that demand an immediate end of the Israelian war in Gaza and refuses to sign that letter. 130 diplomats employed by the German foreign office, mainly belonging to a younger generation, demand a harder approach to Israel. Nothing of this kind ever happened before! Folks in Tunisia stated that they don't understand German politics anymore and ask why do they hate Palestians and Arabs, "we used to have an excellent relationship." Well, it is not the way it seems, only one third trust Herr Merz, many Germans also don't understand what he is doing. He wasn't elected by the population but by his party, though no longer a strong party, but the one with most votes. Good politians have become a rare species. By the way, 75 % of Germans declared that they would support the 2 states solution, an own state for Palestinians. Israelian-Canadian soldiers are afraid of returning to Canada as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has launched a structual investigation into war crimes committed in Gaza. Their orginal task was to investigate what war crimes Hamas committed against Canadians, but than more came to light than anticipated! Leading Canadian Jewish organisations quickly reacted, expressed their concern and urged the Canadian government to "remain their focus on killings by Hamas." Absolutely  sickening these double standards. It is easier to torture and kill your "enemies" if you see them as subhumans, animals that only look like humans, Nazis practised this. Members of Netanyahu's regime have made such comments about Palestians. Latest idea to degrate Palestinians, Israel "saves abused donkeys" in Gaza and sends them for a better life to France...... In view of donkeys being the only means of transport left for Palestinians, it most probably concerns donkeys simply stolen from Palestians, probably by lawless wild settlers, supported by Israelian soldiers. Settlers not only threaten Bedouin Palestians, burn their olive trees, destroy their farms and steal their sheep, cows, etc., lately they have even beaten to death an US-Israelian teenager, who was visiting his family in Palestine. US citizens demand an investigation and punishment of his murderes. Recently 1 Ukrainian got killed by Russian attacks. Ukrainians seek shelter in beautiful styled underground stations. What luxery, there is nothing even slightly resembling such facilties for starving, exhausted Palestians.                                                             Update:  Latest development, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, declared that in view of Netanyahu's Gaza plans he will stop for the time being deliveries of weapons to Israel that are employed against Palestinians and that he has been thinking about this for weeks. Not all of his CDU party members agree to this decision and the Bavarian CSU massively critizes him for  "for no longer supporting Israel unconditionally. Israel must not be weakened." Netanyahu is furious.