In the municipality of Moerdijk, uncertainty about the future of the village has once again arisen: must it completely disappear, partially relocate, or can it continue to exist, now that the plans for the expansion of industrial areas are being reconsidered repeatedly? #Moerdijk #industrie #verduurzaming (translated)
Storm Adam has caused severe flooding in eastern Spain and Mallorca, leaving residents stranded on their rooftops and hundreds of people needing to be rescued by helicopter, with at least two dead and a lockdown imposed in the affected areas. #StormAdam #Overstromingen #Spanje (translated)
King Felipe of Spain visits the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla to emphasize that these areas actually belong to Spain, amid the discontent over the ongoing migrant crisis and the diplomatic sensitivity with Morocco. #Ceuta #KoningFelipe #Migratiecrisis (translated)
President José Raúl Mulino visited the affected areas to offer assistance and called for urgent repairs to roads and bridges to facilitate aid delivery. #Panama #aardbeving #noodtoestand (translated)
A tsunami caused by a landslide in the Budhi Gandaki Gorge has destroyed several houses in Nepal, while residents in lower-lying areas were able to evacuate in time. #Nepal #vloedgolf #aardverschuiving (translated)
The demonstration organized by the FGTB on October 9 has officially ended, but there were still disturbances in some areas of Brussels, with confrontations between youths and the police. #Manifestation #FGTB #Bruxelles (translated)
Gidi Markuszower wrote that Kati Piri usually advocated for countries and areas where, according to him, LGBTQ+ people were thrown off rooftops. He said that Piri had submitted a motion during a debate on foreign affairs to have an LGBTQ+ flag flown on the roof of the parliament. Since the motion was to be voted on that evening, Markuszower indicated that he would stay home. #LHBTI #buitenlandsezaken #debat (translated)
During Russian attacks on the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, thirty people have died and eighteen others were injured, according to local governor Vadym Filashkin, who is also calling on residents to flee to safer areas. #Oekraïne #RussischeAanvallen #Kramatorsk (translated)
Sander Sassen addressed Henri Bontenbal and wrote that he had been little visible for months, despite an earlier column by Sassen about his absence. According to Sassen, Bontenbal had published a long thread on October 7, in which he labeled Hamas a terrorist organization and reflected on the victims and the Jewish community. Sassen felt that Bontenbal had subsequently blurred the responsibility for the violence by talking about a chain of violence, the Israeli response, and civilian casualties. He also believed that Bontenbal had pointed to Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policy as an obstacle to a two-state solution. Sassen argued that this approach equated Hamas's attack and kidnappings with Israel's response, thereby fueling antisemitism. Sassen also criticized Bontenbal's reference to an article in Trouw about Maoz Inon, who lost his parents to Hamas, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother died in an Israeli prison. Sassen described their pursuit of reconciliation as hopeful but felt that Bontenbal presented this initiative as a serious way forward without giving sufficient attention to Hamas's persistence and objectives, according to him. He also stated that Hamas deliberately saddled Palestinian children with hatred for Jews. Sassen wrote that, in his opinion, Bontenbal offered false hope and insufficiently placed responsibility for Hamas's violence on the perpetrators. He claimed that Hamas and its supporters aimed for the destruction of Israel and stated that disarmament by Palestinians, in his view, would bring peace, while Israel's disarmament would lead to a new attack like the one on October 7. #Israël #Hamas #Antisemitisme (translated)
Wolves have recently discovered five new areas in the Netherlands, and at least 56 pups have been born this year, mainly in Gelderland, indicating signs of stabilization in the wolf population. #wolf #Veluwe #natuur (translated)
The Yemeni government army has announced a major counteroffensive against the Houthi rebels, supported by Saudi air support, with both sides immediately claiming successes in the fight for strategic areas, but the true situation remains unclear. #Jemen #Houthi #tegenoffensief (translated)
Yesterday, President Rashad al-Alimi announced a major counteroffensive to regain control over the areas that the Houthis recently took during a lightning offensive. #MiddenOosten #OlieExport #Iran (translated)
In Fiji, hundreds of villages are being relocated to higher ground due to uninhabitability caused by rising sea levels as a result of climate change. #Klimaatverandering #Fiji #Zeespiegelstijging (translated)
Record rainfall and flooding have affected Barcelona and the surrounding areas, causing most of the regional train services to be suspended, and residents have been urged to stay home. #Barcelona #Overstromingen #Klimaatverandering (translated)
The Dutch ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories should not be seen as a boycott, but as the enforcement of international law according to legal expert Maurits Berger. #Israel #InternationaalRecht #Palestina (translated)
Nederlandse Joden helpen de regering Jetten de rel te sussen. Het zou niet gaan om controles van alle Israëli’s, maar slechts om “een groep van 15 Israëli’s”. Ook haast men zich te benadrukken dat niet alle vluchten uit Israël worden gecontroleerd. Maar dat is volledig bezijden het punt. Dat er extra wordt gecontroleerd op vluchten uit Israël is een feit. Evenals dat specifiek wordt gezocht naar de herkomst van Israëlische producten. Het gaat bovendien niet om commerciële handel, maar om reizigers die simpelweg wat producten hebben meegenomen. Het blijft een grof schandaal dat deze buitenproportionele Nederlandse maatregel wordt gehandhaafd, zonder rekening te houden met de verschillende juridische status van de gebieden waar producten vandaan kunnen komen: Judea en Samaria, Jeruzalem en de Golan. Ook binnen Judea en Samaria is die nuance essentieel. De Oslo-akkoorden maken onderscheid tussen Area A, B en C. In Area C heeft Israël onder de bestaande afspraken vergaande bevoegdheden, waaronder op het gebied van planning en bouw. Je kunt niet simpelweg alle producten uit Judea en Samaria over één juridische kam scheren. De ophef hierover is dan ook volkomen begrijpelijk en terecht. Nederland is hier veel te ver doorgeschoten en heeft zich feitelijk uitsluitend op Israël gericht, terwijl vergelijkbare maatregelen tegen landen waar juist mensenrechtenschendingen en/of illegale bezettingen NIET ter discussie staan, waaronder Iran, Turkije, Marokko en China, uitblijven. Dit gaat allang niet meer over een paar producten in een koffer. Het gaat erom dat Nederland Israël aan een uitzonderlijk regime van controle en beperkingen onderwerpt, zonder de relevante juridische verschillen binnen de betreffende gebieden in acht te nemen en hoogstwaarschijnlijk onrechtmatig handelt. En precies dat is de kern van het probleem. Nederland probeert de imago schade te beperken, en spant daarbij de kleine Joodse gemeenschap voor haar karretje. Wat een schande. #Israël #Joden #Nederland
De Nederlands-Israëlische betrekkingen hebben een historisch dieptepunt bereikt door de recente Israëlische tegenreactie op Nederlandse sancties, die voortkomen uit de illegale nederzettingen in door Israël bezette gebieden. #NederlandsIsraëlischeBetrekkingen #Sancties #OorlogtegenHamas
In het grensgebied van India en Nepal zijn meer dan honderd mensen om het leven gekomen door hevig noodweer en overstromingen veroorzaakt door orkaan Arnabnu, terwijl reddingswerkers de getroffen gebieden proberen te bereiken te midden van verwoestingen en infrastructuurproblemen. #Noodweer #India #Nepal
De EU heeft sancties opgelegd aan zeventien voornamelijk Russische instellingen en tien personen vanwege de gedwongen deportatie van Oekraïense kinderen naar Rusland en de door Rusland bezette gebieden. #Oekraïne #sancties #Russificatie
De beschuldigingen tegen Israël worden steeds valser. Nu meent #EenVandaag dat het importverbod van Israëlische producten is ingesteld gaat “om bijv. dadels uit gebieden die door Israëlische kolonisten illegaal, en vaak met geweld, zijn afgepakt van Palestijnen”. Dit heeft niets meer met journalistiek te maken, maar met perverse haat. https://t.co/pXMbeAcqMV #Israël #journalistiek #Palestina
