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In 1948 Albert Einstein foresaw the Israeli terrorism in Palestine that would eventually bring a catastrophe on the Jewish colonists.
Russia is not Enemy@RussiaIsntEnemy
“Einstein said, “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” This statement reflects the understanding that a third world war could mean the end of civilization. Today, this realization should restrain us from taking extremely dangerous actions in the international arena that threaten our modern civilization.” – President Putin
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Hasierarako, ikus From the River to the Sea: Ibaitik Itsasora (115) eta Alfred Zayas eta bertan ondokoak:
Dr. Blerim Mustafa, Ph.D.@blerimmustafa
erabiltzaileari erantzuten
On #Gaza, urgent international mediation is needed as the conflict nears its second year. World leaders must prioritize diplomacy to cease hostilities and address root causes—grounded in human rights and international law—for a just, lasting #peace.
#BRICS isn’t just an economic alliance—it’s a geopolitical force pushing for a more pluralistic world order. Can it foster inclusive multilateralism amid today’s complexities? My take in @jakpost:
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BRICS and the future of global diplomacy – Academia – The Jakarta Post
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OP-ED WITH JAKARTA POST: BRICS and the future of global diplomacy
Date: July 8, 2025
In my recent op-ed for The Jakarta Post – Indonesia leading English language daily newspaper – titled ‘BRICS and the Future of Global Diplomacy,’ I explore the growing significance of the BRICS coalition (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) in shaping contemporary international relations. As the group expands its membership and influence, it presents both opportunities and challenges for the existing global governance architecture. The article reflects on how BRICS contributes to a more pluralistic world order, fostering inclusive multilateralism while navigating geopolitical and economic complexities. Rather than framing its rise as a confrontation, the piece considers how BRICS and traditional institutions might adapt to an increasingly multipolar landscape. For a deeper analysis, the full article can be accessed below
https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025/07/08/brics-and-the-future-of-global-diplomacy.html
Below follow the op-ed that I submitted to the editorial team of the Jakarta Post:
BRICS and the Future of Global Diplomacy
By: Dr. Blerim Mustafa, Ph.D.
The unprecedented direct military exchanges between US/Israel and Iran have fundamentally altered the Middle East’s security landscape. This was not merely another regional flare-up but a tectonic shift that exposed the international community’s dangerous inability to prevent escalation between nuclear-capable states. As warplanes scrambled and air defense systems lit up Middle Eastern skies, the world confronted a sobering reality: our existing diplomatic frameworks are woefully inadequate for managing 21st-century conflicts.
Reassessing Security Approaches: The Potential of BRICS in Multilateral Diplomacy
The recent cycle of violence reveals the bankruptcy of unilateral approaches to regional security. For decades, the Middle East has been trapped in what might be termed the deterrence paradox, where competing security strategies decrease overall stability. Israel’s doctrine of military preemption clashes with Iran’s strategy of strategic patience and proxy warfare, creating a dangerous dynamic where both sides constantly test red lines while traditional mediators struggle to contain the fallout.
The evolution of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) illustrates these complex dynamics. As a significant multilateral achievement involving all five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany and the EU, its changing status since 2018 has led to a reexamination of safeguards and alternatives. This transition period has seen nuclear non-proliferation considerations reemerge alongside ongoing regional tensions, highlighting how shifts in multilateral commitments can create new diplomatic challenges that require careful management.
This is where BRICS—a coalition representing over 40% of the global population and a growing share of economic and diplomatic influence—can play a decisive role. BRICS offers an alternative model of inclusive multilateralism, where emerging powers can mediate conflicts without the historical baggage of Cold War-era alliances.
The New Multilateral Landscape: BRICS as a Stabilizing Force
Today’s diplomatic environment differs fundamentally from the unipolar systems of the past. Three significant evolutions are reshaping conflict management—and BRICS is central to each.
First, the diffusion of diplomatic influence has created what might be called modular multilateralism. No single power or institution holds exclusive mediation rights. The United Nations (UN) provides legal authority, regional organizations offer cultural fluency, and middle powers contribute niche expertise. The 2023 Saudi-Iran détente, brokered with China’s mediation as a leading BRICS state, highlighted the capacity of alternative diplomatic actors to foster dialogue in intractable conflicts. Such outcomes may invite greater BRICS engagement in mitigating international tensions.
Second, economic interdependence has become both a risk and a tool. Globalized supply chains mean local conflicts now carry immediate worldwide economic consequences. BRICS, with its collective economic weight, can wield coordinated incentives—such as trade partnerships, infrastructure investments, and energy security guarantees—to incentivize de-escalation.
Third, the nature of conflicts themselves has changed. Modern confrontations blend conventional warfare with cyber operations, economic coercion, and information warfare. BRICS nations, with their diverse technological and intelligence capabilities, are well-positioned to develop innovative conflict-resolution mechanisms that go beyond outdated Cold War frameworks.
How BRICS Can Lead Effective Multilateral Responses
The US/Israel-Iran standoff reveals three key areas where BRICS can enhance multilateral engagement.
First, institutional coordination must replace institutional competition. Rather than competing with the UN or Western-led initiatives, BRICS should complement them. A BRICS conflict mediation task force, working alongside regional organizations like the Arab League or the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, could provide a neutral platform for dialogue.
Second, economic tools must be better integrated with political strategies. Current sanctions regimes often lack clear pathways for relief. BRICS could pioneer a peace economy model, linking sanctions relief, investment, and trade access to verifiable de-escalation steps—offering tangible benefits for compliance.
Third, multilateralism must address both state and non-state dimensions. The Israel-Iran conflict plays out through proxy networks across Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. BRICS, with its diverse membership, is uniquely positioned to engage both governments and local stakeholders in conflict resolution.
A Defining Challenge for BRICS-Led Global Governance
The Israel-Iran confrontation represents more than another Middle East crisis—it tests whether emerging powers can reshape multilateralism to fit today’s geopolitical realities. Three lessons suggest a path forward.
The Saudi-Iran reconciliation shows that even entrenched rivals can find accommodation when mediation combines discreet bilateral channels with multilateral oversight. The initial China-brokered talks were later endorsed by regional organizations, creating layers of reassurance.
The mixed results of recent emergency diplomacy efforts demonstrate the need for permanent conflict management mechanisms—an area where BRICS could play an institutional role. While the UN’s preventive diplomacy frameworks remain underutilized, they provide established tools for this kind of sustained engagement.
Finally, the economic consequences of the crisis reinforce that all nations, including BRICS members, have a vested interest in Middle East stability. This shared stake could motivate more consistent collective action, moving beyond the current pattern of crisis attention followed by neglect.
Conclusion: The BRICS Imperative in a Fragmented World
As the dust settles from the latest Israel-Iran confrontation, the international community faces a fundamental choice. It can continue with fragmented, reactive approaches or invest in inclusive multilateral systems capable of addressing both symptoms and causes.
For BRICS, this is a historic opportunity. By leveraging its economic influence, diplomatic neutrality, and collective geopolitical weight, the bloc can pioneer a new model of conflict resolution, advancing a more equitable and effective global order.
The standoffs in the Middle East have often served as crucibles for international diplomacy. Today’s crisis could similarly spur essential reforms—but only if BRICS approaches it not as another problem to manage, but as an opportunity to lead. The alternative—a world where might makes right and institutions fade into irrelevance—is too dangerous to contemplate.
Dr. Blerim Mustafa serves as Special Advisor to the President of the International Eurasia Press Fund (Azerbaijan), and lectures on International Relations and Politics at the University of Rhone (France) and the Geneva Nations Institute (Switzerland).
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Jackson Hinkle 
@jacksonhinklle
BREAKING:
President Xi Jinping announced yesterday US$100 million of Chinese assistance to Palestine to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and support its recovery and reconstruction.
Two year passed since the killing of Dr. Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian intellectual, poet, author, and activist. On December 6, 2023, Dr. Refaat was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike that intentionally targeted his sister’s home, where he had sought refuge, in Gaza City, killing him along with six other members of his family. Alareer, one of the most prominent voices in Gaza speaking out against the Israeli crimes, leaves behind a legacy that endures despite his killing.
Almost 7,000 children in the #Gaza Strip were screened for malnutrition and 508 were identified as acutely malnourished. This screening was integrated into the first round of the catch-up immunisation campaign between 9-20 November by UNICEF, UNRWA, WHO, and other partners.
For twins Lina and Layan, nutritional supplements provided by UNRWA have improved their health.
“I sincerely thank UNRWA for their dedicated efforts in safeguarding my children’s health and well-being,” their mother says.
Four little princesses from Gaza, Jumana, Bisan, Yaman, and Maria were all brutally killed by the Nazi Israeli army just for being Gazans.
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International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza has called on the international community to stand with ICC judges following US-imposed sanctions over the court’s arrest warrants for Israeli officials
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997144282973741156
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66 Children K*LLED BY ISRAEL in May 2022.
One year before October 7
No one talked about this!
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PALESTINE ONLINE @OnlinePalEng
“If I must die, let it be a tale.”
On this day two years ago, Refaat Alareer, a beloved Palestinian English poet and professor from Gaza, was killed in a devastating Israeli airstrike that destroyed his family home.
The tragic attack also claimed the lives of his brother Salah, Salah’s son, his sister Asmaa, and Asmaa’s three children
We will never forget you….
The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people
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Never become desensitized to these images. Never accept them as business as usually. Never succumb to the thought that “this is just Gaza.”
No. These children should be in school, playing with friends, enjoying the light heartedness of their youth. But the occupation stole all of these “luxuries” – as they seem today. So instead, children are is search of access to clean drinking water trucks. Using their ingenuite and intelligence. An we are hear to assists them. Donate to our South Campaign to contribute with drinking water:
Other ways to donate include:
http://paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, please make sure to add a message saying “South aid”)
http://account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Ali (Venmo option, please make sure to add a message saying “South aid”)
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997989392778989632
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British surgeon Dr Nick Maynard, Who has visited Gaza 15 times provides evidence of Israel’s war crimes
IDF plays a game of target practice. Young boys targeted in the testicles
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997819034855784866
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“We have a common enemy and we need to face it.”
Francesca Albanese spoke at the Doha Forum, saying the recent ceasefire is being used by Israel to continue the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and suppress Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
She called Palestine a “wake up call” for the world, highlighting that young people across the Western world have been the first to protest the genocide, often met with “batons by the police, criminalisation by governments, and other forms of repression in the cradle of democracies.”
Albanese said this is not the first genocide in history, but it is “the first genocide that awakens global conscience and global response.”
She warned that Palestine shows how injustices, from Yemen to Sudan to Congo, are connected and driven by politics serving economic interests.
She vowed to continue advocating for justice, saying humanity is “stealing from our children” and this moment must be used to change.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997856006660067834
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Francesca Albanese exposing exploitation:
‘People are talking globally’
‘The same interests in Israel’s 
apartheid are restricting freedoms in the West’
‘Young people are not given opportunities’
‘Instead they see catastrophes’
Freeing Palestine is freeing all of us.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997973447381504260
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BREAKING | Several wounded Palestinians, including children, arrived at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli drone dropped a munition on a tent sheltering displaced families near the historic Al-Omari Grand Mosque on Omar al-Mukhtar Street. At the same time, residents in al-Shujaiyah are reporting Israeli quadcopter drones firing directly at residential buildings, while eyewitnesses confirmed the advance of booby-trapped Israeli military vehicles moving deeper into civilian areas behind the yellow line.
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Russia has won, if you want to stop the bleeding, admit that the war is over.
Make Peace You Fools.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997784808869494805
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Just look at their playground…
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1998114841140334907
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It ought to be an international scandal that the United States has sanctioned the UN special rapporteur, stripped her of bank accounts. Same with ICC. In order to defend Israeli atrocities in Gaza the US (aided by Britain) is trashing all legal and moral international norms.
Aipamena
Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani
Abe. 6
I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth. Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997372970746982518
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A recreational event for children in the camps… moments that feel like a small light breaking through the darkness.
The happiness on their faces can make you forget all the pain, even if just for a little while.
And my daughter Layan… she was there, laughing and joining with pure joy, as if telling the world: we deserve life.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997994983580676545
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“Today in the early morning, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem. Police motorcycles, as well as trucks & forklifts, were brought in & all communications were cut. Furniture, IT equipment & other property was seized. The @UN flag was pulled down & replaced with an Israeli flag.
This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations Member State to protect & respect the inviolability of UN premises.
Following months of harassment that included arson attacks in 2024, hateful demonstrations & intimidation, supported by a large-scale disinformation campaign, as well as anti-UNRWA legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in breach of its international obligations, UNRWA personnel were forced to vacate the compound at the beginning of this year.
However, whatever action taken domestically, the compound retains its status as a UN premises, immune from any form of interference.
Israel is party to the Convention on the Privileges & Immunities of the UN. The Convention makes UN premises inviolable – in other words, immune from search and/or seizure – and makes UN property and assets immune from legal process.
The International Court of Justice has also underscored that Israel is obliged to cooperate with UNRWA & other UN agencies.
There can be no exceptions. To allow this represents a new challenge to international law, one that creates a dangerous precedent anywhere else the UN is present across the world.”
– @UNLazzarini
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An elderly Palestinian woman weeps as she watches the Israeli army destroy and uproot olive trees from her land in the village of Qaryut, Nablus, in the West Bank.
Over 100 dunams of land have been razed, and more than 800 ancient olive trees uprooted.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1998190861256196248
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Palestinian Batoul Abu Shawish lost her entire family last week in an Israeli breach of the ceasefire.
After their home was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike at the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, her family had fled to an old house in Nuseirat seeking safety. A week ago, Israeli occupation aircraft struck that house, leaving Batoul injured and killing her parents and four siblings. She was the only survivor pulled from beneath the rubble.
Today, Batoul remains alone, grieving the loss of her entire family amid the ongoing devastation in central Gaza.
Francesca Albanese slams the ‘ceasefire’:
‘Intended to achieve what the genocide could not’
‘The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza ’
‘The end of the Palestinians right to self determination’
‘To prevent this we must restore trust in the UN’
Free Palestine now
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1998091986436296708
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The last Columbia University protester still in ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia, describes conditions inside the Texas facility where she has been held for the past nine months.
KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.”
“Another word for this place is a big bathroom. It’s open. Everything is open. There’s no privacy.”
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A judge has twice ordered Kordia’s release. Both times, the government appealed, accusing her of supporting Hamas. Kordia has denied that in court.
She told her cousin:
“I came to America looking for freedom and freedom of speech – freedom of everything. You know what I mean? To be held here in this place for saying – free Palestine, ceasefire now – that was, kind of a shock to me ’cause that’s not the America that I heard of.”
NPR shared the audio from a recent call between Kordia and her cousin, Hamzah Abushaban, who speaks to her nearly every day.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997940208654811625
Fotoa:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G7obudBWQAA98Jp?format=jpg&name=900×900
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Can I ask you a favor? Don’t stop talking about Palestine 
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1998055211814842841
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The family of prominent Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti was informed by a recently released prisoner that he has been subjected to a brutal assault by Israeli prison guards, who allegedly broke his bones, teeth, and cut off part of his ear.
Qassam Barghouti, Marwan’s son, said a former prisoner who had just been released informed the family of the severe beating on Friday, December 5, 2025.
According to the account, prison forces “crushed his father’s body, broke his teeth, ribs, and fingers, and cut part of his ear”. Barghouti’s condition was described as “extremely difficult and very dangerous”.
He reportedly spends his days “huddled in a cramped, dark, and solitary cell”. A spokesperson for the Israel Prison Service called the allegations “another total lie” and “propaganda” against its staff.
This is not the first report of abuse. Barghouti was reportedly beaten unconscious during a prison transfer in mid-September 2025, suffering four broken ribs, according to Palestinian prisoner organizations. He has been held in solitary confinement since October 2023.
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The children of Gaza deserve to be happy.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997987996247654590
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In loving memory of the children in this video, cold-bloodedly murdered by Israel.
They are among the approximately 22000 children Israel has slaughtered in about two year.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1997266187869376635
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“After the ceasefire was announced, I felt a bit of safety and believed that nothing would harm my children any more”
Two Palestinian children Jumaa and Fadi Abu Assi, just nine and ten, went to collect firewood during a declared ceasefire. Their mother, Hala, was making tea in the family’s tent in Khan Younis when an Israeli drone missile struck. She ran to the site, but it was already too late and her children were killed.
En Gaza han pintado un mural con la imagen más vista de Shaban Al-Dalou, un estudiante de ingeniería informática de 19 años, que las FOI quemaron vivo. Es el recuerdo del horror, el recuerdo de que no vamos a olvidar lo que están haciendo, ni ellos ni el resto de la humanidad.
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@tobararbulu # mmt@tobararbulu
Hori gutxi balitz, gehitu ondoko hauek:
https://unibertsitatea.net/apunteak/gizarte-zientziak/ekonomia/mandanga-zer-ote-da
https://unibertsitatea.net/blogak/heterodoxia/2023/05/13/mandangaz-eguneratu
Gehi testuingurua bera, hauxe:
https://unibertsitatea.net/blogak/heterodoxia/2018/04/03/zer-gertatu-da-2012tik-2017ra-zergatik/
Geure herriari, Euskal Herriari dagokionez, hona hemen gure apustu bakarra:
We Basques do need a real Basque independent State in the Western Pyrenees, just a democratic lay or secular state, with all the formal characteristics of any independent State: Central Bank, Treasury, proper currency1, out of the European Distopia and faraway from NATO, being a BRICS partner…
Euskal Herriaren independentzia eta Mikel Torka
eta
Esadazu arren, zer da gu euskaldunok egiten ari garena eta zer egingo dugun
gehi
MTM: Zipriztinak (2), 2025: Warren Mosler
(Pinturak: Mikel Torka)
Gehigarriak:
MTM klase borrokarik gabe, kontabilitate hutsa da
1 This way, our new Basque government will have infinite money to deal with. (Gogoratzekoa: Moneta jaulkitzaileko kasu guztietan, Gobernuak infinitu diru dauka.)
