Use and Abuse of Power.

Twins? No, brothers-in-spirit. 

The sun also rises. 

Precious little treasures. 

Cats know what's really important in life. 

A ray of hope remains. 

 "In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories (2 Peter 2:3,3). Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping." (Bible verses).  "My homeland is not a suitcase, I am not a travellor." Mahmoud Darvish.  "There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile anymore when they are mentioned."  Nizar Quabbani.  "A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful excutive of political bosses and their  army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude." Aldous Huxley.   "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."  1984 : - "War is peace. - Freedom is slavery.  - Ignorance is strength."  Animal Farm: The creature looked from pig to man and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but it was impossible to say which is which. " George Orwell.                                                                                                  The new generation of pupils/students, well quite a few of them, are loud, full of energy, kind of aggressive, lack respect, not much difference between boys and girls. Therefore the Tunisian authorities decided to act. From 01st October 2026 students are banned from leaving school during breaks and free periods. I no longer see all those youngsters hanging around in front of the local school, yelling, running, throwing stones "just for fun", instead it's nice and quite here. This is part of the nation's program to strengthen school safety and protecting students from various risks and harmful behaviour caused by drugs addiction and violence. The aforementioned program includes meaningful activities, in the field of education, culture, workshops in areas such as theatre, cinema, etc. Brilliant, offering meaningful activities would also be a good idea for those long summer holidays. These kids, in particular those from uneducated families, usually don't know what to do with themselves and the streets are not a good teacher. The "Pisa study", to value the ability of kids to read, write, calculate, showed that that it is on the decline, except in Japan and UK. In several countries experts suggest to start, playfully, education of 4 year olds in the nurseries /Kindergartens. It may happen in Europe, not a bad idea for other countries as well. In the past I taught English to some children of this age. They enjoyed it and so did I. Didn't require much of pronouncing exercises, at that ages it comes naturally and they are keen to learn something new. - Luckily we don't see these violant students ( even children, teachers, and others) demonstrations here that spread from France to other European countries: Albania, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece. They set fire to the historic town hall in Paris and to many cars, damaged bicycles,  vandalized and looted small and big shops. The owners must be asking why, after all they are not responsible for the grievances. Many, including politicians, blame left wing parties and folks. Since various countries are presently close to holding elections, the violant demonstrations are a gift for the right wing, and radical right wing parties. Will this mean fascist or near fascist countries in several European countries in the near future? Lord have mercy, Le Pen, Forage, AFD, Bolsenaro (father in prison, son wants to continue & now tries to get Lula disqualified for the election) and the like, are ready to take over. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio  would be happy to see this, also the type of government they want in their "back yard", South, Middle America and of course Cuba. A different path is also possible, after many years the population in Hungary. (after 16 years) and Poland managed to terminate their dictators' government. Now that Israel is also close to election, day of reckoning, Big Brother, Trump (the greatest president of all times, in his own view), declared his absolute support for Mr. Netanyahu : "A warrior prime minister and partner for peace. The kind of partner US wants for Israel." Should one vote for the individual that the US president selects, his brother-in-spirit ? Does he know best what foreign countries need? An election compaign of the radical, shameless, seemingly education lacking, Israelian security minister, Ben Givri, got interrupted and disturbed by Israeli demonstrators. Lately 82,000 Israelians left Israel. 61% of them are said not to be in favour of Netanyahu. They can not vote from abroad in an Israelian embassy, but need to travel to Israel to do so. There exists a help organisation to facilitate this procedure. Not at all what Netanyahu wants and he therefore tries to stop their activities. A chance to weaken Netanyahu may also be the United Arab list and Joint List, if they get enough votes. Young Isralians, though, voting for the first time, have been subjected to sensorship, manipulation of the media, practically all their life. They tend to support right/extreme right wing ideas, have no sympathy for Palestinians, in particular after the massacre on October 2023. Blind hatred and revenge doesn't care whether the victim is innocent. An estimated 61 % young voters are said to feel Israel has a right to drive Palestinians out off their country, or even kill them. B. Smotrich and Ben-Gvrir want forced evacuation of all Palestinians from Gaza. Multiple countries imposed travel bans and sanction on the aforementioned extremists. Does Israel have a democracy ? Yes, but a weak one, several courts' decisions make one wonder. Let us hope and pray that a positive change will come and these endless and senseless wars will stop. Trump and Netanyahu may be dreaming of completely destroying Iran, we receive mixed messages from the US. One may not like the government in Iran, but is that a reason to "erase" a country, destroy the great historic heritage of mankind? The US has nothing of the kind to offer....., some say they therefore lack appreciation of historic heritage, even though many have European roots? Mr. Tom Barrack, US Embassador to Turkey and US Special Envoy, stated " the US had a hand in 23 regime changes and none of them worked. The consequences of regime changes have gone wrong. " Asked about military action in Iran, "The whole thing is terrifying." Iran has a population of 90 Million, if we have a regime change, we'll have millions of new immigrants. Since World War 2  America received oil and gas in exchange for security from US. Owning the resources doesn't work, the future of alliances matters. (Interview on TRT World). Trump declared that he would like Zelensky to step down, a different president would be better for Ukraine, guess one that obeys his instructions. With Donald Trump as a friend you don't need an enemy. He would be happy to negotiate ending the war without the participation of the Ukrainian president, must be easier to reach a deal just with Mr. Putin. Some say one day Trump will negotiate only with himself...... When the highly estimed, Mrs. Nevanethum Pillay, retired high judge of the ICC, received the Noble Peace Price, for her life-long engagement for human rights and justice, Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu were fuming. Trump imposed additional sanctions against the ICC. Interesting, a country that isn't even a member, feels fit to impose sanctions. ICC stated that sanctions are an attack on the rule of law. Netanyahu advised: Goebels will applaud from hell to this peace price. Strange, one would rather suspect that Goebels, with his well recorded speaches and his diary was a kind of "tutor" for Bibby Netanyahu ("Lebensraum" (land grabbing) , collective punishment, encourage victims to emigrate , de-humanizing "the enemy", starvation, issuing senseless instructions to demonstrate there is no rule to save you, giving something negative a positve meaning, denial of genocide happening, etc). Trump pledges to spend 400 million Dollars to back Republican candidates, hopefully not taxpayers' money. Polls show that less and less US citizens are happy with their president's performance. By the way, both Trump and Netanyahu say they will after the election continue bombing Iran on a big scale. Is this what our civilized world needs, aren't there other, big problems to tackle? Like the rapid destruction of the environment, " sowing at the tree branch on which you are sitting", Germans call it.  Mr. Trump advised us that he doesn't regret his war against Iran, "one of the greatest thing I've done." It has come to that....... Well, good night and may our Lord/Allah have mercy on us and the innocent animals that also suffer. 

  

Hell must be almost Empty, so many Devils on Earth.

"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel." "I hold it to be an inalienable right of everybody to go to hell in his own way." Robert Frost.  "A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere : in the exiles and prisons, and in homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare."  Mahmoud Darwish.  "Do you know what I am afraid of? That God is sick of us." Naguib Mahfouz. "I warn you against shedding of blood, indulging in it, and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps."  "I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness."   "European merchants supply the best weapony, contributing to their own defeat."  Saladin.  "You can not continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once, there has to be a limit."  "History is written by those who win and those who dominate."  Edward Said.                    Though it is forbidden also in Tunisia now, some ignorent folks continue to steal cat mothers their babies, only to place these in cardboard boxes in front of houses in the neighborhood, or dump them elsewhere. These babies need their mother for at least  6-8 weeks. When they have their eyes still closed they are less than 10 days old, no chance to survive without their loving mother, her milk and education (yes they do, I watched it.) Ignorants can be very cruel, Haram, they make me sick. -   Our planet has been scientifically re-measured and according to the New True Equal World Map, Africa is three times larger than the US or Canada, Greenland is smaller than believed to be, Latin America much larger. The UN decided to adopt the new World Map. - Kaja Kallas, EU's foreign policy chief, said that Israel's actions such as cutting off food and medical help for Palestinians went far beyong self-defence. Germany and Italy opposed and managed to block a bit the EU agreement to suspend the Israeli trade pact, despite pressure over human rights concerns. Total value Jan. 22 to July 25 amounts to 2,6 Billion Euro.  German politicians demanded that is should be treated like a crime to deny Israel 's right to exist. Well then, how about Palestinians' right to exist and live in Palestine, their own state? Palestine roots extend to Stone Age, they are owners of their land, not newcomers. High time to end this cruel occupation, brutal land grabbing, destroying Palestinians houses and land, pretending they never had their own culture. What these so-called evil settlers do, on stolen land, is that the new Israelian culture? Just like Trump, Netanyahu has no respect for other countries' culture, even world heritage, if it isn't Jewish, simple minded, blind, greedy men. Netanyahu plans to build in occupied West Bank 1. 600 new housing units, 780,000 " settlers" already live there, illegally according to international law, but they can constantly violate it with impunity "the only Democracy in the Middle East...." If that is democracy, then who wants it? Democracy meaning Apartheid state, double standards, daily blood spilling with impunity, destructions of Moslim and Christian houses of worship, hospitals, schools, making it a crime and  taking revenge for telling the truth concerning atrocities and war crimes ? New York has the largest Jewish community and elected a Moslim mayor, they are happy with him, in spite of Trump trying to slanter him, like he is a dreadful monster. They know better. Some American Rabins wear a Palestinian cloth around their neck to demonstrate that they don't approve of Netanyahu 's politics. They say Palestinians should have their own state, Netanyahu doesn't stand for Jewish values, his actions have nothing to do with our religion, they are politically motivated. Nonetheless some folks feel that if you criticize Israel or its far right government, you can't be a real Jew. The Jewish journalist, Katie Helper, lost her job because she called Israel an apartheid state. Sensorship and manipulation of public views works only for a while, thanks to smartphones and internet. The evidence of what is really happening in Gaza, the Westbank, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc. is there and will be useful for Den Haag court cases, one day........UN monitored 193 times Israel violating Lebanese air space in 3 days. 183 journalists were killed in Lebanon, not by accident. It belongs to Netanyahu 's policy and ideas of quote: "the most human army." There are reasonable grounds to believe US and Iran committed war crimes, UN says. In US and other countries the views on Israel are shifting, thank God, thanks Allah. Politicians who cling to their power cannot ignore facts in the long run and dictators won't stay forever, they know and worry about their end, several attempts on Trump's life (thus bullet proove ball room, in Turkey secretly changing airoplanes), Netanyahu and his wife are granted a life-long security protection, even if 'Bibi' is not re-elected, their two sons changed their first and surname, not identical choise - hoping for better protection. One son left New York in a hurry, left most of his luggage behind, after receiving a security warning.  Didn't his dad promise to make life more secure for Jewish people? Anyhow, it has come to light that Netanyahu received warnings from the United Arabic Emirates, and other countries, 10 days ahead, that Hamas intends a big attack, (45 minutes phone call) and he decided to do nothing, not speak to his security services, not inform Mossad, but to let it happen - because it would allow him a big revenge and provide him nonetheless with a lot of sympathy in various countries, in particular the "usual suspect" Germany. I don't understand why the German governments never saw and still doesn't see that following the terrible Nazi crimes there is not just a special responsibility concerning surviving Jews and their descendants but also for Palestinians and their suffering, can't they see the connection? Should Palestinians be punished for crimes Nazis committed? Isn't self-defence the right of those who are occupied rather than that of the occupiers? Not all Israeli agree with their revenge and hateful far-right government, e. g. two amazing journalists, film directors and activists, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, prooved a hell lot of courage, directed and edited the British documentary film "NAZA" following the on-going mass killings of Palestinian civilians by Israelian forces during the Gaza war. The documentary includes 24 interviews of anonynmised military and intelligence insiders. Now Netanyahu intends to punish Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for making the truth public. The documentary (in Hebrew and English) received 5 or 6 rewards, premiered in main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, 10th of Sept. 26, special jury prize, and it sounds like we, the educated public, must protect the film directors. By the way, their documentary about the settlers' violance against Palestinian communities, in the West Bank, "No Other Land", won the Academy Award for the best documentary feature film. Now a shameless, wild settler mob stormed the Al Akza compound. In line with his life-long believe that attack is the best defence, Netanyahu intends to sue the Israelian newspaper, Haaretz, for publishing that he allowed the Massacre through Hamas to happen, took no steps to prevent, ignored the warnings of various foreign secret services. Not what one would expect from a leader who truely loves his country and his fellow citizens. Doesn't he fear the possible revenge of victims families? Does he still believe he can sell to them that is was for the good and security of the country? The Israeli administration intends to transfer the Ibrahimi Mosque into a synagogue and the old Hebron city to become part of a settlement. BRICS demand that Israel should end the occupation. The Palestinian activist, Mahmoud Khalil, sues Colombia University over discrimination. UK government says words in support of Palestinians are no longer enough, we have a historic duty. Settlers are demolishing Palestinian houses and property, they injured more than 12,000 Palestinians. Therefore the UK government will introduce a ban on imports from illegal, criminal, settlers and take actions against firms that provide services to illegal settlements., more and more countries are joining the ban. Netanyahu's revenge: closure of UK embassies, informing some British citizens that they are given 7 days to leave, diplomats will be stripped of their rights and have to leave the country within less than 30 days. Netanyahu suggested that the UK oposition should welcome his actions. Has he lost his marbles? What he did achieve, though, is that UK Rabbies support the sanctions of the UK administration against those criminal settlers. Good to know Jewish values still exist. I am not surprised, in UK I knew quite a few smart, educated, Jewish folks who believed in human rights and apposed Apartheid. Israel attacked 8 countries in 3 years, quite a record. Palestinian parents fear for the lives of their children at school as settlers' attacks grow. UN reports that 97% of school buildings are either damaged or destroyed through Israelian forces. Shameless Israelian minister, Katz, says Israel seeks Trump's support to expel Palestians from Gaza. This Mr. Trump refused. Hopefully he understands that there is a limit how far he can go. Still, the US president loves to praise himself, "economic success like never before in history" (why then raising prices, the poor and middle class getting poorer?). His latest, amazing idea: if Republicans win the Midterm Elections every US adult shall receive 5,000 Dollar from him. That would even exceed the defence budget. Does he want to bribe US citizens? Not against the law?  Even some members of his party feel embarrassed. If you listen to this greatest president of last and present US history long enough, you'll notice that he contradicts himself. A good liar needs a good memory. But what the heck, the late Bavarian politican, Franz - Joseph Strauss, once said: "I don't give a dam for the bullshit I talked yesterday." Being an amazing expert for every subject, the US president declared that AI is harmless, stocks are falling because there is a conspirity against AI. Nonetheless AI Experts  declare there is a 10 % risk it could wipe out mankind within a few years, if not restricted by lawmakers. A Candian of Jewish religion was chosen to check on war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu called him "a self-hating Jew" (whatever that might be???) and he received so many attacks that he finally felt forced to resign. Lord have mercy. Israeli tanks and bulldozers go deeper into Syria, they say the Golan Heights will be theirs forever. Many wars against Lebanon, but never before so long and so brutal. The big peace - maker, Donald Trump, intends to sell Netanyahu 2,8 Billion Dollars worth of ammunition, including 4,000 powerful bombs. Israel faces deepening diplomatic isolation and Trump is working on making the US stand alone. Guess the two heads of state are happy with just their male  friendship, birds of a feather...... The names of 20,000 Palestinian children, killed in Gaza (self-defence???), are written now on a monument, in New York, for the world to see, dead but not forgotten. The UN estimates that 80% of remaining buildings in Gaza are threatened with collapse, yet all too often the only shelter there is. Just now one of those did, damaged through a previous attack, causing the death of many under the rubble. Meanwhile,  after October 7th, 78,786 Palestinians died, still not a genocide? The next election in Israel will take place on 27th of October, let's hope for the best but fear the worst, there are still many who don't know what's going on in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, etc. The big sensorship is still working...... Lula says he'll address the UN and demand Trump keeps out of Brasilian election. Trump and Rubio believe they know best what sort of government other countries ought to have, a long US tradition, concerning mainly middle and south America, Asia and meanwhile also Europe. I recall a cartoon I saw 35 years ago. Two US citizens standing at a Bar. One man speaking to the other guy: "One thing I don't understand, whenever we like a government somewhere, the people of that country are of a totally different opinion."  Illegal so-called settlers attack Palestinian villages near Nablus, can't the civilized world stop this barbaric, wild, mob? 

Dance on the Volcano.

" Tolerance become a crime if it is for the evil."  Thomas Mann  "I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the worm." Franklin D. Roosevelt.   "The old world is dying, and the new world is struggling to be born, now is  the time of monsters."  Antonio Gramsci.   Since when does a military occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement ? " Edward Said. " The general population doesn't know what is happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't." "The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrantes and aliens, the more you can control the people." Noam Chomsky.   "I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad."   "In Januar 1961 the US severed diplomatic relations in response to Cuban nationalisation of US  owned sugar plantations, banks and business."   "The only continent where social movements have led to polical movements that have pushed through serious social and polical reforms is South America." Tariq Ali.                                                                            Seems to be wedding season in our neighborhood, mainly celebrated on the street, lasting 2 or even 10 nights. Bride and guests beautifuly dressed, especially those from the south of Tunisia. Celebrations vary, often with life music. There is one aspect, though, that I don't understand. They all use loudspeakers absolutely suitable for a big football stadium, frequently unfortunately right in front of our door. Never in my life have I heard a more deafening sound (music) , apart from short breaks, lasting 3, 4 or 5 hours.  (Hell for us and even more so for animals. ) - It is pretty hot here and in many other countries, I feel we are " getting cooked ", though Mr. Trump advised us not so long ago that there is no climate change and the environmental doesn't require protection. Other experts say too much sealing of the ground, narrow streets with high building and very few trees increase the temperature by 5 degrees centegrate or more. In addition all those wars, worse than ever, destruction of infrastructure, oil and fuel facilties burning, thick smoke - has anyone worked out the effect on human and animal life, on nature? Not to forget these enormous wild fires, mainly in Europe, America and Canada. Some say hell has opened its gates to punish us for allowing the so far achieved progress of mankind to be destroyed, greedy rich getting richer and increased suffering of the poor, who have no lobby. The majority isn't so weak, though, as the issue Fifa proved. While Infantino, Trump, the brother of the president's son-in law,  Kushner, and others had it all worked out nicely, real big money, waive with millions of Dollars.......... and you can sell stakes of Fifa to investors. The world of football, UEFA, CONCACAF, Asia- North-, Middleamerika and Caribbean, Assian football associations, the English and Wales Football Associations, etc withdrew their support, they were prepared to paralyze Fifa or launch rival competitions if Infantino doesn't step down. The European football association declared that they lost confidence in Infantino's leadership and they issued Fifa with a "document of preservation letter". Denmark demands that Infantino resigns, he undermines the values of football. The Canadian PM shares this opinion. Fans advised the World Cup has lost its majestic, just corrupt, big commerce, no longer sports one can enjoy, they lost all interest. The world cup game between Argentina and Spain was kind of strange. What happened with the Argentina players? Why this mad unprofessional foul play? Can't they do better? And most of it the referee didn't see? At the same time he monitored very closely the performance of the Spanish players. Some suspect Trump, Infantino, the referee and coach made a deal.....  after all, Spain beat US, Spain sanctions Israel and didn't allow Trump to use its airspace for his wars. Thus Mr. Trump is not amused, "Terrible country". Good to know that Spain can't be blackmailed! Anyhow, Infantino called an executive Fifa crisis meeting in Marocco. Let us remember, the Somali World Cup referee, Omar Abdulkadim Artan, elected best referee of Africa, was barred from entering US despite having a valid visa. Infantino could not be bothered to protest to his brother-in spirit, Trump, and remind him of Fifa values, that politics should not interfere with the world cup. Not to forget that Infantino neither had any problems with the discrimination of the Iran football players and others, fans and players mainly from Africa. Nevertheless, the federations of Marocco, Qatar, Kuwait. Lebanon and Sri Lanka have publicly declared their continued support for the football executive, Infantino, who wants to keep his post until 2031. Surprise, surprise, Argentina backs Infantino. 54  of 211 Fifa votes come from Africa. Who needs a backbone, the worm lives happily without. When you know a guy is corrupt that may be useful one day. Good news, vow, Infantino even apoligized and presently Fifa is not for sale. By the way, the Fifa world cup intake amounts to 13 Billion Dollars. - A court stopped Trump's ballroom construction without Congress approval. It was supposed to be paid for through donations, now it would require Millions of taxpayer ' Dollars. The judge pointed out that the president is only a resident for a limited period, the White House doesn't belong to him. Trump called that decision a "national  disgrace" , I would have thought that the US president's choice of words is often a disgrace, gutter style, "aiming below the belt", is not exactly appropriate for his post, one could call it a "national disgrace." Anyhow, his deals and negotiations are difficult to follow up, he has a lot of ideas, hopefully not too much influenced by Netanyahu. Demanding compensation for damaged or destroyed ships by Iran, from Canada because their wild fires cause a lot of smoke and spoil the air in the US, interesting thoughts - how about demanding compensation from US for striking Mexican and other boats ("drug boats"? killing the crew), and Israel at least for all the damages/killings that they did in Gaza, Westbank, Libanon, Iran, etc since the last peace agreement. Experts say it's more than 4,000 times and more than 1,000 lawless settlers, actively backed by the Israelians army and police, continue to attack, destroy, kill and steal Palestinians property. When will we hear demands to disarm that brutal mob of so-called settlers? The UN Commission's investigation revealed that Israeli snipers and drones deliberately kill Palestinian children, gun wounds on neck and head. This amounts to ethnic cleansing. Further attacks on health and education systems. Doctors without Borders confirm killings in cold blood, many are traumatised. At check points Israeli soldiers stop emergency ambulances, enjoying their power let them wait and suffer unnecessarily, switch off the engine and stop the medical aid. All in self-defence? A poor country ? They spend millions trying to influence public opinion, in particular in US and UK. Opinion polls show that in  the US mainly folks above 50 still support Israel, but their numbers are also decreasing. Roger Waters, meanwhile 82, of the famous group Pink Floyd, has been targeted for a decade by an Israelian lobby that decided to destroy his career because he dared to stand up for Palestinian rights, he called Israel an Apartheid system, based on what he saw during a visit to Israel and the Westbank. The pro-Israel lobby also managed to create difficulties for him concerning his charity work with US service members, amputee veterans, even food distributions. In 2023 Roger Waters couldn't book a room in Buenos Aires, Colombia, Ecuador, Montevideo. Israel has a powerful lobby with plenty of money. Hidden from the public eye, many activists were silenced by pro-Israel organizations that targeted hotel chains, excluded well known activists from media outlets and TV, made them "Persons non Grata". All in "Self-defence", no other state even attempted anything like it. - Cuba is a beautiful country with great, smart folks, very inventive. For decades the US tried to break them, more than 50 attempts alone to murder Fidel Castro. It appears to be US policy to decide which government is best for another country, mainly, but not only "in their back yard". Whenever they try to enforce their ideas they appear to make the life of the "natives" worse. Many international dictators were trained at the military 'School of All Americans' (e. g. Noriega, Ben Ali). As one famous man (forgot his name) once put it: If you want a better world, close that academie. In the past, when Cuba saw better days, they did a lot of good for poor countries, in Africa and South America, they helped with well trained doctors and medications. I wish folks will remember and help them to cope with all those unjustified sanctions. They are suffering and they deserve better. 

6

Beware of the Greedy Prince of Darkness.

Mary

 "He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good." Confucius. "A nation doesn't have to be brutal in order to be strong."   "To announce there must be no critism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."    A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."   Franklin D. Roosevelt.    "People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me."   "The point is that you can't be too greedy."   Donald Trump.   "The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than Palestinian itself."   "The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what will hold tomorrow.  Tomorrow always heralds a worse situation."   "I am not a lover of Israel, of course I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews."  Mahmoud Darwish.  "The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams in silver and gold." Khalid Gibran.                                                                                                      My amazing guarding cat, Mary, disappeared three years ago. She used to sit on top of my small, temporary shelter, next to my front door. (Didn't want to come inside.) No sign of my little treasure, I feared her dead. Great surprise, one morning sweet Mary returned, punctual for breakfast and she's there, every day now. She looks well and neat, but put on a bit of weight and doesn't like when other cats want to cuddle with me. It depresses me to see quite a few cats, often young kittens, with pus in their eyes (2 lately). If untreated it makes them blind and frequently causes their death. I usually could help, if they let me and understand that I won't harm them. Their natural instinct, though, makes them see me as their enemy and they use their claws and teeth to defend themselves, then go hiding. Very sad. Bananas remain rare as well as expensive, as we haven't got a safe, I won't buy. Not essential. While fireworks are allowed in most European countries only to celebrate the end of the year, discussions are taking place to even end these in order to protect the environment, we have got a new fashion in Tunisia, fireworks daily, to celebrate all sorts of events. (25 - 100 Dinar each) ignoring possible fire riks. In addition drivers love to run idle their vehicle engines, in view of the already pretty high temperatures a bit crazy, isn't it? Pray that it won't worsen our heat wave /changing climate . - For a short spell of time it looked as if those brutal, senseless wars in Gaza, Westbank, Lebanon, Iran, etc, might stop, slim chance. Threats, blackmail, seeming to be the new diplomacy. For the US administration loyalty has become more valuable than professional diplomacy, making negotiations rather complicated. Mr. Trump outsourced diplomacy to Pakistan and some Arabic countries. Anyhow, the American president appeared to be possibly willing to stop his wars, not so Netanyahu.  He would like to see a civil war in Lebanon, causing a failed state, easy to occupy. US vice-president, Vance, adviced that Israel compaigned to sway public's opinion against Iran's diplomacy and that they continue to violate the cease-fire agreement. Netanyahu has been getting away with every violation of international laws, he has been repeatedly accused of gonocide by several human rights organizations of high standing, like Amnesty International, Unicef, Save the children Fund, UNRWA and others. Yet never been held accountable, thus Netanyahu sees no reason to stop destruction, demolishing, burning, razor land in neighboring state - using Gaza as his 'successful' model, to flatten the local culture, as if it never existed, forcing the 'natives' to disappear, prepare the sites for the big land grabbing. The Nazis called it creating "Lebensraum".  It is shocking what crimes persons from different countried are capable of doing, in spite of having  various religious beliefs. What happened to our so-called civilization? Those specially protected according to international laws, like doctors and other medical staff, journalists, unarmed civilians, innocent children...... now just a target for a brave, 'highly moral' army acting in 'self-defence' ? Willful destruction of infrastructure, hospitals, schools, houses of worship like churches and mosques, etc, represents war crime, those responsible must be held accountable! Even funerals, ambulances are attacked, no save place, no empathy, just hate, is this still human? Plenty of evidence exists and has been submitted to the I CC in Den Haag. More than 60 villages have been destroyed by Israel in South Lebanon, the demolition continues. Meanwhile 20,000 homes have been effected. It doesn't say anywhere (not even in the Torah) that only Jews are entitled to human rights, Netanyahu's obvious idea of a 'democratic' Israel. They have become what they hated. Israel banned the Great Mufti of Jerusael and Palestinians from entering the Al Akqsa Mosque compound for one week. Netanyahu prevented the Arab League Chief from visiting West Bank. The Great Mosque in Paris opened 100 years ago, it was built as a big 'Thank You' from the French state to the Moslems for their support during the First World War (70,000 Moslems lost their life). Many jews survived during the 2. World War because the Great Mosque offered them protection. A few years ago I had the great fortune to visit the Great Mosque, one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. A dream, now celebrating its one hundred years' anniversary. Men can create a lot of beauty but also a lot of horror. What are great man remembered for? In UK 80 politicians demand tougher measures against Israel. Spain and Ireland declared last year that they won't participate in the Fifa world cup should Israel be accepted. If EU and perhaps Africa would leave Fifa, it would be the end of the corrupt organization, experts say. Politics have nothing to do with sports? Why then does the US president set the rules and openly shows that he and Infantino are the best of pals? Fifa should be politically neutral occording to its fundamental principles : independence of sports bodies from direct government interference, but its president, Infantino, is a regular guest at Mar-a-Lago and the White House, even arrived alongside Trump at the Gaza summit in Egypt. After the top US scorer, Balogun, received a red card and it looked bad for the US football game against Spain, ("Terrible country", says Trump) Mr. Trump phoned Mr. Infantino and the red card was withdrawn. Trump called it "correction of a great injustice." Following an international outcry over this unprecedented decision, (many were pleased to see it didn't help, US lost against Spain) a Fifa committee checked the matter and it was officially declared to be okay. Journalists of the British newspaper, The Times/Sunday Times, though, found out that all of the 17 committee members voted : NO, only the chairman said Yes, a correct decision, my vote counts! The IOC (International Olmypic Committee) received complaints about the performance of Fifa's president, Infantino. A lot of fans from several countries declared they lost interest in football. The DFG boss advised he won't sign again for Infantino. Fifa says they are neutral but they are siding with the powerful. How can a country that is at war with one, or even more country/countries host the Fifa World cup? The Iran team had to put up with a lot of discrimination and fans from various countries, e. g. Ivory Coast, not surprisingly Iran, were barred from entering the US. Politics very much came into sports, due to Trump and others, last not least, the Fifa president, a disgrace! - Seeing Trump's organisation, ICE, performances, makes me wonder how save the US streets are for Marco Rubio, after all he looks very much like many immigrants that are arrested and deported without reason, just wrong colour of eyes, hair and skin, not surprising with Cuban rootes. Mr Trump tried to change laws that entitle babies of immigrants born in US to become citizens. A judge stopped this, saying such a change is against the constitution. Anyhow, the US Secretary of state, Marco Rubio,  launches a compaign to dismantle ICC  in Den Haag. He doesn't seem to be aware of its history. It was set up by the Americans, a lesson learned following the brutal Nazi dictatorship, the genocide against Jews, Sinti and Roma, plus mass murder of others, a lesson learned from the Nuernberg trials. The idea was to never again allow such horrible atrocities and genocide, Without Exemptions. Those who commit crimes like that should always know that one day they will be held accountable. We should be grateful to all who work for the ICC, at different levels, not very rewarding but rather depressing to hear and see those horrible sufferings and unspeakable crimes, put up with threats and blackmail by shameless people. Yet they give us a bit of hope to regain a civilized society. We must protect them!!! - By the way, the American president managed to double his wealth since his re-election, now approx. 6,3 Billion dollars, he owns large plots of land in 23 countries. Shameless Trump impossed taxes of 45 (?) percent on Vietnam, a country in which the U S committed terrible crimes in the past. After Vietnam agreed to sell him a plot of land (which they originally didn't want) he reduced it by 50 %. Typical Trump, isn't it blackmail? Yes but, don't forget to praise him for it. Perhaps also for intending to reduce the nation parks in one federal state by 90 %, good for the environment, isn't it? By the by, the first lady has a good sense of humor, when asked what she likes best about her husband, she answered, his faithfulness, and when asked what is his biggest fault, she replied, he hasn't got one. 

Back from the Dark Age?

" Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." Hannah Arendt.  "Often he who omits an act does injustice not only those who commits an act."   "The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius.   "Stupidity is a talent for misconception."  "I have great faith in fools, self-confidence my friends call it." EdgarAllan Poe.   "The first and fundamental resistance is that of the spirit. It means resiting this intimidation of any lie asserted as truth, the contagion of any collective intoxication." Edgar Morin.  "Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it."  Robert Frost.  Even cats can be jealous, whenever sweet Nikola cuddles with me, pretty Suny-Boy comes running and wants to cuddle as well, the same applies to gorgeous long haired Allan and handsome Jeremy (both black and white, though lately Jeremy's half body changed colour to a warm chocolate brown). Sadly some folks started again to drag baby cats, even less than 10 days old, from the loving paws of their mother, and place them in a cardboard box outside on the street, ignoring that this is forbidden now. I spoke to boys from the neighborhood, who didn't understand the cruelity of such action (haram!) and asked them whether they would also put new born babies out on the street in a cardboard box.....? Without the mother their chances are practically zero and it is also brutal for the cat mother. Though it is probably in vain, I try to save 2 innocent babies (a 3rd one  died), placed by someone from the neighborhood near my house. Them screaming for their mother, poor handicapped Johnny (car accident, broken bones, big non-malicious cancer growth, looking like a mudder, partly operated, allergy) comes running, wanting to help, such a great darling. Yes, animals know empathy and I would never compare bad persons to animals. However, some Israelian politicians and so-called "settlers" call Palestinians 'dogs' and say they are not humans. Reminds me of Nazi propaganda (concerning Jewish people). By the way, settlers are normally persons welcomed, willing to integrate and live on land they either bought or leased. Israelian settlers are Israelian citizens living illegally on Palestinian land, more than 700,000 do, 10% of the Israelian population live in 150 illegal settlements and 128 outposts, spread across the occupied Westbank and East Jerusalem. They receive from their government 5,6 million Dollars each year for their activities and reports monitoring Palestinians . The big censorship concerning the sufferings of Palestinians, war crimes committed, worked successfully in Europe, US, Israel and other places for a while. Then Tik Tok from China, very popular with their short, often funny, frequent animal actors, videos started to report on Palestine and created a "game changer". They had more viewers than Aljazeera, that suffers a kind of mistrust in the Wester world, as "being one-sided". Meanwhile a documentary on Israeli shooting Palestinian children in Gaza won the Emma award. On 22nd of June Ireland celebrated the Irish strike against Apartheid in 1980. Today Irish citizens say we must isolate and boycott the planned Irish-Israel football match for moral and legal reasons. They urge sanctions against Israel because they have targeted Palestinian sports for decades and destroyed their facilities. The Fifa world football cup is big business like never before. Tunisia was informed they would have to pay 100 million Dinars to be granted the right to show their games on national TV. Daylight robbery! I am proud to say Tunisia believes such an amount should better be spent on more important issues, surely not an easy decision since Tunsians are crazy about football. We could do with more football fields for kids, would provide them with better experience than just playing on the roads. Somalian Omar Abdulkadar Atan, Africa's top referee, winner of the Confederation African Football award, was refused entery to US at the airport, even  though tasked to perform as referee at the world football cup (not for the 1. time) . "He spoke to the wrong persons and is therefore considered a safety risk."  Rather than considering him a potential terrorist, Africa regards this an insult! It has come to this. We live in a world of double standards, the innocent are guilty and the guilty (with plenty of evidence for this) are innocent. Fifa president, Infantino, shame on him, didn't care to object and declare that such a decision isn't acceptable. On the contrary, he donated his suddenly self- invented "Fifa peace prize" to Donald Trump. Being madly in love with himself, the president was very pleased, nothing like folks "without a backbone", flattering when sharp critic would be more applicable. The greatest president that ever breathed, Donald Trump, declared he doesn't care about war crimes. Nor does Netanyahu and his extreme right wing  government. UN report says that Israel deliberately targeted and killed Palestinian children (self-defence?) on a big scale, there is a genocide against Palestinians taking place and war crimes are committed by the Israelian army. Meanwhile more than 73,018 Palestinians have been killed. The American president says:  "I am disappointed with Israel, they can't do anything without demolishing buildings."  Well, it is not just that...... Having been repeatedly ordered by Trump to stop attacking Lebanon, not to violate the cease-fire agreement, Netanyahu chooses to ignore Big Brother's instruction. Tail wagging dog? Israelians says it is not their war, but Netanyahu's for his own interests. By the way, Lebanon was always under threat by Israel, long before Hezbollah even existed. Buffer zone, the new word for land grab. The American ambassador for Israel advised Israel being "a small state" must have the right to take parts of neigboring countries, as far as he is concerned as much as they like..... (A Palestinian state ("if such a population exists" ) could be established in Jordan or another muslim country, he says) Interesting philosophy, should this be made into new international law? Should we re-write the world maps? Those with the atomic bomb (why is it okay for Israel?) would have an advantage....... Thank God not many countries are interested but prefer to live in peace with their neighbors. Countries that allow their forces, police or other organizations to commit atrocities with impunity, are destroying the soul of their country. Martinique born Frantz Fanon illustrated this well in his famous book "The Wretched of the Earth" (1961). Once its wars are ended, Israel may well pay a heavy price, and I am not just thinking of the compensations it should pay for war crimes, crimes against humanity and all the damage it did. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in Den Haag has 125 members. The director of Mossad (secret service of the ever so small state of Israel) phoned the chief prosecutor of ICC in order to demand: Stop the investigation on Gaza. Otherwise he threatened: there will be US sanctions (greetings from the Big Brother) against ICC members and their families. In a documentary an ICC procecutor informed that US sanctions even affected her son in Gambia, her husband was investigated, 2 men entered her house, took photos. Their message: We know where you live! Accustomed to getting away with murder, Israel with Donald Trump's support, even dared to demand the deportation and arrest of the ICC prosecutor. Africa is part of the court and the Dutch government needs to do much more to protect the members of the court! Meanwhile three judges from the ICC are suing the American president for the sanctions imposed on them. - More and more companies decide to employ AI (artificial intelligence) to replace human labour, at various levels. Where will it all end? Henry Ford recognized many years ago that cars won't buy cars. But even worse AI used by military means killing becomes easier, no empathy, it's anonyme, like a computer game, or even robots acting independently. The new big peace deal concerning US, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Israel, will it last? Mr. Trump is proud of it, but it is not what Netanyahu and his far right ministers wanted. They wanted to continue on their path of destruction. The costs of 3 wars amounted to approx. 205 Billion Dollars for Israel. It did a lot of damage to the Israelian economy, 50,000 businesses closed since 2023, taxes and living costs are rising. Many professionals left the country. Jewish people all over the world have lost a lot of security and are often blamed for atrocities they are not responsible for, they may even condemn . Netanyahu 's administration obviously did a lot of harm, even to Jewish folks. At present only Trump can stop him or the next election. Time to wake up. The climate change is there, too high temperatures are undeniably and harmful for humans, animals and nature. Should we continue with stupid, totally unnecessary wars? Lord have mercy. 

Eyes still closed, less than 10 days old. The last one died after 2 weeks, in spite of all my efforts. 

Good morning. 

Cactus flower. 

Family meeting

Age of Deception and Double Standards.

 "Whoever saves only one life saves the whole world." Talmud.  "For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect."  Matthew 24:24.   "God says those evil doers prophecy lies, offering false visions, diviations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds."  Jeremiah 14:14.    "Good wishes alone will not ensure peace."  Alfred Nobel.   "Peace is our gift to each other."  Ellie Wiesel.  "Peace cannot be achieved through violance, it can only be achieved through understanding."  Ralph Waldo Emerson.    "The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different."   Hipporates.                                            Found a lovely approx. 2 or 3 weeks old kitten in my temperory outdoor cats' shelter, sadly much too young to survive without her mother. Cleaned her eyes and gave her a bit of milk/water mixture. A little later an adult cat arrived, joined her, licked and cuddled the little one. The mother? A cat willing to adopt the babe? They went to sleep hugging each other. Next day the kitten disappeared, then the adult cat as well. Pleasant surprise, a little later she returned with the cute golden coloured baby cat. - Temperatures are rising and so are prices. It won't get better, it doesn't anywhere in the world, except for several very greedy rich (e. g. weapon industry, Mr. Trump and his tech billionaire friends, etc). Should they rule the world, profit first....?   Trump intends to take Raul Castro to court. What for? Just like his brother, late Fidel, and others, he didn't fill his pockets, didn't try to harm his country for his own advantage, wasn't corrupt, didn't take bribes, etc, unlike Netanyahu whom Trump wants to save from prison (several charges, court case running for years) and thus asked the Israelian president, Herzog, to pardon him. Apparently Cuba shot down 2 areoplanes operated by exiles in 1996 (!!!). Cuba says it was in Cuban airspace, Trump says no, in international water. As we all know, Mr. Trump always speaks the truth and he appears to possess a memory like an elephant. Anyhow, if it occured in international waters, Castro should have asked Israel for permission, after all Netanyahu demonstrated again and again that international waters belong to Israel. - EU demands ending of conrol and isolation of Cuba. Does Marco Rubio love the country of his rootes? I don't think so. "Cuba is next...." (land grab, exploitation, destruction ? Why all that hate?) ) Cuban health and education system, free for all, could have been a model for middle and south American countries, as well as the US. By the way, Fidel Castro survived approx. 50 US government attempts to assassinate him, nothing worth mentioning for Mr. Trump. Well now, unfortunately, following centuries of sanctions, and to make matters worse, no more fuel and oil from Venezuela, (following the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife in Venezuela ) the situation is dire.  10 million citizens without electricity and the responsible person, Donald Trump, is still dreaming of a Nobel Peace Price. He's got it all wrong. Instead he and Netanyahu should be donated a "wrecking- ball award." By the way, no animal ever volunteerily started a war, maybe animals, in general, should be donated the Nobel peace price. I recall the present US president proudly declaring that he's forbidden Netanyahu to continue bombing Lebanon, respect the ceasefire agreement! Yet Israeli forces continue to attack daily and kill wherever they want. "Hezbollah" or "self-defence" is their joker card. - Now that Hungary ellected a new government (Mr. Trump, Rubio, the US government, failed to keep with their support corrupt Urban in post. The good people of Hungary were of a totally different opinion than the US administration), it was possible, at long last, to achieve an EU resolution to sanction the brutal Israeli settlers for their evil deeds (looting, e. g. life stock of Beduin Palestinians, arson, destruction of farms and old, valuable, olive trees, threatenings, beatings and even killing of Palestinians in the West Bank, meanwhile 1,157). There was a time when Israeli forces would stop them, now they are accompanied, supported and protected by army members. Netanyahu is angry, not the EU reaction he used to have! Shameful for our so-called civilized society, meanwhile Palestinians suffer 78 years of Nakbar. At long last France, Germany, Italy and UK demands ending Israelian settlement expansion on Palestinian land. - Eurovision song contest, since 1973 Israel appears to belong to Europe and therefore performs there as well. Could it be that someone's geography is pretty weak? Five nations, Iceland, Ireland, Netherland, Spain and Slovenia, boycotted the Eurovision song contest because of Israelian participation. Amnesty International says allowing Israel to take part is proof of the double standards. Officially it is a non-political event, but why then is Russia barred? Why were participants allowed to bring and display flags of all participating countries, as well as rainbow and pride flags, but not Palestinian flags and symbols? Part of the voting was done by audiences, and the other part by a specialist jury. Netanyahu openly demanded that Israeli individuals should vote up to 20 times for their country, as allowed by the system. Thus for a short time the Israeli porformance made it to the top, then the specialist jury pushed them to the second place. Israel had spent a lot of money to manipulate the event  and pretend that they a normal country, not an apartheid rouge state, as several say. The estimated revenue loss through the aforementioned boycott amounts to 100,000 Euro. - Israel plans to occupy Libanon even after the war ends, they apply the same method as in Gaza, try to destroy everything, including infrastructure, in a certain area in the south (yellow line, their very own invention) use bulldozers, make it uninhabitable for Lebanese citizens, prepare their "buffer zone" for  land grabbing. Nazis called the land they planned to steal of Poland "badly needed Lebensraum".  - Trump shocked his countrymen. When asked whether he took into consideration the US economy and the effects on US, before starting the war against Iran, he replied: "Not at all. Only worried about atomic weapons in Iran." Does this mean he doesn't care for the country that elected him as president? Does he feel indifferent to sufferings of the middle class? Has he been brainwashed by Netanyahu? Good help America, they deserve better.  -  Approx. 180,000 Christians live in Israel. With the extreme right wing government in Israel the wind has changed, rasism is on the rise. There are those who believe Israel should be a 'Jews only' state, no room for other religions and the historic importance of the holly sites. Moslems and now also Christians are subjected to increased attacks, spitting, insults, graffiti, even arson and other violance. If this continues with impunity, Christian states that continue to support Netanyahu and his administration, will have to do some explanation to their citizens. By the way, Donald Trump intends to allow 17,500 white South Africans to immigrate (to proof that he isn't a racist). Reminds me of what US citizens were shouting in protest against ICE officials: "They hate all races, except white faces." - Lord have mercy. - 

Coming up  'Aid El Idha' (Moslem Feast of Sacrifice, in memory of Abraham being prepared to sacrify his son according to God's demand), listen if you can to the words of the Canadian great, songwriter and singer, late Leonhardt Cohen: "Story of Isaac".  Leonhard Cohen explained his message, it is a demand to stop the sacrifice of children in a war. 

World on Fire, Testing how far They can go.....

Self portrait of Mr. Donald Trump. 

 "To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."  Nelson Mandela.  "Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free."   14th Dalai Lama.  "You cannot kill the truth. You cannot kill justice. You cannot kill what we are fighting for."  Jean Dominique.  "The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who 'disappeared'. That is what the candle is for."  Peter Benenson.  "You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free."  Clemence Darrow.  "The right to life is the first among human rights."  Pope Francis.   "Freedom is never granted, it is won. Justice is never given, it is exacted."   A. Philip Randolph.    " The object of reward is to encourage, that of punishment is to prevent." Hen Fei                                                                                                                                    In my opinion we have too long and too frequent school holidays, in particular in view of only rare offers for bored kids and youngsters to maybe learn new creative techniques (something to be prowd of) instead of the usual street football, or - what several in my neighborhood do - out of frustration stone throwing, damaging or destroying what they can lay their hands on. Attention - Deficit - Hyperactivity - Disorder (ADHD) is spreading where parents leave education of their children mainly to the street. Junk food is also not very helpful, the negative effect on the brain the US president demonstrates daily. Some believe he's the re-born Emperor Nero and suffers from Megalomania. Strange, no other president realized that the White House urgently requires a ball room with plenty of gold/blinking ornaments (homeless and poverty-stricken US citizens will understand), so that when the new elite, trillions-rich estate brokers, or other VIPs, politicians, etc, visit the greatest president that ever breathed, it won't be embarrassing for a 'Trump-first nation.' Already planned next step, a Trump - Triumph Arch, followed by further urgently required monuments, possibly a Mausoleum.......? Lord have mercy, could someone please hand Donald Trump a job description for the post of US president? Mr. Trump reminds me of a child that wants to have whatever it sees. He appears to regard the world and all its riches his private property. By the way, Donald's signature strongly resembles a Kindergarten kid's first attempt to scribble. Trump's mental twin, vice-président Vance, said he prayed for every fired bullet to hit a target of US and for overwhelming violance of actions  against those who deserve no mercy. Further, suggested US citizens should pray for their successful war. The Pope replied that Jesus is a King of Peace and God wouldn't accept the prayers of those who wage war and have blood on their hands. The genius warlord Trump of course supported the brilliant Vance and advised that Pope Leo is "wrong on law and order" and that "he is very weak." Does that mean  possible land grabbing of Vatican state when all other "jobs" are finished? After all, on Trump's 'True Social Media" post the world was already enlightened by a (with the aid of AI created) picture showing Donald Trump as Jesus. Following protests Mr. Trump insisted the picture made him look like a doctor. Anyhow, (US born) Pope Leo pointed out that he is "not afraid of the US government." Fearing for their life, though, should be, the delegations of Iran, Libanon, etc. who try to negotiate with US and Israel for a lasting peace. The Mossad may be following them, determinated to execute each one of them,. they have done something similar with a Palestinian negotiation team before, 7 months ago, experts warn. By they way, according to international law it is a war crime to kill non- military civilians in a 'wild-west manner' , even if they are the enemy. Nonetheless, Mr. Trump as well as Mr. Netanyahu and their government members constantly demonstrated, and still do, that they consider themselves above international laws and regulations, untouchable. In US citizens are protesting, "not the president we elected!" Madame Meloni suspended the automatic defense contract with Israel. Now Israelian soldiers fired at an Italian UN convoy of peacemakers in Lebanon, is this revenge? Trump says he is disappointed that Madam Meloni criticized him for his comments concerning Pope Leo. Donald Trump believes there can be only 2 points of view, his and the wrong one. In Israel citizens are also demonstrating against Netanyahu and his team, not so much because of the brutal war in Gaza and the Westbank, dehumanizing Palestians for decades, actually since 1948, unfortunately leads to many Israelians becoming unsensible against their suffering. Israelian soldiers are looting, enjoy unnecessary destructions, taking photos and videos of their stealing and war crimes, seeming to be totally unaware that their actions are nothing to be proud of. At long last German Chancellor Merz told Netanyahu that Israel must stop stealing Palestinian land. Now Netanyahu demands an apology, not the language Israel was used to coming from the German government. Times are a changing? There is hope. Germany made a big mistake when it interpreted its obligations resulting from the terrible Nazi crimes. The lesson to be learned is to never ever accept war crimes, occupation is illegal, unlawful, Apartheid must be stopped and genocide punished, without exception. More than 1 million EU citizens signed  demands to sanction Israel. The EU can suspend all payments to Israel, including private ones. It was done with Russia. The EU is Israel's largest trading partner, total value 50 billion dollars. Lately settlers, protected by Israelian soldiers, entered the Al Aqsa mosque compound "to pray", but actually to provoke. These lawless gangs will doubtlessly be difficult to control for years to come. As the saying goes, "if you sow wind, you will harvest storm." UN states that at least 38,000 women/girls have been killed in Gaza. The damage in Iran is presently estimated to amount to 270 billion dollars, will rise. Iran wants comensation. Israelian soldiers have told the government critical Israelian newspaper Haaretz that Israeli forces are demolishing villages in Southern Lebanon, "methods simular to those used in the Gaza strip." By the way, since the in October 2025 agreed ceasefire for Gaza, Israel killed 765 Palestians and injured at least 2,140 (numbers rising). Lebanon files a complaint to the UN Security Council over the more than 100 Israelian air strikes on 8th of Aril, in densely populated residental areas of Beirut, during peak hours and without prior warning, 303 citizens were killed, including 30 children and 71 women. (clearly a war crime). Will Lebanon receive one day compensation? Beirut, a beautiful town, used to be called "Petit Paris". Why has the Israelian government such a strong desire to destroy other cultures? James Baldwin once said, "People always hate what they can't understand and they hate so much because they understand so little." Unicef stated on 10th April 2026 that 600 children have been killed in Lebanon. UN declared that over the last 3 years 1010 aid workers have been killed, 326 in 2025 across 21 countries, there is wide-spread impunity and weakening respect for international law in crisis zones. Folks carrying out life-saving missions are increasingly being targeted. Iran has been accused of extensive sensorship. The 'joke' is Mr. Trump wants the same, he threatened to withdraw journalists' licenses if they criticize his performance and don't praise his great achievements. During the Vietnam war journalists were free to report what they saw and experienced. That led to many anti-war demonstrations in US and other countries and a vast number of citizens demanding an end of the Vietnam war. Nowadays many journalist are killed on purpose, 'Press' no longer mean protection (though demanded by international law) but a "good target."  Israelian Sensorship in Gaza is 100 %.  Mr. Trump says he doesn't worry about war crimes. Is he setting the new standards? In Cameroon Pope Leo pointed out,  "A handful of tyranns have ravaged the world, the world is turned upside down."                                    The other day  I had a dream. Donald Trump passed away and landed in hell. "Welco me, my Son," says the Head Devil. Trump has a look around, no golf course, no ballroom, interior rather modest, not very intriguing...... "I am not staying here!" says Trump. The devil's reply, "But this is where you belong, my son. You are welcome and you will find here many individuals that you admired. " Trump answers, "No, thanks, I am granting myself a Royal Pardon."  "Sorry," advises the Devil, "this you can no longer decide, besides, you are not a king and never have been...... "