Staffan Malmström

Göran Rosenberg: ”Många ser mig som en förrädare” etc.se/kultur-noje/ma… via @ETC_redaktionen

24 June 1886 | A Czech, Jan Svabenik, was born. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 6 March 1941. No. 26468 He perished in the camp on 16 March 1942.

@Claeskeson @StaffanG_son Att se på fotboll kräver inget ljud.

Ofattbart blekt av SVT att ha kommentatorer i matchen Skottland-Ungern sittandes i en garderob i Stockholm. Det är svagt.

@HannaGadban @StaffanG_son @SMHIvader Alla är inte som du.

Hej @SMHIvader varför ”varnar” ni för högtemperatur när det bara är 26 grader, dvs ett vanligt sommarväder? Det har jag iaf längtat efter i tio j..a månader 🔥☀️

@Resist_05 @KatarinaJohans8 Governments do represent the people as far as we know.

Just your daily reminder that governments do not represent the people…🇵🇸

10 April 1943 | A transport of 2,750 Greek Jews deported by Germans from ghetto in #Thessaloniki arrived at the #Auschwitz camp. After the selection 537 men & 236 were registered in the camp and 1,967 people to be murdered in gas chambers. One of them was a 55 year old Oro Khuli.

10 April 1928 | Czech Jewish girl, Hana Ritterová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

19 April 1890 | A Czech Jew, Karel Eben, was born in Prague. In the #Theresienstadt ghetto from 27 July 1942. Arrived at #Auschwitz on 28 October 1942 in a transport of 1867 Jews. Murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

On why Israel had to strike back: Israel’s core military strategic doctrine is founded upon achieving maximum deterrence by convincing its adversaries that they will pay a disproportionately high price if they challenge it. To achieve this deterrence, Israel focuses on 4 key pillars: - Decisive military victory: Israel’s military will always pursue a crushing and decisive military victory against its adversaries. This is what Israel pursued in the Nakba, the 6 day war, the war on Lebanon in 1982, and so forth. It seeks to show its adversaries that it can crush them fast. This of course requires military strength and readiness, which is why Israel ensures no other regional actor has anything equal to the military it has and why they force every Israeli to serve in the military. It’s all designed to achieve what’s termed as Qualitative Military Edge. - Robust Intelligence: this gives Israel’s adversaries the perception that its intelligence capabilities are everywhere, that they’re infiltrated, “Israel sees everything they do”. It also allows early warning. - Defensible borders and strategic depth: Whether through its air force or through the iron dome - Israel seeks to convince its adversaries that its borders are impenetrable. This is one of the reasons the US used its leverage on Jordan and regional allies to take down many of Iran’s missiles before they reached the Jordan river. - Superpower protection: Israel has invested in strengthening its lobby groups in the US to ensure any White House administration feels the deep necessity, based on US electoral politics, to serve Israel even if that is against US national interests. - Arab regime infiltration: Israel has also invested in penetrating Arab regimes and engaged with the US in efforts to ensure only Arab dictators they like remain in power. It has sought to help censor Arab voices and populations who support Palestine, while amplifying claims of Israel’s invincibility and the necessity of giving in to it. Crucially, this deterrence posture is not just designed for the consumption of Israel’s adversaries, but for Israeli society. The ideology of Zionism is partially founded on weaponizing the trauma and fears of the Jewish people (caused by their painful history of persecution), and using that fear to convince them that the only way they can be safe is an ethno-national state. In order for this ideology to be trusted by the average Israeli, the Jewish state needs to feel like a fortress - impenetrable and invincible. Yet since October 7th, Israel has been bleeding deterrence. First their “impenetrable” borders were penetrated. Their “robust intelligence” proved to be a failure. They failed to achieve a decisive victory in Gaza after 195 days. Their tactic of mass bloodshed has weakened their alliances, with even the US population shifting against them. Moreover, the inability to return the hostages held in Gaza or return the Israelis displaced in the north and south to their towns has chipped at Israelis’ trust in their government’s ability to protect them. Iran’s strike in retaliation for the bombing of its embassy last week partially sought to increase the hemorrhage of deterrence by signaling they can hit Israel’s depth. They made the attack large and public forcing the average Israeli to go into bunkers as part of psychological warfare. Israel’s military strategists realized they needed to stitch up this new wound in their deterrence by showing they still have qualitative military edge. Yet they were under pressure not to turn this into a regional war. Their solution: Hit back, avoid creating casualties, but ensure Israeli society gets a strong signal that “we’re still strong”, Iran gets a signal that Israel will hit its territory whenever Israel gets hit, and the regional tension keeps eyes away from the crimes it’s committing in Gaza - deflecting away accountability. What we saw this morning largely reflects these calculations.

20 April 1926 | A Czech Jewish woman, Mariana Brodová, was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 10 December 1941. Deported to #Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 together with her mother Terezie. They both did not survive.

20 April 1910 | A Polish Jew, Jakub Elbaum, was born in Łódź. A polisher. In #Auschwitz from 26 June 1942. No. 41662 He perished in the camp on 2 July 1942.

21 April 1887 | A Polish Jew, Samuel Kamm, was born in Tarnów. A hairdresser. In #Auschwitz from 27 December 1941. No. 25056 Date of death: 7 February 1942.

20 April 1882 | A Czech Roma, Alois Herak, was born. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 7 May 1943. No. Z-7463 Date of death: 7 August 1943.

20 April 1921 | A Polish man, Tadeusz Himstedt, was born in Łódź. A student. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2246 He perished in the camp on 6 September 1942.

Viktig info kring ungas suicid, eftersom även @AndrevWalden skriver att suicid ökar bland 15-24 åringar. Vi har INTE en stor ökning, och oklart om det är någon alls. Fler döda 1999 än 2022. Se bild på döda per 100000 (åldersstandardiserat):

"La crise ne change rien aux équilibres de la région. Seule différence le #Hamas a réussi à infliger ds pertes atroces à #Israël, mais sur le fond rien n'a changé : Israël est alliée aux pays du golfe, etc." Réalisme de @GerardAraud sur @franceinter Tous ces morts pour rien ? 😢

Democracy should be an open door to an equal world. Instead, the symbol of Parliament is a crown (domination), chains (oppression) and a portcullis (exclusion). Symbols are important. They encapsulate values. They tell us what something strives to be.

Nu är det klart hur partierna röstade om naturrestaureringslagen i EU-nämnden häromveckan. Positivt är att S ändrade ståndpunkt i frågan och röstade ja. Ett ändrat ställningstagande från 🇸🇪skulle kunna få restaureringslagen att gå igenom i EU. Nu fortsätter arbetet för att lagen ska antas senare i vår! #biomf #EUpol #svpol wwf.se/nyheter/social…