Bente Scheller @bentescheller.bsky.social
@BenteScheller
Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Tweets my own.
I am so full of admiration for #Syria's people. So much courage. After a devastating campaign of barrel bombs forced disappearance, starvation, bombarding of hospitals, use of chemical weapons, staying determined to take their fate into their own hands ❤️ You are an inspiration!
Entmentschlichung, Hunger, Vertreibung: Höchste Zeit, dass Leid in #Gaza und die Völkerrechtsbrüche zu beeenden. watson.ch/international/…
Ja, es ist zunächst nur Symbolpolitik, was Macron da betreibt. Aber manchmal kommt es eben auch darauf an, das richtige Symbol zu setzen. Warum die Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina richtig ist und Deutschland folgen sollte: sz.de/li.3289375
Angeblicher Diebstahl von Hilfsgütern durch Hamas war vielen hier ein wichtiges Argument für eine Fortführung des mörderischen GHF-Systems. Eine Analyse von USAID zeigt jetzt: dafür gibt es keine Belege.
Was will Präsident #Macron mit seiner Anerkennung v #Palästina erreichen? Inwiefern provoziert dies #Israel und die #USA? Daraüber habe ich vorhin mit @tagesschau24 gesprochen, ab Min. 3'00 tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/…
Kein Kriegsgebiet ist so hermetisch gegen Journalist*innen von außen abgeriegelt wie #Gaza, keines ist tödlicher für dort lebende Journalist*innen. Nun droht auch ihnen der Hungertod. Danke, @ThoreSchroeder, für den Text über diesen Monstrosität. spiegel.de/ausland/journa…
In📍#Gaza and the #WestBank: 🔹Acute malnutrition in children under the age of five has more than doubled since March 🔹Over half of essential medicines at UNRWA are out of stock 🔹On 20 July, Israeli Forces entered a Nablus hospital, firing tear gas and stun grenades in the…
⚖️ Hope for Assad's prosecution is not entirely lost however, as the French court clearly stated that new arrest warrants may be issued against Assad now that he is no longer a head of state. I expect lawyers will refile in this case, pursue new cases, and do just that. (2)
⚖️ A disappointing, but unfortunately expected verdict from France's Court of Cassation, which has refused to lift head of state immunity for Syria's Bashar al-Assad in an older chemical weapons case brought against him when he was still President apnews.com/article/france… (1)
Die Bundesregierung dürfe sich vor den völkerrechtswidrigen Aktionen im #Gazastreifen nicht verstecken, sagte Ex-Diplomat Martin Kobler im Gespräch auf NDR Info. ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ar…
Deft move by Macron/diplo team: leveraged 1 card (recognition) to get commitments for day-after since FR can’t deliver ceasefire. Given partners’ bts reluctance, going public now, pressures -Arabs to deliver stab force, disarming Hamas, reconstruction -🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇨🇦 to recognize 🇵🇸
🚨Macron in letter to Mahmoud Abbas: “in light of the commitments you’ve taken France will fully recognize Palestine as a State when I attend UNGA in Sept” In June letter Abbas condemned Oct 7, called for freeing hostages, committed to reforming PA, disarming Hamas, holding elex
#Journalistin in #Gaza: Ghada muss leben! 💔 #Isael spiegel.de/ausland/journa… via @derspiegel
In #Gaza breitet sich eine Massenhungersnot aus und unsere Kolleg*innen und die Menschen, denen wir helfen, siechen dahin - Ein offener Brief von 100 Hilfsorganisationen u.a. von @nothilfe @Oxfam_DE @amnesty_de @CARE @Welthungerhilfe medico.de/presse/2025/in…
That #Damascus apparently overlooked signs of imminent violence deepens fears that it will not act to safeguard all of Syria’s citizens, prompting minorities and others who are not ideologically aligned with it to keep or acquire arms for self-protection. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…
This.
One reason we tolerate the evisceration of USAID is skepticism about aid's effectiveness. Yet aid can and does save lives. As @BillGates notes here, child deaths from diarrhea have fallen 72% since 2000. Diarrhea still kills too many children, but we know to solve these problems,…
Failing to hold the State of Israel accountable endangers Jews and Israelis everywhere
'This week has been troubling for the thousands of Israelis traveling to Greece, a country where they’re usually welcomed warmly. Israelis have been blocked from docking, teens were chased with knives, and now 2 out of 4 travel warnings have been issued.' i24NEWS' @Nicole_Zedeck
The Assad regime's once-feared security state crumbled from within because it failed to adapt to the information age, Kamal Shahin in a new investigative essay for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…