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 "It is impossible to speak the truth in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood . Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell."   Carl Popper.         " We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. "  " A good decision is based on knowledge and not numbers. " " An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they have the least wit are the greatest babblers. "  " The measure of a man is what he does with power. "  Plato.   " Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. "   Sokrates.   " All cruelty springs from weekness. "  Seneca                                                                                                                        Black beauty, gentle Sunnyboy, used to sit on top of my little shelter for homeless cats and enjoy cuddling with me. When one of my regular visitors to my Cats' Table decided to deliver her babies in the shelter box, he stopped taking a his seat there. (Experienced the same with late Mary. ) In addition 4 very young kittens lived for a while mainly on a big flower pot, plus other areas, behind my barrier. Those 8 feral babies disappeared over night. I wondered why. My husband reminded me of heavy rain and additional brief, pretty strong thunderstorm and lightning close by. So their mothers must have thought the little ones require a more secure shelter.  I hope they found that, not easy around here. The feral mothers still turn up at feeding time. Sunnyboy and Jimmy, my black little treasures, though, aren't always there. One day poor Sunnyboy arrived limping then I didn't see him for a couple of days. Problems walking to my Cats' Table doesn't prevent my lovely darlings from honoring me with their presence, much appreciated. They are so adorable. - A mentally sick German woman attacked in Hamburg, train statian, 18 people with a knife, injuring 6 severely . A young hero from Syrian, 19 years old, stopped her and prevented worse. Another Syrian citizen presently admitted in a German court a knife attack which he regrets. There are a lot of knife attacks in Germany lately. What is happening to our society? Presently Namibia memories the gonocide the German empire committed ( 1904 - 1908) against Hereros and Nama. In May 2021 the German government stated : ".... But the suffering, inhumanity and pain inflicted on the tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children during the war in what is Namibia today must not be forgotten. It must serve as a warning against rasism and genocide." Lessons learned? It took Germany more than 100 years to make such a statement. Why do they supply weapons to Israel, (one third of the weapons Israel buys abroad come from Germany), until recently they intended to continue, but as the humanitairen situation keeps getting worse and international critism rises, perhaps not much longer (recent comments, " we are looking into it"). 75 % of German citizens are in favour of those arms sales stopped, but the CDU/CSU party nonetheless wants the arms supply to continue. I call it misunderstood friendship and wrong support. As I always say, if I am travelling on the highway to hell, real friends would try to stop me! Still, hopefully we won't hear more of  " Self-defence" (the kill everything argument in any conversation). One woman asked, are Palestinian babies born with a handgrenate in their hands? Does Israel feel threatened by them? According to latest statistics 16,503 Palestinian children, including 916 infants, under 1 year olds, 4,365 aged 1 to 5 years, 6,101 aged 6 to 12 years, 5,124 aged 13 to 17, have been killed, in addition 408 humanitairen personnel, recently also 2 members of the Red Cross, 166 journalists. Spain demands to stop all weapon sales to Israel. Canada, UK, France, Mexico, Spain, etc. condemn Israeli forces shooting "warning shoots" at international diplomat representatives, a delegation from 20 EU and other countries ( e. g. Russia, China, Jordan, Quatar, Turkey, Egypt, Uruguay, Mexico) that arrived in the West Bank  in order to visit Jenin camp. A clear message to the world, you are not welcome to look for yourself.  Don't trust your eyes, trust our words! No mention of the aforementioned on German news and the TV news channel N-TV that claims to inform viewers fully and independently. TV channel ' France 24' actually does, highly professional. Isn't selective information designed to influence public opinion a kind of sensorship? Gaza is the hungriest place on earth. Netanyahu stated they stripped thousands of Palestinians naked and took photos, "none were thin thus starving...." Are Palestinians not entitled to be treated with dignity? Sounds like Netanyahu punishes Palestinians for the atrocities that nazis committed against Jews. Some ideas sound familiar, nothing one would expect of a "democratic modern country" (how Israel sees itself). Psychiatrists say that abused/tortured persons who suffered trauma and remained without professional treatment, may try to overcome their nightmares, the terrible experienced helplessness, by taking over the "strong role" as an adult, usually picking weak, innocent victims. Traumata of parents and grandparents can leave its marks, engraving on the brain of their children /grandchildren and influence their development. Of course not all think of revenge, one way or another, several manage to forgive and never loose their empathy, admirable. Yair Golan warned that " Israel is risking to become a pariah state that kills Palestinian babies as  a hobby, if Israel doesn't return to sanity" . Wonder why there suddenly appears a new Israelian/American aid distribution organisation that is accepted (unlike UNRWA) by Netanyahu, but no other NGO organisation wants to work with in Gaza? Well, their initials stands for ' Gaza Humanitarian Foundation'. It is an US - Israelian coalition of private military contractors that include former CIA and military personnel. Experts say it is murky and  are not surprised by their catastrophic food distribution, now at 3 sites (for 2 million persons) , in the past there were 400 that UNRWA and others operated. Doctors without borders call it "a strategy of ethnic cleaning" , using humanitarian assistance as a tool to forcibly displace the Palestinian population. Starved people forced to walk for hours, tens of miles, to an area flatened by heavy bombardment and ending in a death trap in Southern and Central Gaza, life ammunition shooting by Israelian forces at those who only wanted some food for their starving family, leaving 60 dead, more than 220 injured, numbers rising. Is this self-defence? Israel refuses to allow a delegation of Arabic ministers to visit the occupied West Bank, because they have nothing to hide and do no wrong? - Kanzler Merz intends to visit Mr. Trump in Washington. Some say, be prepared for "a hot seat and attacks" in the White House, the new foreign states' guests welcoming ceremony in US (experienced e. g. by the Ukrainian and South Afrika presidents) . Elon Musk spent 129 days in politics, razor style, made himself and his businesses (e. g. Teslar cars) rather unpopular, resulting in large financial losses. Courts stopped various of Elon Musk's massive instant dismissals of civil servants. Nonetheless, Donald Trump praised and handed him in a wooden box the Golden Key of the White House. Does he see him as his Crown Prince, after all they have quite a bit in common? By the way, Mr. Trump received last year 250 Million dollar support from his "buddy". In Israel 65 % are in favour of ending the war. Netanyahu presently appears in court, accused of corruption. He tried in vain to prevent this, at least succeeded in the case being dragged on for 5 years. Guess Mr. Trump would have arrested the judge. 

Shalom and Salem, may God/Allah have mercy on us.