Bente Scheller @bentescheller.bsky.social
@BenteScheller
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Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Tweets my own.
Berlin
Joined May 2012
I am so full of admiration for #Syria's people. So much courage. After a devastating campaign of barrel bombs forced disappearance, starvation, bombarding of hospitals, use of chemical weapons, staying determined to take their fate into their own hands ❤️ You are an inspiration!
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Zu Gast bei HR2 Kultur zur Geschichte des Friedens im Nahen Osten und Geheimdiplomatie.
hr2.de
Daniel Gerlach, einer der führenden deutschen Nahost-Experten hat ein Buch geschrieben mit dem Titel "Die Kunst des Friedens. Eine andere Geschichte des Nahen Ostens." Er möchte damit zu einem...
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Videos and photos analyzed by CBC's VI unit shows that the Rapid Support Forces are using rifles from a small Canadian company, named Sterling Cross Defense. It's unclear how the weapons ended up in Sudan, but it's hinted that it may be through the UAE.
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How does the U.S.'s military pressure campaign in Venezuela looks like from sea and space? @oballinger and @riley_mellen used Ollie's tool to identify specific vessels in publicly available satellite imagery to track 8 vessels at nearly 100 locations. https://t.co/LdViqqKWf2
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Heute erscheint „Die Kunst des Friedens - eine andere Geschichte des Nahen Ostens“. Mit Dieter Kassel vom @dlfkultur habe ich über das Buch und 3500 Jahre Krieg und Frieden - Von Kadesch bis Gaza - gesprochen. https://t.co/CHIk6IAiWk
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Warum Völkerrecht im Grundgesetz tiefer verankert ist als in anderen Verfassungen, was das für die deutsche Nahostpolitik bedeutet und warum Diplomaten sich dazu äußern dürfen und sollten - erklärt vom langjährigen Nahost-Diplomaten Philip Holzapfel
spiegel.de
Viele deutsche Diplomaten halten die Regierungslinie in Bezug auf Israel für unvereinbar mit dem Grundgesetz. Das ist nicht illoyal, sondern Ausdruck ihrer Verfassungstreue und Verpflichtung gegenü...
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Wir schimpfen ja gerne über EU-Regularien, aber sie retten Leben. Die EU-Biozid-Verordnung Nr. 528/2012 ist der Grund, dass tödliche Vergiftungsfälle mit hochgiftigen Pestiziden in Wohnräumen wie wohl zuletzt in Istanbul in der EU praktisch ausgeschlossen sind.
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P.S. The only reason UNRWA's mandate needs to be extended is because of collective international failure to resolve the conflict over past decades. Germany & co. - alongside the US - now seem ready to deepen that failure & misery even further.
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🧵Scandalous UN voting shift by Germany, Italy, Hungary, Czechia, Bulgaria & Latvia - withholding support for extending UNRWA's mandate, despite ongoing Gaza humanitarian apocalypse and the ICJ validating UNRWA's indispensable role just last month. https://t.co/Sul3OHlAD7
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This is an astonishing thread: Please read every word. It outlines how the Trump administration has systematically and repeatedly lied about its use of force in Chicago. I don't know what the remedy is, but if federal agents assault civilians, shouldn't they be held accountable?
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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NEU: Wer steckt hinter Elnet? Niemand lädt mehr Abgeordnete auf Reisen ein als der gemeinnützige Verein, den Ex-Minister Guttenberg mitgr��ndete. Die Geldgeber sollen verborgen bleiben https://t.co/6cyysY8U6N
abgeordnetenwatch.de
Niemand lädt mehr Abgeordnete auf Reisen ein als der gemeinnützige Verein Elnet, den Ex-Minister Guttenberg mitgründete. Die Geldgeber sollen verborgen bleiben. Von Lisa Wölfl
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Lebanon accuses Israel of building wall inside its territory, files UN c... https://t.co/GJA4zxUL6F
@UNIFIL_ @hikandice @macaronjoe #Lebanon
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!!!President Trump's Coast Guard has declared that the swastika will no longer be classified as a hate symbol!!! (And these are the folks investigating universities for antisemitism....)
washingtonpost.com
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Wir haben unsere Unternehmensanteile an einen Treuhänder übergeben. Dürfen wir jetzt weiter in Ruhe Treffen mit Regierungsmitgliedern für 80.000 € das Stück verscherbeln? Ihr Wolfram Weimer
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How to step by step ruin the historic opportunity to open a new constructive chapter with the interim government in #Syris - #Israel
#Israel PM Netanyahu & FM Katz toured occupied areas of #Syria today, amid frozen talks w. #Damascus. In the past 15 days, #Israel has: - Launched 53 ground incursions deeper into #Syria; - Launched 4 artillery strikes on agricultural areas; - Abducted 11 men for interrogation.
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Unfathomable and just wrong.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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Everything and I meant EVERYTHING must be preserved and displayed to show future generations of Syrians just how deprived of human decency the Assad cult were.
#Syria: one of the ropes used to hang inmates in Saydnaya prison is now in what looks like a museum.
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@Idlibie @damascanmedusa Also a warning to future generations of Syrians not to let tyranny ever take root again…there will be more Assad’s in Syria’s future. The important thing is to guard against them
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Es versprüht so richtig autoritäre Diktatur-Vibes, wie Konservative und Rechte wutschnaubend ein paar Studierende anpöbeln, die friedlich gegen eine Äußerung des Bundeskanzlers protestieren. Sogar Abschiebeforderungen werden erhoben. Und sie merken es gar nicht mehr.
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Israel army remains in 5 hilltops across Lebanon’s southern border -#Lebanon PM Salam says they offer no strategic value considering modern drones,satellites w/ better monitoring technology. "These positions have no military or security value. It’s a tool to pressure Lebanese"
Lebanon accuses Israel of building wall inside its territory, files UN c... https://t.co/GJA4zxUL6F
@UNIFIL_ @hikandice @macaronjoe #Lebanon
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Violence in #Syria has been on a steady decline in recent months, with the last 2 weeks being the lowest ever recorded. Amid all the noise & a ton of disinformation, it's these encouraging trends that should be acknowledged much more. Full data --
syriaweekly.com
Violence remains at all-time low levels; intensive Israeli ground incursions amid frozen talks; ISIS attacks declining; & vigilantism still a major challenge.
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