💡 Did you know the European Commission is launching the Digital Commons EDIC ?
The new DC-EDIC will unite Member States to build, operate & govern shared digital infrastructures . Aligned with NGI Commons, it’s a big step for open, human-centric tech in Europe. 🌍
The European Commission yesterday announced the establishment of the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC) — a new initiative...
I did a video earlier this week abt the right wing effort to Twitter Files the Jack Smith investigation. Sadly, it's already wildly out of date. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjI4...
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Here's my post on right wing efforts to turn an investigation into how Trump cheated his rubes into something damning for Democrats. www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/30/f...
In an attempt to do a Twitter Files dump on Jack Smith's January 6 investigation, Chuck Grassley exposed very personal details of the far right political establishment, in the process identifying people whose role in all this was previously unknown.
Coucou c'est JK, la moitié de AL & JK. Le même qu'on trouve à @jkb, mais en version française et peut-être un peu moins sérieuse.
Toucheur d'ordinateurs professionnel, insupportable pinailleur amateur, vil gauchiste en tous temps. Aucun de nous n'est libre tant que tout le monde n'est pas libre.
J'aime la musique (peut-être le métal et la drum'n'bass plus que le reste, mais rien n'est exclu a priori), les jeux vidéo (avec préférence pour les jeux de gestion et city-builders, mais là aussi rien n'est exclu a priori), et un peu tout ce qui est sombre.
Inclusivité, écologie, saisissons les moyens de production, la plupart des choses devraient être des services publics et le reste devrait être des coopératives, l'existence de milliardaires est le symptôme de notre problème commun, posséder son logement est un droit mais mettre un logement en location ne devrait pas l'être, aucune technologie ne peut nous sauver de la cupidité du capitalisme, les droits des trans sont des droits humains.
Au diable avec vos cryptomonnaies, web3, NFT, et autres combines du genre.
Élaboré en Tunisie, localisé en Belgique, 100% sans IA.
' Immer neue Waffenfunde im deutschen Remscheid! In einem Haus wurden in den letzten Tagen zahlreiche Waffen und geheime Lager entdeckt - darunter Panzerfäuste, Mörsergranaten und Maschinenpistolen. Dazu Hakenkreuz-Fahnen und zumindest ein Hitler-Bild. Die Tagesschau schreibt von einem regelrechten "NS-Museum". Die Behörden? Sehen keine Anhaltspunkte für eine rechtsextreme Gesinnung. .
La moodboard Adobe non è solo un collage di immagini, ma una bussola strategica 🧭 Potenziata dall'AI di Firefly, trasforma le idee in progetti concreti e allinea i team. #Design #Adobe #AI
JD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink and eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs 🤔🤔
Still spreading the same debunked lie
If I had a dollar for every time a Repugnantan said something that triggered me to say, "What an asshole," then I would be rich enough to buy the White House.
La cultura se mueve contigo. Accede en un solo lugar a una cartelera de actividades que se desarrollan en los espacios públicos y privados de nuestras 16 regiones y a contenidos culturales digitales nacionales e internacionales
Disney+ gets HDR10+ through “over 1,000” Hulu titles Disney+ joins Netflix, Apple TV in supporting the Dolby Vision rival. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/1…
Empresa sul-coreana afirma em relatório que vai "fortalecer a competitividade do Exynos" em 2026. Galaxy S26 e S26 Plus podem usar apenas o SoC de fabricação própria.
Redwings are the UK's smallest true thrush and are rarely seen in gardens - but they will turn up when it's snowing or very cold and icy.Alex Evans Deputy
Wilders' Partei verlor in den #Niederlande-n 11 Sitze und die Sozialliberalen gewannen 17 Sitze dazu. Und: #Wilders' vorige Koalitionspartner verloren auch. Schönen Gruß an die #Brandmauer- Infragesteller aus der #CDU! n-tv.de/politik/Wahl-in-den-Ni…
Der linksliberale Rob Jetten positioniert sich als Gegenpol zu Geert Wilders. Mit Erfolg: Seine Partei gewinnt stark hinzu, während die Rechtspopulisten deutlich verlieren.
Dänemark kapituliert (teilweise) vor dem Widerstand gegen die #Chatkontrolle!
Die Regierung von Dänemark, die aktuell den Vorsitz im Rat der EU hat, erklärt: sie wolle im nächsten Anlauf zur CSA-Verordnung, angesichts der massiven Kritik und gescheiterter Mehrheit, nicht noch einmal die verpflichtenden Regeln zur Chatkontrolle vorschlagen!
Aber Achtung! 🚨 An der freiwilligen Chatkontrolle 1.0 wollen sie festhalten und verlängern. #ChatkontrolleSTOPPEN
Hintergrund: eigentlich gilt in der EU die „ePrivacy-Richtlinie“ 2002/58/EG. Diese besagt: Vertraulichkeit digitaler Kommunikation ist zu schützen. Unternehmen dürfen Nachrichten nicht einfach überwachen.
Aber: 2021 hat die EU-Kommission von der Leyen I eine temporäre Ausnahmeregelung durchgedrückt, welche Unternehmen auf freiwilliger Basis das Scannen nach CSAM erlaubt. → Chatkontrolle 1.0 Daraus will sie seitdem eine Pflicht zum Scannen machen (#Chatkontrolle 2.0). Das ist bisher gescheitert.
Grund zur Entwarnung gibt es nicht. 1. Auch #Chatkontrolle 1.0 ist schon falsch. 2. Genau genommen spricht der Vorsitz Dänemark davon, die sogenannten 'Aufdeckungsanordnungen' streichen zu wollen. Das ist der Teil mit dem Anbieter zum Einsatz der Chatkontrolle verpflichtet werden. Denkbar ist aber, dass aus den anderen Regeln der Verordnung eine de facto Pflicht entsteht: Dienste müssen nämlich eine Risikobewertung vornehmen und dann Maßnahmen ergreifen, sonst drohen massive Bußgelder. […]
Aus der Vergangenheit wissen wir: verschlüsselte Kommunikation an sich gilt für Teile der Mitgliedsstaaten bereits als potentielles Risiko, gegen den die #Chatkontrolle eingesetzt werden könnte. Siehe @netzpolitik_feed Bericht während der belgischen Ratspräsidentschaft: netzpolitik.org/2024/chatkontr…
3. Falls im Rat eine Einigung zustande kommt, wäre als nächstes der Trilog dran, also die Verhandlungen zwischen Europäischem Parlament und Rat der EU. Dabei könnte sich der Text wieder ändern. Da Trilogverhandlungen sehr intransparent ablaufen wäre die Zivilgesellschaft großteils außen vor. Es ist unberechenbar, ob eine verpflichtende #Chatkontrolle dort wieder hereinverhandelt werden könnte.
4. Selbst wenn der Trilog vergleichsweise gut läuft und die Maßnahmen tatsächlich freiwillig wären: Diejenigen, die radikal auf die #Chatkontrolle drängen, könnten nachdem eine freiwillige Chatkontrolle permanent verstetigt wurde, in ein paar Jahren wieder auf eine verpflichtende Regelung drängen. Bei der nach einer gewissen Zeit vorgesehenen Evaluation der Wirksamkeit der Maßnahmen würden sie argumentieren, das reiche nicht und es ginge von vorne los. Diesmal aber vielleicht ohne Aufschrei.
Insgesamt also gilt mal wieder: wachsam bleiben. Wir haben schon zu viele Manöver und Tricksereien rund um die #Chatkontrolle gesehen.
Trotzdem ist heute ein Grund zu feiern: Aktuell kommen die Pläne zur #Chatkontrolle nicht am öffentlichen Protest dagegen vorbei. Und es beweist: Als Zivilgesellschaft können wir gemeinsam viel erreichen. #ChatkontrolleSTOPPEN!
@andre_meister berichtet bei @netzpolitik_feed über die gestrige Ankündigung der dänischen Regierung. Er gibt auch weitere Hintergrundinformationen zur freiwilligen #Chatkontrolle 1.0, z.B. dass die EU-Kommission trotz gesetzlicher Pflicht noch keine Daten zur Evaluation der vorübergehenden Ausnahmeregelung vorgelegt hat: netzpolitik.org/2025/etappensi…
Und mit Zitat von Justizministerin Hubig, die den Vorschlag begrüßt. Damit wird eine Zustimmung der deutschen Bundesregierung wahrscheinlicher.
I mentioned to my US Government teacher that I felt bad I haven't read as deeply about Frederick Douglas as some other historical figures so he brought this in today for me to borrow. It's only about 70 pages so I can probably blow through this over the weekend.
It keeps surprising me how uncommon is the style of canned #meat that we eat here in Italy. Don't get me wrong, it is not some fancy high cuisine, just meat in jellified broth, but it is a completely different product from SPAM or other homogenized meats as the pieces are quite big, and the voids are filled by the jelly.
The image shows a top-down view of food arranged on a dark surface. A circular, reddish-brown object, possibly a protein or meat product, is centrally positioned. Around the circular object is a scattering of ingredients, including small, red tomato slices, cubed pieces of what appears to be cheese or another light-colored solid, and small, dark, olive-like objects. Fresh green leaves, possibly basil, are interspersed throughout the arrangement. The dark surface underneath provides contrast to the colorful food items.
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„Faschismus ist pure politische Energie. Faschismus ist eine Schwerkraft!“ – Philipp Ruch warnt: Wir unterschätzen die Anziehungskraft. Und: „Die AfD ist heute stärker als die NSDAP 1930.“ Der Aufstieg des Faschismus hatte nichts mit der Weltwirtschaftskrise zu tun, sondern mit seiner Attraktivität.
"No, we are celebrating Halloween. Full on. None of this 'Fall Celebration' crap. The world is on fire. We need some simple scary things to help us forget the horror of this current reality. Got it?"
"Ci sono vittorie che arrivano tardi, forse troppo tardi, ma che restano grandi e decisive. Quella di oggi è la vittoria di mio padre, Silvio Berlusconi. (ANSA)
Dani Dayan, Westbank settler, was lid van de YESHA (= Judea, Samaria + Gaza) Council sinds 1999 en voorzitter vanaf 2007 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Day…).
De #YESHAcouncil zegt recht te hebben op al het land "from the river to the sea" (meer over deze ultraZionisten in mijn volgende toot, en daarna een AI-rant).
Vandaag zag ik dat Dani Dayan in 2014 (na zijn ontslagname bij YESHA in 2013) een alternatief plan voor de door de VS voorgestelde #TweeStatenOplossing publiceerde in israelnationalnews.com/news/34… (nauwelijks te lezen zonder NoScript of AdBlocker).
In het kort: de hele Westbank zou Israëlisch grondgebied worden. Palestijnen zouden er mogen blijven wonen (en vooral werken), mits zij zich op geen enkele wijze zouden verzetten – te handhaven door meer IDF-soldaten in de regio.
Momenteel is Dani Dayan voorzitter van de IHRA en van Yad Vashem, alsmede vice-voorzitter van Auschwitz. Daarmee is hij een belangrijke en invloedrijke bron van #Hasbara (lees bijv. zijn verklaring onderaan auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschw…).
: visit *ANY* holocaust museum *NOT* hijacked by #Zionists.
✅ x.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1…: ❝ … This act of barbarity will be judged by history, and its perpetrators, it is to be hoped, also by the International Court of Justice… ❞ Oops, NOT about Israel (see image below).
🚨 nbn.org.il/nbnlsp/: "Lone Soldiers Program: established to assist and support brave young men and women who choose to serve in the IDF …"
🚨 jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflic…: The council, including … Dani Dayan…: "Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism."
🚨 Illegal Westbank colonist. Former YESHA (Judea,Samaria+Gaza) chair. myesha.org.il/?CategoryID=419: "To safeguard Israel's strategic expanses–between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea".
🚨 israeled.org/dani-dayan-1955/ "… His role in the settler movement led Brazil to reject him as Israel’s ambassador in 2016…"
Carmakers in the EU are "days away" from closing production lines, the industry has warned, as a crisis over computer chip supplies from China escalates.
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There was supposed to be a mask to go with Wolfie’s costume, but he was having none of that. Carly prefers just having bloody knives to use on her brother. #CatsOfMastodon #Halloween
Der Kanzler belügt die Bevölkerung, das ZDF hilft ihm dabei und die AfD jubelt, weil wieder Rassismus normalisiert wurde, obwohl eine Mehrheit dem Kanzler widerspricht, mit zigtausenden auf den Straßen. Wie die "Stadtbild"-Debatte für Merz nach hinten losging, analysieren wir in diesem deep dive. volksverpetzer.de/analyse/stad…
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
So, without disclosing too much, I think I'm now in what they call "financial crisis."
Job hit with the slow season, same with uber deliveries, still hunting an additional part time job, credit limits kissing the event horizon. Rent due and we're short 600 bucks ffs.
Currently ubering our asses off scraping at it 6 to 8 dollars at a time but it's starting to feel a bit desperate.
Fuck yes uber welfare came in for 60 bucks! Thankfully BC has a law for minimum driver pay, but only for on delivery time. The hours spent sitting away arent counted so it's still shiddy, just less shiddy lol.
We just watched The Big, Bold, Beautiful Adventure and give it a thumbs-up although the last act is a tad strained and overtalky. His darkeyed dourness makes me suspect he's sober now.
Don't use random "free" QR code generators online, make sure to use a non-redirect link QR code generator (Linux has a few, if you're into LInux).
Last year, I ran into someone's YouTuber/TikTok vehicle with a QR code plastered onto it for their channel, scanned it, and it was "YOUR QR CODE HAS EXPIRED" - QR codes DO NOT NEED A SUBSCRIPTION.
QR codes are like daisy chains of URL shorteners. you have zero idea which or how many links you visit on your way to what you thought you were visiting.
i treat them with more caution and even less trust than emails asking for money.
Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
Last night Trump directed the Pentagon to start testing nukes again. If that happens, it’ll be the first time the US has detonated a nuke in more than 30 years.
Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
Last night Trump directed the Pentagon to start testing nukes again. If that happens, it’ll be the first time the US has detonated a nuke in more than 30 years. The organization that would likely be responsible for this would be the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a civilian workforce that oversees the American nuclear stockpile. Because of the current government shutdown, 1,400 NNSA workers are on furlough and the remaining 375 are working without pay.
America detonated its last nuke in 1992 as part of a general drawn down following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Four years later, it was the first country to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) which bans nuclear explosions for civilian or military purposes. But Congress never ratified the treaty and the CTBT never entered into force. Despite this, there has not been a nuke tested by the United States since. playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TBIEA2… Trump threatened to resume nuclear testing during his first term but it never happened. At the time, officials at the Pentagon and NNSA said it would take them a few months to get tests running again should the President order them.
The NNSA has maintained the underground tunnels once used for testing since the 1990s and converted them into a different kind of space that verifies the reliability of existing nukes without blowing them up in what are called “virtual tests.” During a rare tour of the tunnel with journalists earlier this year, a nuclear weapons scientist from Los Alamos National Laboratory told NPR that “our assessment is that there are no system questions that would be answered by a test, that would be worth the expense and the effort and the time.”
Right now, the NNSA might be hard pressed to find someone to conduct the test. It employs around 2,000 people and the shutdown has seen 1,400 of them furloughed and 375 working without pay. The civilian nuclear workforce was already having a tough year. In February, the Department of Government Efficiency cut 350 NNSA employees only to scramble and rehire all but 28 when they realized how essential they were to nuclear safety. But uncertainty continued and in April the Department of Energy declared 500 NNSA employees “non-essential” and at risk of termination.
That’s a lot of chaos for a government agency charged with ensuring the safety and effectiveness of America’s nuclear weapons. The NNSA is currently in the middle of a massive project to “modernize” America’s nukes, an effort that will cost trillions of dollars. Part of modernization means producing new plutonium pits, the core of a nuclear warhead. That’s a complicated and technical process and no one is sure how much it’ll cost and how dangerous it’ll be.
And now, it may have to resume nuclear testing while understaffed.
“We have run out of federal funds for federal workers,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a press conference announcing furlough on October 20. “This has never happened before…we have never furloughed workers in the NNSA. This should not happen. But this was as long as we could stretch the funds for federal workers. We were able to do some gymnastics and stretch it further for the contractors.”
Three days later, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) said the furlough was making the world less safe. “NNSA facilities are charged with maintaining nuclear security in accordance with long-standing policy and the law,” she said in a press release. “Undermining the agency’s workforce at such a challenging time diminishes our nuclear deterrence, emboldens international adversaries, and makes Nevadans less safe. Secretary Wright, Administrator Williams, and Congressional Republicans need to stop playing politics, rescind the furlough notice, and reopen the government.”
Trump announced the nuclear tests in a post on Truth Social, a platform where he announces a lot of things that ultimately end up not happening. “The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,” the post said.
Matt Korda, a nuclear expert with the Federation of American Scientists, said that the President’s Truth social post was confusing and riddled with misconceptions. Russia has more nuclear weapons than America. Nuclear modernization is ongoing and will take trillions of dollars and many years to complete. Over the weekend, Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and on Tuesday he said the country had done the same with a nuclear-powered undersea drone. Russia withdrew from the CTBT in 2023, but neither recent test involved a nuclear explosion. Russia last blew up a nuke in 1990 and China conducted its most recent test in 1996. Both have said they would resume nuclear testing should America do it. Korda said it's unclear what, exactly, Trump means. He could be talking about anything from test firing non-nuclear equipped ICBMs to underground testing to detonating nukes in the desert. “We’ll have to wait and see until either this Truth Social post dissipates and becomes a bunch of nothing or it actually gets turned into policy. Then we’ll have something more concrete to respond to,” Korda said.
Worse, he thinks the resumption of testing would be bad for US national security. “It actually puts the US at a strategic disadvantage,” Korda said. “This moratorium on not testing nuclear weapons benefits the United States because the United States has, by far, the most advanced modeling and simulation equipment…by every measure this is a terrible idea.”
The end of nuclear detonation tests has spurred 30 years of innovation in the field of computer modeling. Subcritical computer modeling happens in the NNSA-maintained underground tunnels where detonations were once a common occurrence. The Los Alamos National Laboratories and other American nuclear labs are building massive super computers that are, in part, the result of decades of work spurred by the end of detonations and the embrace of simulation.
Detonating a nuclear weapon—whether above ground or below—is disastrous for the environment. There are people alive in the United States today who are living with cancer and other health conditions caused by American nuclear testing. Live tests make the world more anxious, less safe, and encourage other nuclear powers to do their own. It also uses up a nuke, something America has said it wants to build more of.
“There’s no upside to this,” Korda said. He added that he felt bad for the furloughed NNSA workers. “People find out about significant policy changes through Truth social posts. So it’s entirely possible that the people who would be tasked with carrying out this decision are learning about it in the same way we are all learning about it. They probably have the exact same kinds of questions that we do.”
Auch eine Fülle neuer Daten und Nachrichten hat den Leitindex DAX heute nicht bewegt. Am export- und industrielastigen deutschen Leitindex geht vor allem die KI-Hausse der Wall Street völlig vorbei.
Die Anleger setzen sich heute mit der Zinssenkung der Fed, der Einigung im Zollstreit zwischen USA und China und dem Zinsentscheid der EZB auseinander. Auch viele Unternehmensbilanzen stehen an.
gut so! Das Kaspertheater und die versenkten Investitionen können wir uns schenken. Erinnert sich jemand an selige #DOTCOM-Zeiten? Damals war die "Cash Burn Rate" ein ernsthafter KPI für Internet-Start-ups. Der Rest ist Geschichte.
Canva launches a foundational design model that generates editable layered designs, expands Canva AI, makes Affinity free for all users, and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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So they decided to reinforce the whole suite as a unique program rather than three separate softwares (Photo, Designer and Publisher) in which previously were able to be used conjointly if you were to purchase all 3 of them.
Yeah, they're making it for free but the fact that they said the new relations with Canva and (oh my fucking god no) AI is a bit suspicious to me
The new UI stuff looks fancy, i like how they made it more modular than Adobe's suite.
Another big addition is that they have combined all the Affinity features in separate Studio preferences, basically like Blender UI presents for different kind of workflows.
Kind of cool, really. But i seriously can't stand seeing "AI" in here.
The image shows a screenshot of a digital interface, likely a design program. The program interface has a white background with several icons and labels visible. Several rectangular boxes are stacked vertically on the left side of the screen. These boxes contain icons and labels such as "Slice," "Typography," "Composing," and "Data". The labels are in black text, with a slightly rounded rectangular box around each. There is also an option labeled "Create" at the bottom of the interface. Finally, a small white arrow points from the stack of boxes towards the "Create" option at the bottom.
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The new 'mesh' fill although looks interesting and the example they showed for it looks really sick that it almost looked like 3D cartoon CGI, although i'm not a fan of how the details in the example looked like a bit rushed.
Then new filters. Okay. Data merge improvements. Good. EPUB export. Nice.
Canva AI requires you to have a Canva premium account, which in this case is a thing i am not ever going to care about at all. So i think that's a little win...?
But what actually kills me is that you need to register a Canva account, so your Affinity account is pratically useless from now on. Which is for me one of the biggest doubts of the future of this suite so far.
Then suddenly, they announced scripting support for even more advanced features, which actually may look interesting for the kind of expertised users who'd love adding shader stuff.
The fact they marketed it as "we're now free, we swear" only to see Canva behind has me raise an eyebrow.
I may be quite excessive on this but, I never used Canva before but i'm a bit skeptical about it being the fact they're just yet another corporate. And i am not even going to fall for it anymore.
I'm going to be waiting here on my V2 copy, expecting that in the next weeks they will pull a stunt that will disappoint Affinity users.
They closed the Affinity community forums preemptively in order to favor use of Discord.
I knew there's something fishy going on.
But you know, it's still a bit early, but the paranoia of enshittification is VERY true to this day, and if not, i'm afraid that they're going to mismanage crap with it.
For me, Affinity is now already dead on arrival. One month of wait for a really mediocre relaunch... what a fucking joke.....
anch’io la penso come te. Vorrei essere felice però allo stesso tempo so che potrebbero rovinarlo da un momento all’altro. E poi questa cosa del free forever ho paura che non durerà.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica Tuesday with ferocious winds and torrential rains, the most powerful storm ever to hit the island. The Category 5 storm left four people dead, reduced homes to rubbles, demolished vital infrastructure and blocked off road networks, leaving the nation to face the grim reality of a prolonged and gruelling recovery. Here’s a look at some of the worst impacted communities before and after Hurricane Melissa's passage.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica Tuesday with ferocious winds and torrential rains, the most powerful storm ever to hit the island.
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A Courageous Plan: Peaceful Non-Reconciliation
There is now a vacuum which should be filled by a courageous Israeli initiative regarding the lives of Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria.
Dani Dayan
Jun 9, 2014, 11:18 AM (GMT+3)
The collapse of the Kerry Plan presents Israel with a formidable challenge. It goes without saying that I myself never believed in nor subscribed to this type of policy, but one can’t deny the fact that it provided a horizon, albeit an illusionary one, for many Israelis and Palestinians, as well as for many in the international community.
However, the dismal failure of the American initiative brought home even to them the understanding that that this conflict has no political solution at this time. This “despair” has led to the realization that for the first time in decades, and certainly since the signing of the Oslo accords, there is no serious plan capable of producing results within a reasonable amount of time on the table. A vacuum of sorts has formed and this vacuum, contrary to the conventional 'right-wing' approach, is now problematic.
The vacuum should be filled by a courageous Israeli […]](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/63685283 "Uit https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/343726
A Courageous Plan: Peaceful Non-Reconciliation
There is now a vacuum which should be filled by a courageous Israeli initiative regarding the lives of Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria.
Dani Dayan
Jun 9, 2014, 11:18 AM (GMT+3)
The collapse of the Kerry Plan presents Israel with a formidable challenge. It goes without saying that I myself never believed in nor subscribed to this type of policy, but one can’t deny the fact that it provided a horizon, albeit an illusionary one, for many Israelis and Palestinians, as well as for many in the international community.
However, the dismal failure of the American initiative brought home even to them the understanding that that this conflict has no political solution at this time. This “despair” has led to the realization that for the first time in decades, and certainly since the signing of the Oslo accords, there is no serious plan capable of producing results within a reasonable amount of time on the table. A vacuum of sorts has formed and this vacuum, contrary to the conventional 'right-wing' approach, is now problematic.
The vacuum should be filled by a courageous Israeli […]")
![Een fragment uit https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/343726
Of course, the plan must be implemented gradually and with caution, in reversible increments, with a constant eye on the ultimate goal – maximum normalization of life in Judea and Samaria. As I see it, the country's leaders, led by the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, must behave as if hanging before them is a permanent virtual banner asking, "What have we done today to enable the Palestinian Arabs to live in a more dignified manner?"
A basic condition for implementation of the plan is the introduction of a
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"zero tolerance for violence” defense policy. Palestinian freedom of movement will not result in a reduction of Israeli military activity in Areas A and B. In fact, just the opposite might occur.
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It goes without saying that zero tolerance for violence means zero tolerance on both sides – the various “Price Tag” activities must be eradicated once and for all, and the sooner the better.
I realize that this plan will spark fierce criticism from certain quarters, and it is not difficult to guess what they will say. I feel no need to apologize. Neither side has a monopoly over human sensitivity or respect for human rights. My well-known position that posits that there should be no sovereignty between the Jordan and the Mediterranean other than Israeli sovereignty is not relevant to this plan. In fact, no political “end game” position is relevant.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/63685285 "Een fragment uit https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/343726
Of course, the plan must be implemented gradually and with caution, in reversible increments, with a constant eye on the ultimate goal – maximum normalization of life in Judea and Samaria. As I see it, the country's leaders, led by the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, must behave as if hanging before them is a permanent virtual banner asking, \"What have we done today to enable the Palestinian Arabs to live in a more dignified manner?\"
A basic condition for implementation of the plan is the introduction of a
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\"zero tolerance for violence” defense policy. Palestinian freedom of movement will not result in a reduction of Israeli military activity in Areas A and B. In fact, just the opposite might occur.
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It goes without saying that zero tolerance for violence means zero tolerance on both sides – the various “Price Tag” activities must be eradicated once and for all, and the sooner the better.
I realize that this plan will spark fierce criticism from certain quarters, and it is not difficult to guess what they will say. I feel no need to apologize. Neither side has a monopoly over human sensitivity or respect for human rights. My well-known position that posits that there should be no sovereignty between the Jordan and the Mediterranean other than Israeli sovereignty is not relevant to this plan. In fact, no political “end game” position is relevant.")
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Een stukje over een artikel van 25-3-2025.
Bovenaan een foto waarop onder meer minister van Finsnciën Bezalel Smotrich te zien is. Daaronder:
The Israeli government recognized 13 communities in Judea and Samaria as independent, enabling local governance and development. Regional leaders celebrated the move as a major step toward normalization and stronger settlement infrastructure. The decision follows a year of advocacy and coordination with Minister Bezalel Smotrich. It also renews calls to apply full Israeli sovereignty over the region.
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Daaronder twee eenvoudige plaatjes, links een Israëlische vlag met daaronder "It's ours" en een landkaart (alleen grenzen met buurlanden) van "greater Israël" waarbij Gaza en de Westbank volledig zijn geannexeerd.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/63704940 "Een fragment uit de voorpagina https://myesha.org.il/ENG
Een stukje over een artikel van 25-3-2025.
Bovenaan een foto waarop onder meer minister van Finsnciën Bezalel Smotrich te zien is. Daaronder:
The Israeli government recognized 13 communities in Judea and Samaria as independent, enabling local governance and development. Regional leaders celebrated the move as a major step toward normalization and stronger settlement infrastructure. The decision follows a year of advocacy and coordination with Minister Bezalel Smotrich. It also renews calls to apply full Israeli sovereignty over the region.
[Read more]
Daaronder twee eenvoudige plaatjes, links een Israëlische vlag met daaronder \"It's ours\" en een landkaart (alleen grenzen met buurlanden) van \"greater Israël\" waarbij Gaza en de Westbank volledig zijn geannexeerd.")
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