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 alraedy died this year in a road accident, speed restriction, 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. 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 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. 

A Change got to Come.

" Capitalism is against things we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It is not about any of those things now. It is about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed. "  "You can't regulate child labour. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong."  "You never get rid of crazy people. They have been around for thousands of years, they'll continue to be around, they'll continue to do horrible things." 

"I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place."  "I say stupid white men are always the problem. That's never going to change." Michael Moore.  "If you see what's right and fail to act on it, you lack courage." Confusius.                                                                                                                                         Early in the morning when I feed my big feral family, Jane's kitten, baby Lizy, is always one of the first ones to greet me and demand her bit of "salami". One morning she wasn't there and nowhere to be seen. I feared she may have suddenly passed away. Cats tend to hide when they feel that their end is near. When I opened the entrance door to attend to the visitors to my Cats' Table, I had a pleasant surprise. There she stood, my lovely little treasure, we were both absolutely happy to see each other. It is getting pretty hot, the climate change is taking its toll. In many countries the beaches are losing sand, but nowhere as rapidly as in North Africa, approximately 7 cm in a year. Not so in Tunisia, there it's 50 to 70 cm, absolute record. Unfortunately many citizens still don't understand the importance of environmental protection, they lack this awareness and "saw at the branch they are sitting on." Lately kids like frozen fruit juice in a small plastic bag. The remains with the plastic they drop wherever they happen to be, a lot in front of my house, attracting ants. Persons with this type of behaviour Germans call "environmental pigs." Time to wake up and it is up to all of us. Yet bad habits die hard. All those numerous motorbikes, youngsters and kids riding extrem loud motorbikes fueled with bad stinking diesel, just for fun..... Netherlands banned New Year fireworks, here they are constantly used (on a smaller scale) at various functions, e. g. yesterday once more one of those extreme loud street wedding celebrations. Bad for our blood pressure, my heart beats like mad, and it frightens animals. Tunisians seem to love having it loud, either meanwhile immune (a bit deaf?) or just unaware of the negative effect on human and animal health. You don't see many bikes on the street, they are out of fashion, cars appear to be a must, offten families possess /hire more than one. Comparing (within my limits) Tunisian youngsters on holiday here, coming from France and Germany and subjected to the environmental restrictions there, I found that those from Germany are better educated - or is it just that some Tunisians living in France enjoy "the freedom" of doing here what is there absolutely forbidden (extremely expensive fines, even for simply dropping cigarettes stubs). It is not sufficient to have good laws and regulations to protect the environment and avoid pollution, you also  need folks who monitor this and ensure that violations are punished appropriately. - Mr. Trump invited for a mini African summit the heads of states from Mauritania, Liberia, Senegal, Gabon and Guinea-Bissau. Since Liberia was founded by in America freed slaves originating from Africa, English became the official language most widely spoken. Thus spoken by Liberians a long time before Mr. Trump's family even learned a word of English! Big surprise, Donald Trump advised the president (mend to be a compliment?) of  Liberia that he speaks excellent English and inquired where did he learn it. Wow, in Liberia.... President Trump pressures African presidents to accept irregular migrants deported from the US. Hopefully they'll refuse. Donald Trump doesn't like his brother-in-spirit, Bolsenaro, being taken to court in Brasil (for trying to overthrow the goverment) and threatens Brasil with 50 % tarifs. Lula da Silva replied: "We don't need to trade with the US (mainly coffee and orange juice), a total lack of respect and tact, a behaviour Trump adopts with everyone, and I am not obligated to accept this disrespectful behaviour between heads of states." Bravo, I'd wish the EU and others would have the same " strong backbone" instead of collectively bowing to the presently most powerful man in the world. It is forgetting your own power that makes him so powerful and Trump isn't even good for the US unless you are extremely rich..... Important state officials, experts, lost their jobs over night, to save money....... Being asked if this could be the reason why so many (more than 200) died following the last flooding, the president replied that only a person with a bad character would ask him such a question. Human Rights Monitor EURO Med, has called for the US president, Donald Trump to face criminal prosecution for complicity in gonicide, for support of the GHF aid distrubution mechanism in Gaza. Since GHF began operating in May 27 the number of those purposely killed amount to 805, missing are 42 and 5,252 have been wounded. The system is a viscous death trap. Needless to say, many victims are children. Did those GHF members with an army background feel threatened by those half-starved kids? The minitoring group says

that testimony from the field indicated the involvement of private US security contractors and Israelian soldiers in the attacks on aid seekers. Some Israelian soldiers stated that they were ordered to shoot. One Israelian government member, I think it was Mr. Katz, openly asked, why provide aid, we want Palestians to starve to death  or die of thirst. Trump's administration provided "an umbrella of comprehensive military, financial, political, and diplomatic support" for the war in Gaza. Even wanting some water to survive appears to be crime, recently 8 were targeted and killed, 6 were children. The medical staff death toll amounts to 1,588. Brave army! 130 NGOs are calling for UN to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid. High time to act before there is no one left requiring any aid. Why this boarderless hate? We need actions not words (Herr Merz declared that he doesn't agree with what's going on in Gaza, hasn't done so for weeks.....) . Have we lost all civilization, even animals show more empathy, I have seen this! By the way, Donald Trump said that  Mr. Putin is killing too many people, sounds like he is totally unaware of how many Palestinians (and others from the neighboring countries) his Buddy Bibi Netanjahu killed. 

Postscript You Name It

 "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."  "Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom." "Thinking, the talking of the soul with itself." Plato   "When I die I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to look them in the eye." Femi Kuti  "It is the responsibility of interlectuals to speak the truth and explore lies."  Noam Chomsky.                                           Never give up hope. Great Mary, my sweet, feral companion and for a long time guardian of my house, suddenly disappeared, months ago. I feared her to be no longer in the land of the living. Big surprise and a moment of happiness, there she was, modestly sitting on my pavement, waiting for her breakfast. Jane has been feeding her surviving 3 kittens (1 died suddenly, plus the fostered Siamese) for 11 weeks now with her Mummy milk and even though meanwhile fairly thin herself, seems to be willing to continue to do so on request. Fluer's 5 lovely babies were less lucky. She tried to feed them, but didn't appear to have enough milk. At the time I couldn't afford to buy, as an addition, the substitute powder milk. It turned out that the cow milk was insufficient for nourishment and those cute babies all sadly died. It was very hard to loose them, inspite of all my effords, not what they deserved. -  When you think it can only get better, you can't be more mistaken. Double standards, shameless lies, fake news, political blackmail and threats, the new normal. International standards and human rights laws without meaning. The world's richest (Elon Musk 388 milliards netto, Donald Trump estimated 5 milliards netto) and the presently most powerful man verbally fighting, Mr. Trump threatening Elon Musk not to dare supporting the Democrats, in addition he threatened to withdraw his US citizenship and send Mr. Musk back to South Africa. Interesting thought, all over USA folks are demonstrating against Trump's extensive deportations, often concerning people in employments, low paid jobs in building trade, economy, healthcare, etc. As one demonstrator put it, every American has immigration roots. (Mr. Trump's family orginates from Germany ( of which Germans in general are not proud) , the 1. Lady from Slowenien, at the time arrived with a tourist visa and worked as a model). "No Kings" and "No one above the law", "Corruption has gone too far", slogans of the  demonstrating masses, all over US, fearing destruction of democracy in US and a sellout to the extreme rich. Trump suggests the " arrest of the Californian governor would be a great thing". Well, he belongs to the Democrats, stated that they don't need/want the National Guards and Marines (rubber bullets and tear gas, militarization of civilian protests) ordered to arrest 3, 000 immigrants a day - these folks are often necessary for the economy - and California is the richest US state. On his birthday Trump watched behind bullet proof glass a military parade, officially to celebrate 250 years of US military. The president called Israelian attacks on Iran (nuclear facilities, gas and oil fields, infrastructure, residential areas, rocket installations, military and other high ranking, important persons, like scientists, etc) "excellent and further ones would be even more brutal".  His poor wife, the man considers something brutal as excellent! By the way, Israel has now started the 5th war on a neigbour. More than 50 %  of the Republicans (!!!) under the age of 50 have an unfavorable view of Israel, they are sick and tired of those never ending wars that are not in the interest of US. Their demand, "drop Israel". They say that if the war addicted Netanyahu wants to continue he should do so on his own, and have his unlimited "self defence". Netanjahu dreams of " reshaping the Orient" and " regime change in Iran." Doesn't he know that many Israelians wish the later for his country as well? Nonetheless, the German chancellor, Merz, says "Israel does for us the dirty work in Iran". Strange thought, violation of international law is in the interest of Germany? If you don't like a government somewhere..... What effect does it have on the environment when atomic facilities are destroyed, oil and gas fields are set on fire, rockets are constantly fired? The other day Netanyahu adviced that Hamas members are Nazis. Does that mean they are actually Germans? (did Herr Merz intend to express that these Nazis are a threat for Germany?). The Israelian press speaker talked about press freedom and said that it is expressive in Israel, like in no other country in the world. Asked why then are there no journalists allowed in Gaza, replied that this serves their protection, as Hamas would kill them already for one word against Hamas. The reply came clear and straightforward : "Two hundred journalist have been killed in Gaza, none by Hamas!"   Herr Merz  demanded Iran must immediately end attacks on civilian facilities. Are starving families in Gaza, walking for miles, as demanded by the occupier, trying to obtain a bit of food from one of the four food distribution centres, run by the murky Israelian/Amercian aid organization (GHF) , actually a military facility and justify shooting, presumably in "self-defence"?  In Germany a Syrian orthopedic, living and working there meanwhile for 10 years, has recently been sentenced for life imprisonment, followed by life - long safety arrest on account of his special cruelity  - committed as one of Assad's torturers. He was recognized by country men. Sometimes the justice wheels grind slowly. The great dealer, Donald Trump, demands that Iran should surrender unconditionally, like the Nazis when their  "3rd Reich" ended? In addition Mr Trump informs that "We know where Chamenei is hidding, but we won't kill him yet." There is a caravan in Egypt constisting of folks from 60 countries, planning to reach Rafah in support of Palestinians. Egyptian authorities stopped them, some even got beaten up and arrested. Not what the great population of Egypt wants to see. It appears that different lives have different values,  peoples of various effected and/or feeling concerned countries are often more advanced than those in power (you don't bite the hand that feeds you.....). If we want a better world, where all can enjoy equal human rights, it is necessary to put pressure on shameless governments and force them to see that they can't continue, they must stop sending arms and money to Israel, stop the special treatment and their talking like a broken record of "self-defence", reactivate international human rights. By the way, the Gaza war so far costs Israel 85 billion dollars, money well spend? Is it good for their economy, did it make the world a safer place for citizens with a Jewish religion? Why does Netanyahu close numerous Embassies and restrict diplomats' movements? There are great folks all over the world, who happen to have a Jewish religion (after all it is a religion, not a race), who don't agree with Netanyahu 's aggresive politics and wars, they don't deserve to be hated, let us not forget this. Netanyahu questened what prize Israel has to pay for the war, replied that every family pays a prize, including his own, they had to postphone his son's wedding, his wife is a hero....... such a comment speaks for itself, it shocked many. - The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights sharply critized Germany in a letter to the Minister of Forein Affairs (CSU), for restricting the freedom of expression and peaceful assemly in Germany. In his letter Mr. Michael O'Flaherty reminded Germany of European's commitment to human rights and dignity and stated that there are reports of excessive use of force by police against protesters, including children, (for GAZA) restrictions on events, symbols, use of Arabic, etc. "Be vigilant that the working definition of antisemism of the International Holocaust Remembance Alliance is not distorted, instrumentated or misapplied to stiffle freedom of expression and legitimate. critism, including the state of Israel."      Read the letter - COMM HR (2025)35                                        Thank you very much, Mr. O'Flaherty, Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, such a letter was overdue. German politicians' arrogant and insensitive actions, lack of empathy for the suffering of Palestinians has become difficult to bear. Folks are asking, what is happening in Germany, France, UK, etc? Have they forgotten the lessons they should have learned from history, following the Nürnberg trials ? Thank heavens for
South Africa, Namibia, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, etc. they understand that human rights must never be selective, war crimes must never be excused. There is clear definition of "Right to self-defence", it is not a "joker card" to grant immunity, it is a right that belongs to the occupied, not the occupier. Food distribution points for starving citizens must not be misused as a death trap, desire to avoid starvation is not a capital crime - so far approx. 250 Palestinians paid with their life for that. "Warning shoots in the air" , how can they be deadly?