Giovanni Picker // closed account //

New "home," bsky.app/profile/giopic… Zay kritish, zay gezunt

German Nazism, to unload the accumulated hatred against the generation of their fathers onto the Arabs [...] The Israelis demonstrated an almost exaggerated efficiency, [...] [which] did not quite fit with the image of the small people fighting for survival [...]" my translation

In times of unstable #ceasefire, this #musknazi platform is not the place for me any longer. I'm leaving here some words by Franco Fortini, who in 1967 had to say this about the six-day war:

Even after the announcement of a ceasefire, reports indicate that the Israeli military is continuing to flatten the remaining residential blocks in northern Gaza, leaving displaced civilians with no homes to return to. Satellite images from January 2025 reveal widespread destruction in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun, alongside expanding tent camps in Gaza City—highlighting the mass displacement caused by the recent Israeli ground operation in northern Gaza. If a final ceasefire agreement is not reached, Israel will likely target Gaza City next with the same tactics of systematic destruction and displacement. More updates: gaza.forensic-architecture.org

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Last night, 30 people were killed in strikes in central #Gaza, local media reported. @UNWateridge tells @UNGeneva: “We've seen absolutely horrific images from the scene. There are parents looking for their children, children covered in dust and blood, looking for their parents” #CeasefireNow

The war that began with Hamas's brutal attack on October 7, 2023, has almost immediately turned into a relentless and horrifying assault on the Palestinian civilian population of the Gaza Strip. Time and again, the Israeli government has shown that its declared war objectives —>

If It Looks Like Ethnic Cleansing, It Probably Is ⁦@haaretzcom⁩ haaretz.com/opinion/editor…

When will I report ceasefire?

@RokhayaDiallo I hope we’ll have a chance to meet at some point soon! Take good care, Rokhaya.

@GioPicker So good to hear from you dear Giovanni, thank you so much for your encouraging and warm words ! Thanks for your solidarity, best wishes to you 🙏🏿

Puisque ça fait grincer des dents, voici mes remarques conclusives au Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies: j’ai dénoncé la diabolisation des antiracistes, des mouvements pro-Palestine ainsi que l’inquiétante montée de l’extrême droite. Mangez bien votre seum 🖤

#Beirut’s southern suburbs now- a full day of fire, no paramedics allowed. #Ceasefire Now! #Gaza #Lebanon

May the new year bring diplomacy and peace, both premised on #Ceasefire. Shana Tova.

@kenglish95 @AcademicDiary @UofGSPS Congrats, Kirstie / Ken! The website looks great - so nice to see the cafe open again :)

So excited to be kicking off the Sociology Cafe events today with a quiz from @AcademicDiary ! Running these events as a relaxed space for Sociology honours students to come together and discuss sociological matters over pizza✨ @UofGSPS

@JuliaMcClure_ Congratulations, Julia! I look forward to reading your book.

my idea of education

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling on Israel to End Illegal Occupation of Palestine democracynow.org/2024/9/19/head…

@rhys_machold Many congrats, Rhys!

Do you condemn the 10th of august?