Parin Piepho @ParDPie

The EU has lost all battles over 'hearts and minds' in the past seven years. Without realising it or being unable to take action.

@NickCohen4 The Narrative is the same, Türkiye is using to mobilize its people behind their government. x.com/bpthaber/statu…

BPT @bpthaber

3 days ago

İçişleri Bakanı Mustafa Çiftçi: "Benim valiyken "Rabbim bir gün bana Kudüs Valiliğini nasip et" derdim. Geçmişte olduğu gibi inşallah yine oralar bizim olacak, bizim hükmümüze girecek. Çünkü başımızda küresel bir lider var."

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@NickCohen4 The Charter continues to be their ideological guiding line, which is why Peace is so hard to establish. palquest.org/en/historictex… Muhammad Amin al-Husayni transformed the Palestinian-Zionist conflict from a territorial and political dispute over land and immigration into a transnational religious and ideological struggle. That is the origin of the thinking behaviour. Both sites are now entrenched.

@USTreasury @RapidResponse47 Up until now the IRGC acts exactly as expected and Iran regime is exactly where it has to be. There is no need to act under current stances. The equation of money and time still is the guiding principle of the Iranian regime. Thus they keep asking for money.

@fmakhzoumi I really hope it will work out and that sovereignty can be gained fully. All paths need to be considered. The alternative paths look grim. Toward a comprehensive peace between Lebanon and Israel.

@UNIFIL_ @ariel_oseran x.com/ariel_oseran/s… UNFIL cannot stay in Lebanon without Hezbollah's approval, which is why they cannot confront Hezbollah.

Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران @ariel_oseran

5 days ago

When a peacekeeper is killed by Israeli fire, UNIFIL has no problem immediately condemning the IDF. But when Hezbollah is likely responsible, UNIFIL launches an investigation “to ascertain the exact circumstances that led to this tragic incident.” Pathetic.

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For Russia, the situation is quite clear. Even during the UN Security Council meeting, they described Germany as the “greatest threat to world peace.” It is obvious that they are trying to convince other countries not to vote for them by arguing that Germany is the reason the war has not ended in different ways.

Germany's stance is not seen as neutral anymore, which in itself is not bad. Furthermore, "making friends" with everyone was not possible due to geopolitical circumstances. Many states use these elections to correct geographic imbalance and to ensure more representation for the Global South. Portugal and Austria are perceived as a more stable approach that certain countries prefer. To solely pin it on Israel files or Ukraine files would be wrong. Despite Austria's support for Israel, Iran perceived Austria as a more viable candidate.

Statement by the Sikh Community x.com/OliLondonTV/st… The statement of the police: hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/police-and-cri… Sometimes, you are not prepared for the right or wrong situation. Vickrum Digwa played a crucial role with the false statement he made. Thus, treating allegations as established facts. The circumstances were difficult, but difficult circumstances do not remove the need for accountability. A society grows stronger when it reflects honestly on its mistakes and remains committed to fairness for all.

Oli London @OliLondonTV

7 days ago

British Sikh community leaders condemn Vickrum Digwa for killing Henry Nowak. “It was his choice to draw a weapon and use it in an offensive manner. This does not correlate with the Sikh tenants of the Sikh faith. We made that very clear.”

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@LeeHarris The police officers failed to read the body language of Henry. At 1:02 two police officers needed to put effort in to "get him up", to handcuff him. At 1:25 he gave his last "life effort". Then his life slowly faded. At 2:09 he died. At 2:15 the police officer already talks to a dead body. It seems to me that there was a lack of experience or lack of knowledge to all three of them. It was not intentionally, but they weren't trained or prepared for such a situation. x.com/LeeHarris/stat…

Most of the rioters do not have a migration background. To understand this, we need to look at different segregations. The first one is Spatial segregation, with poor suburbs called the banlieues and the other side the rest. Next, we have the Ethnic segregation with North African and Black African origins against the rest, not necessarily the centre-ville. The third segregation is the socio-economic segregation with the low-skilled working class, the poor and the welfare-dependent citizens. On the other side are the rest and the centre-ville. Another important segregation exists between the criminal youth gangs and ordinary young people. Some of the kids of those who are in the less favoured site of the first three segregation end up in the last segregation. They have a much higher disposition than kids of white middle-class parents in better areas, such as the centre-ville. This recurring phenomenon exist for decades already and reinforces each segregation. They form into street gangs from a young age, drug trafficking, theft, anti-social behaviour and even inter-gang warfare. In combination with the cycle and the digital world, it creates a new illusionary stable environment for those young people. The French society calls them racailles and they can be easily distinguished because the way they behave, talk and dress are adapted to this parallel existing environment. They are often referred to as the "scum", vice versa these racailles laugh about it. They are despised and feared by a large share of the white French middle class. It is something that is not openly discussed in polite society but whispered in private and it shows the electoral popularity of the far-right. The "scum" openly disrespects these white French people, which are perceived as soft, privileged and easy targets for theft and abuse. Leftist rhetoric worsens this problem by either giving them excuses for their anti-social and criminal behaviour or redirecting the core issue in another direction. On the other side are the far right with Le Pen pulling a wedge between the population of France. For the poor people and the criminal youth gangs, a new environment let them perceive reality in a new way. For them it is okay to do illegal business, it is fair game and even clever to get out of their socio-economic status. The police are the opponent, that need to be evaded and lied to and sometimes violently challenge, in the hope they'll go away. That leads to clashes with police and if it ends fatal, it happens in the view of "us versus them". At least it is not as fatal as in the USA. When things blow up, a lot of opportunistic theft, looting, property damage and violence is unleashed. They do not really have respect for the wider society around them and those who really try to get out of their socio-economic surrounding. It is a hard task to solve because it is self-reinforcing in every generation and the segregation is also spatial and very enduring. That is the moment for the far right to benefit from it and really deteriorate France's flawed democracy. They only have to wait and drive the wedge further between France's population. It brings the right and far right closer. The gilets jaunes movement organized themselves online and split up into different groups. At its core, the same needs and values, but more and more groups are drawn to either the far left or right. More of them will be drawn to populist movements and the far right sitting behind them. While the left is "torn between their desire for social justice and demands of a base that is increasingly receptive to the far- right's promises of order," the right wing promotes supremacism. The continued North African and Middle Eastern migration contributes to these dynamics primarily through the way integration, segregation, and socio-economic exclusion have unfolded over generations in France. The core issue is not ethnicity, but the collision of spatial segregation, social exclusion, and a youth culture that develops outside the reach of schools, work, and civic trust. It creates a permanent feeling of distance from France and a parallel code of loyalty, status, and confrontation, where the street becomes a stage and the police become the enemy. Thus these North African and Middle Eastern have developed a weak attachment to French civic culture. In certain neighbourhoods, especially where segregation is already spatial and socio-economic, religious or cultural identities become stronger than identification with France itself. This creates fears that parallel norms emerge, where conservative social values, distrust of institutions, or rejection of aspects of French laïcité are tolerated or even encouraged within local peer groups. Each new explosion hardens the divide further, feeding both radical street groups and the far right, which grows stronger every time France appears unable to restore order without deepening its own social fracture. Migration has existed for thousands of years; the challenge is not whether it happens, but how to balance it in a way that strengthens social cohesion rather than strains it. Its like boiling a soup too much or to less makes the soup bad. An Example x.com/ImMeme0/status…

Ich gehe hier nur auf die Jüdischen Flüchtlinge ein. @TobiasHuch bitte die Source angeben. Sonst verstehen viele das nicht. Kontext: Die Arabische Liga lehnte jegliche Versuche, einen jüdischen Staat zu gründen, entschieden ab und setzte sich mit aller Kraft dafür ein, jede Teilung Palästinas zu verhindern, sowie von all seinen Mitgliedern und den Führern der arabischen Gemeinschaft, darunter das Palästinensisch-Arabische Oberste Komitee Von der Arabischen Liga einstimmig abgelehnt: securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BF… News Paper asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/250… Nach dem Ausruf des Israelischen Staates koordinierten die sieben Mitglieder der Arabischen Liga – Irak, Syrien, Libanon, Transjordanien, Ägypten, Saudi-Arabien und Jemen – einen gemeinsamen Einmarsch ihrer Streitkräfte in Israel. un.org/unispal/docume… Die arabischen Staaten und die Mitgliedstaaten des Sowjetblocks verfügten in der UN-Generalversammlung über erheblichen Stimmrechtsanteil und lehnten jede weltweite Anerkennung des Status als jüdische Flüchtlinge entschieden ab. docs.un.org/en/a/res/428(v) docs.un.org/en/A/RES/319(I… unrwa.org/sites/default/… Dadurch wurde verhindert, dass das UNHCR ein Mandat für einen universellen Bevölkerungsaustausch (arabische Flüchtlinge gegen jüdische Flüchtlinge) geltend machen konnte. Die Ablehnung Israels und die Ablehnung eines kurdischen Staates entspringen derselben Logik des nationalen und territorialen Exklusivitätsanspruchs in der Region. Im Fall von Israel kam die religiöse Komponente (nicht-muslimisch) und das Trauma des westlichen Kolonialismus erschwerend hinzu. Im Fall der Kurden zeigt sich jedoch, dass selbst der gemeinsame islamische Glaube die arabischen (oder türkischen) Nationalstaaten nicht dazu brachte, Minderheiten ein Recht auf Selbstbestimmung zuzugestehen. Es geht am Ende um Macht, Land und die Definition, wer die Region beherrschen darf. Weitere Quellen: European Parliament "...Jewish refugees uprooted from Arab countries (over 850 00)..." europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_… UN High Commissioner Auguste Lindt "...he High Commissioner's report, which dealt with the situation of refugees..." digitallibrary.un.org/record/824704?… UN High Commissioner Dr. Felix Schnyder unhcr.org/eg/sites/eg/fi… News Paper gpa.eastview.com/alahram/?a=d&d… nli.org.il/en/newspapers/…

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To escape cycles of conflict, the region may need to transcend religious and sectarian politics. But the insecurity created by conflict repeatedly pushes actors back toward those same identities. The region would find itself at the old question it failed to ask. Can societies critically confront the violent or exclusionary interpretations that emerge from within their own traditions? How do you preserve meaning and identity while refusing the interpretations that repeatedly turn fear into mobilization?

@hsom67 @hsom67 The video from RT is misinformation intentionally spread across social media. It however does not change the situation about looting shops and burning cars and other things. Their mainly people from North Africa. euronews.com/my-europe/2026…

@POLITICOEurope A bold move: ESMA either succeeds or fails. There is not much middle ground politically. The lesson from the past: Institutions that are half built often survive peacefully until stress arrives, then suddenly everyone discovers the wiring was decorative.

@WilliamYang120 @ftchina @MichaelKovrig They planned to meet on October 30, 2025. Not sure if someone can call it "Trump rushing to Beijing".

Most of these comments treat contested premises as settled facts, analogies as obvious, and symbolic politics as more effective than demonstrated. The mistake is, to think that international institutions always communicate values, even when pretending neutrality. It creates a morally charged discourse with low standards of evidence that attempts to invoke international law without carefully distinguishing the complex legal situation, resorting instead to moral simplifications. ...the victim narrative continues The Grand Mufti Amin al-Husseini changed the issue from a political to a ideological religious theme...radicalising everyone Today, it has been changed to complete moral theme towards sanctimonious behaviour ...a weapon and one of the Achilles Heel of the West has become more visible then ever. But if you use satellites you can see the differences: a full lively market and a destroyed area existing at the same time. In both ways it could not be established within the International Court. Sometimes people only want to see one part of reality.

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@fmakhzoumi Dear @fmakhzoumi I hope you will reach a peaceful path forward for Lebanon. Hopefully painful decision must not be made. Hezbollah cannot further continue to radicalise people of Lebanon and further undermine its sovereignty.

This projection to 2031 is much more solid. Although the OECD made a long term projection, at least in the economic dimension I am not the biggest fan of such. GDP measures economic activity, but it does not show whether resources, infrastructure and materials are being damaged, wasted or used efficiently. It treats very different activities as equal, so spending money cleaning up an oil spill adds just as much to GDP as investing in education or preventive healthcare, even though only one creates long-term value. As a result, economic growth can rise alongside growing inefficiency and waste. Around one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted, which also wastes land, water, energy and labour. The energy system is also highly inefficient, with nearly two-thirds of primary energy lost before it provides useful services, mainly because fossil fuels waste large amounts of energy as heat. The built environment shows the same problem, as many buildings are underused, poorly maintained or demolished too early despite housing shortages, with 33% of people in the EU living in under-occupied homes. In all these cases, value is lost through waste, inefficient design, underuse and ignoring environmental and social costs. My message is simple. Spain should not delve to happily in the assumption it currently spreads across social media.

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In July 2021, the European Commission and the Council of the EU approved the Spanish plan "España Puede" (Spain Can), granting an initial allocation of €69.528 billion in non-repayable grants. Spain subsequently decided to also request the concessional loan portion, adding around €84 billion, through an addendum to the plan approved in 2023. This brings the total funding allocated to around €160 billion until 2026, the largest amount in the EU after Italy. When the Spanish government spends billions on green energy, digitalization, and infrastructure via "España Puede," those transactions immediately register as GDP growth. It does not mean the underlying economy has suddenly become structurally richer or more competitive. If Spain has not successfully transformed these funds into permanent, high-paying industries, its growth rate will plummet. [1] Spain is using EU loans to fuel growth, meaning it is still accumulating long-term liabilities that future generations must pay back. [2] Much of the current GDP growth is still being driven by low-productivity sectors like tourism and construction. [3] A genuinely healthy "miracle" economy would not suffer from the highest unemployment rate in the Eurozone. Spain’s labour market remains deeply flawed, relying heavily on temporary and seasonal contracts. If investment under the Spanish Recovery and Resilience Plan within European Commission and approval frameworks of the Council fails to generate sustained TFP gains, then observed GDP increases largely reflect cyclical demand stimulation rather than permanent capacity expansion. In such a case, post-program normalization typically leads to growth deceleration once expenditure effects dissipate The assumption of a near linear, non-converging gap embedded in the projection is economically fragile it ignores mean reversion in growth rates, diminishing returns to temporary fiscal stimuli, and institutional convergence pressures within the Eurozone. As you said: "But if Spain wants this growth to translate into higher real wages and long-term convergence, it needs serious productivity reforms"