#at least in germany

[kittyprincessofcats]

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

#ICJ #ICJ ruling #ICJ hearing #South Africa vs Israel #Free Palestine #Palestine #Palestinian genocide #Gaza #Germany #I get why Palestinians are disappointed and I don't want to devalue those feelings #(but maybe this can give you hope) #But thinking about this as a German this is huge #Most politicians and people here still deny (or at least strongly doubt) that there's a genocide happening #Calling it a genocide is seen as an 'extremist' position #And some of our politicians have been borderline gaslighting us and calling anyone who calls it genocide 'crazy' #So I'm just feeling immense vindication and a newfound fearlessness and motivation to be louder and more active than ever #and I hope others here feel the same #I hope the quiet masses stop being scared to say something now

[thesoundofsnowfallingfromeaves]

My health has just so massively gone to shit, or maybe i've also become more of a hypochondriac, but it feels more like the first. I've been having issues with my right wrist which fit carpal tunnel and weird stomach pains which sound 1:1 like gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining). My weird rib pain from years ago that no doctor ever figured out (but that is debilitating) has made a comeback, its not every night, but i'm scared as shit. Then there was my weird fever on the weekend, combined with my general ongoing long covid - what the shit, dude. Maybe this is all a side effect of long covid but it feels like my body is just going up in flames and i'm not here for it :/

#idk what to do #i have such bad luck with doctors #need me a house md type to commit some medical malpractice but at least figure out what the fuck is going on #this isnt fun anymore #maybe i should go to an acupuncturist or something idk #like it feels like this is all somehow related #but no western doctor would ever even consider thqt #at least no GP #they all suck ass #at least in germany #anyway #rant over

[thomas-mvller]

I think goetze should be received with confetti and flowers every time he enters a pitch for the rest of his life

#at least in germany #it's what he deserves #and schurrle deserve free entry to every german stadium for life #rambless

[astralsi]

sims collecting dust in the attic

#i am leaving again! germany this time #so no sims for a while #this means least minute gallery browsingalso made me realise how inconsistent my simstyle is help #hazeem #seye #levi #eden #safaa #jean #ts4 cas #ts4 #ts4 edit

[lunarharp]

hehe. almost christmas!

#ace attorney tag #narumitsu #partial nudity / #2nd and 3rd things inspired by playing the first game and Uhh... why is phoenix accusing men of being lovers and being certain of it #and just generally containing the core of bisexuality within him #also there's that part i recall in maybe the..3rd game? where he's like Wow.. I'd Fall For Him Too... about that cinnamon swirl looking man #learnt lately that the writers upon learning that ace attorney was very popular with BL people immediately started reading BL #to understand the genre. i think phoenix would also do such Research in college. to Learn About People. About The World. #so now he feels that he has gaydar and is a good Ally etc. But actually maybe...you're also just bi too ! #too bad you'll have to get kissed by a criminal to work that out! Hang in there <3 #i reread my fic today !! I'm in the christmas mood now ! Sort of ! ooooh the 7 year gap.. at least we are in the 7 year gap years irl #Somewhere out there they ARE drinking wine romantically gazing at snow on a balcony in germany. thank GOD for that fr #so i shall be drawing things from THAT era next i need to depict men finally kissing NOW !!!!!! #can't do it with orufrey..can't draw cute happy romantic wintry art of them..didn't finish processing my current divorcecore arc era cycle

[rroboro]

random doodles idk i might finish some of these at some point

og van image + rambling lol ↓

also if japan liked city pop who do you think his favourite artist would be. id think hed like mai yamane maybe (100% not projecting because shes my favourite also rn lol) but yea idk tasogare and you and me still keep on fall in love come to mind but i think he might like her more upbeat stuff too

#hetalia #hws #hetalia world stars #aph #axis powers hetalia #aph germany #aph italy #aph japan #aph prussia #hws germany #hws italy #hws japan #hws prussia #gerita #pruita #or well. implied at least lol it could also be romano hes on about. who knows #prumano

[waitineedaname]

"Amestris is an allegory for nazi Germany" you fool. Amestris is not an allegory for just nazi Germany -- it's an allegory for genocidal, fascist, militaristic governments as a whole. Yes, it has parallels to fascist Europe, but it also has parallels to xenophobic militaristic US and imperialist Japan. The point is not "look at this outlier of a country committing atrocities," the point is that the country committing atrocities might be your country and you might be complicit in it no matter how morally upstanding you might think you are. To act like only one government is capable of committing genocide blinds you to the potential that any other government might commit genocide too.

#fma #im writing this at 11pm bc i was thinking about it so hard i couldnt sleep #i havent seen 03 but the nazi germany thing bugs me and i think this is why #like yes the parallels to germany are VERY clear #but also the bit where ishvalan soldiers were being rounded up immediately reminded me of the japanese internment camps in the us #and the oppression of the ishvalans is at least somewhat inspired by the oppression of the ainu in japan #the point is that it's COMPLICATED #this series is basically You Are Not Immune To Propaganda #anyway. stepping off my soapbox now. #im putting this in my drafts and i'll give it another read tomorrow to see if i should post it #<- it's been almost a week now and I'm finally releasing this from my drafts #it's a hot take but I'm gonna say it anyway #fma posting

[weirdhasanxiety]

I swear there is more, but they’re just sketches right now and honestly it’s stretching on for so fucking long i can’t even

Happy (belated) birthday, Prussia. West misses you very very very much.

(Am i using old art for the background? Yes.)

#gilbert beilschmidt #hws prussia #hws germany #ludwig beilschmidt #how did this take like 15 hours #i am dying #prussia’s photo fought me especially hard #if it looks weird that’s why #i swear this has a happy ending but it’s like #4 pages away #at least #LMOST FORGOR #tw: character death #hws hetalia

[skitskatdacat63]

those 2011 pics remind me of hard the McLaren race suits used to fuck, I loved the vodafone era suits so much 🥹

YES AGREED!!! I love the Vodafone McLaren livery, literally peak!!!!!

Thank you for sending this ask bcs now I get to talk about 2011 in particular. There were these special Saturday race suits and they're all so pretty!!! Hugo Boss did a design competition to celebrate their partnership with McLaren and different artists made different designs for the Quali days. They're so beautiful 🥹🥹 Why can't they do anything fun like that now???? I digress, I went through all the Qualis and compiled pics of all of them!!

#which is your guys' fav? #mine would prob have to be Hungary. Japan. India. Malaysia. #i think all the Asian ones are soooooo cool with all the colors and animal motifs!! #anyways so right anon!!! vodafone mclaren was peak livery and designs!!! chrome/red >>>>>>>>> papaya #anyways hahaha prob not what you expected my reply to be #but this has been stuck in my brain for a while #i remember seeing the Hungary one at some point and thinking it was incredibly beautiful but having no idea the context behind it #and your ask made me finally go to research it #this was super fun to research bcs i didnt realize there was so many!!! literally 18 different racesuits.....so fucking sick..... #im obsessed with race overalls in general like theyre just so cool to me so to see all these different ones is just unbelievebly sick to me #one day ill make a post abt race suit details that make me feral(e.g. when suits used to have race belts & the FIA badge on the neck) #ive downloaded a lot of 2011 pics bcs of sebson but never rly thought any deeper abt why there were so many race suit varieties #the hungary one won the contest(very rightfully) so Jense wore it for the Brazil GP in entirety!! #i also think the Germany won as well bcs Lewis was wearing it for the Brazil gp? but im super biased towards the hungarian one haha #f1 lore??? i guess????? idk if this is obscure or not! obscure to me at least!! i mean that boss yt vid has only 2k views lmao #f1 #formula 1 #lewis hamilton #jenson button #mclaren #vodafone mclaren #formula oe #we do a little bit of f1 #catie.asks. #f1 lore

[kruemel8]

is this also to represent the class differences between them?

https://twitter.com/willestears/status/1775965120390410442

For sure. Simon’s blazer could be pre-owned while Wille’s is tailored. Money is tight, you can see that the birthday blazer was on sale.

#at least it looks like that when things are on sale in Germany #yr s3 spoilers #young royals

[excuseme-greentea]

#we're suffering but at least we have this #kevin trapp #german nt #germany nt

[suspiciousmammal]

Some pictures I took while running last year

#whys it so hard to get back into it when you work a physical job and just get home ready to fall into bed #also germany just. doesnt have those nice landscapes? #at least not Here

[san-demetrio-corone]

Ralf Beste of Germany’s Foreign Office said the Russians were ‘looking for cracks of doubt or feelings of unease and trying to enlarge them’.

It is absolutely a threat we have to take seriously.

A network of more than 50,000 fake accounts posting as many as 200,000 posts a day sought to convince Germans that the government’s help for Ukraine was undermining German prosperity and risking nuclear war.

Russian disinformation campaigns to undermine support for Ukraine in Europe have grown significantly in scale, skill and stealth, one of Germany’s most senior diplomats has warned.

“It is absolutely a threat we have to take seriously,” Ralf Beste, head of the department for culture and communication at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, told the Financial Times. “Overall, [there] is an increase in sophistication and impact to what we have seen before.”

Russia is combining greater subtlety and plausibility in its messaging with automation to make its disruptive attacks more effective and harder to combat, he said.

“There is probably a lot going on we can’t even see. More and more conversations are happening in private . . . channels on Telegram and WhatsApp. It is very difficult to understand what is happening there.” Beste’s department has a dedicated cell that leads the German government’s efforts to track and stop Russia’s information operations overseas.

Germany has emerged as one of the Kremlin’s main targets for disinformation over the war in Ukraine. Under the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Berlin has dramatically revised its security and defence policy and become the second-largest donor of military aid to Kyiv after Washington.

Disagreements over the shift run deep — particularly among supporters of Scholz’s own Social Democratic Party — and many Germans are concerned over economic growth and the impact of the country weaning itself from Russian gas supplies.

Beste said: “[The Russians] are looking for cracks of doubt or feelings of unease and trying to enlarge them.”

His department this year uncovered one of the biggest attempts to manipulate German public opinion yet, on the social media platform X.

A network of more than 50,000 fake accounts posting as many as 200,000 posts a day sought to convince Germans that the government’s help for Ukraine was undermining German prosperity and risking nuclear war.

The network sought to “launder” such claims by making them look as if they had been published as opinions in reputable news outlets such as Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung. But it also simply sought to amplify existing anti-Ukrainian views and make them appear to be more widespread.

Last week the Czech government, acting with other European states, accused the Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk of secretly cultivating a network of influence among European politicians to spread pro-Russian narratives and undermine support for Kyiv.

Countering such efforts is hard, Beste said, and indicates the extent to which Russia has moved on from the days of running infamous “troll farms”, which employed real people to spread dissent, often in a clumsy and obvious manner.

Beste said: “[Now] it’s not just a question of information that is verifiably true or false. It’s more than that. It’s about skewing opinions. Trying to tilt the balance of debate. Or to convince people that the frame of the debate is different to what it is in reality.”

The techniques being used were more like “nudging”, he said, referring to the concept in behavioural science of using small social and informational cues to subtly shift opinion or action.

“If you say, for example, ‘there is increasing doubt that XYZ . . . ’ then you will make people more receptive to doubts about that topic,” Beste said. “They are taking elements of reality in these campaigns and then warping them to create a different impression.”

Trying to rebut such campaigns is hard because the basic elements are often unfalsifiable, and engaging can often counterproductively lend claims to credibility.

Artificial intelligence tools are also a serious concern because of their ability to mimic human behaviour.

“AI is clearly something we have to watch very carefully,” Beste said. “What I worry about is how it will be used to create the impression of interaction . . . You enter a de facto second world, not just fake pieces of information or fake films or pictures but an entire alternative information ecosystem.”

#ukraine #germany #i've seen at least two people mentioning the increasing amount of anti ukrainian discourse on tumblr

[molliemoo3]

As much as I love Fred, if Williams get rid of Logan just to sign a different, also underprepared for f1, rookie, I will have to go fight James, even if I love him

#it just doesnt make sense to me to do that to me #you end up with the same issue of no test running days like felipe has had #at least logan has some experience now #if he doesnt improve next year sure i get it #but trading 1 rookie for another makes no sense #logan sargeant #it is just a rumour from sky Germany and i dont know if theyre trust worthy #james seems like a reasonable decent guy who loves logan but who knows

[dappy-dappernette]

Gonna be real with y'all ppl who say "G-rita is canon" are the most annoying mofos in this fandom /hj

#hetalia #censoring so it doesn't show up in tagz #dappy's twaddles #ngl it's kinda why I stopped shipping it #and yeah ik ''Weeeh don't let people ruin shit for you'' but like kinda hard not to when people either shove it down your gullet #or treat you like the spawn of satan for shipping the two (esp Ludwig) with anyone else #Like I get WHY its so popular but also like #Idk even when it's portrayed in a way and dynamic I like it's hard for me to fully enjoy it because I've ran into some #REALLY FUCKING asinine ger-ta fans #obviously not everyone is like that and sure you can argue that only a handful are like that but like #that's a fucking handful too many y'know??? #WHY DO ppl get all riled up if you dare ship Ludwig with anyone else anyway? #Like 99% of people seem to be fine if you ship Italy with anyone else but if you ship Germany with someone other than twinkie pie over here #then all of a sudden bitches are calling for your head on a stick #Like... Let the man exist outside of Italy. For like #Five seconds at least #goddamn lollll

[themakeupbrush]

Miss Universe Germany 2022 National Costume: Sexy Karl Lagerfeld

Inspired by the German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer Karl Lagerfeld. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel. She admired him from a very young age for advocating for animal rights and being vegan for 36 years. This piece is elaborated in a manual work of haute couture recreating the clothing of the designer Karl Lagerfeld, led to fantasy with an endless number of Swarovski crystals in black and silver tones that give a touch of sophistication to this piece making it unique and deserving from a stage like this to represent in a very respectful and special way that deserves to be praised for his wonderful work in fashion.

#made the whole show worth watching for this moment of whiplash #send her to the met gala tbh #she should have gone all out with a wig #at least they had Miss Choupette #listen i do not like lagerfeld whatsoever but this is hysterical #miss universe #miss universe germany #germany #miss universe 2022 #pageant #national costume contest #national costume