#the qatar report

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the qatar report

i am so so proud of max! he is making history and we are viewing it, congrats!!

and bby oscar! his first win!! i’m so happy!

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Charles on Max’s changes after winning WDC

🆑: I think he calmed down quite a bit. I remember our karting days. We were...going for it. Obviously, then with experience, you calm down. Now he's an adult. When we were together, we were kids. But it's good memories. He's done another exceptional season. He definitely deserves everything that is happening to him at the moment. I guess it's only a matter of time before he wins his third title.

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not him taking pics of that car

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How Israeli settlers are expanding illegal outposts amid Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza | Al Jazeera

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Someone with less anxiety than me pls tell me that Alex is actually okay and it’s normal for him and Albon pets to not post race weekend wrap-ups until a couple days after

Edit: Alright, we’re okay, I completely overreacted (when do I not), he commented on Lily‘s post

Y‘all can laugh at me now

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Charles chatting to the press | Qatar GP | 5 October 2023

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Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli ground forces ‘expanding operations’ in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war will be “long and difficult” as Israel steps up air attacks and “expands activities to the second stage”.

Israel says its ground troops are fighting inside Gaza as it subjects the besieged territory to the heaviest bombardment since the war began. Hamas says its fighters have confronted Israeli troops in various locations.

More than one million Palestinian children and their parents are living through “pure horror” in the besieged enclave, says humanitarian group Save the Children.

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approves non-binding resolution calling for a truce.

At least 7,703 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. More than 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas attack on Israel.

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I just read this trash-fire of an opinion piece, which doesn't even say what the IHRA definition of antisemitism is, and so to trained eyes is very transparently grasping for antisemitism but to untrained eyes may sound reasonable. But the IHRA definition does get a lot of criticism, and people do frequently complain that criticism of Israel gets wrongly and incorrectly stifled as antisemitic, so obviously this is going to be a reasonable take, right?

Wrong, and let's talk about that, fellow tumblrinas who care about human rights and good discourse and anti-racism and all that jazz, and break down why the IHRA definition does not do what these (all non-Jewish) authors claim it does, and why their specific objection to its adoption on Australian campuses can only be antisemitic regardless of whether or not you use the IHRA definition.

Since they don't reproduce the definition for their readers, here is the IHRA working definition of antisemitism:

'"Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities."

To guide IHRA in its work, the following examples may serve as illustrations:

Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity. However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic. Antisemitism frequently charges Jews with conspiring to harm humanity, and it is often used to blame Jews for “why things go wrong.” It is expressed in speech, writing, visual forms and action, and employs sinister stereotypes and negative character traits.

Contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in the religious sphere could, taking into account the overall context, include, but are not limited to:

Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion.

Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.

Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews.

Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust).

Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.

Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.

Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.

Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.

Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.

Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.

Antisemitic acts are criminal when they are so defined by law (for example, denial of the Holocaust or distribution of antisemitic materials in some countries).

Criminal acts are antisemitic when the targets of attacks, whether they are people or property – such as buildings, schools, places of worship and cemeteries – are selected because they are, or are perceived to be, Jewish or linked to Jews.

Antisemitic discrimination is the denial to Jews of opportunities or services available to others and is illegal in many countries.'

This definition does have problems, as the Al-Jazeera authors correctly note. It's not rooted in anti-racist scholarship, and doesn't situate antisemitism within the broader landscape of colonialism and racism, even though antisemitism is inseparable from colonialism and racism.

But note: per the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, "criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic."

You cannot be called antisemitic under the IHRA definition for opposing the IDF's bombing of civilians in Gaza or the security system in the West Bank. You cannot be called antisemitic under this definition for saying Netanyahu and allies in government are genocidal autocrats who pose an existential threat to both Palestinians and the peace process.

So given that, what could the authors of this opinion piece be objecting to?

"Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor."

This is almost certainly it. And friends, I have definitely heard variations of "the existence of the State of Israel is a racist endeavor" or "Zionism is a racist endeavor" in leftist discourse. When probed that usually points either to the fact that there was a lot of anti-Arab racism in the history of modern Zionism (and not limited to the Revisionist Zionists, who are usually whom "anti-Zionists" are actually thinking of when they say 'zionist'), or raises questions about whether a state defined explicitly as Jewish can also be a state in which Jews and non-Jewish Arabs have equal rights and standing. The former is a real and valid critique of the history of Zionist attitudes and actions, but does not make the existence of a State of Israel intrinsically racist. But you could make those critiques without that being antisemitic under the IHRA definition.

The latter is an important question to debate, but if we're going to conclude that it is not possible to identify a state as Jewish without the resulting government and society being intrinsically racist in some way, then we also have to conclude that every formally Muslim state is also intrinsically racist, as is every explicitly Christian state—so pretty much all of Europe and the Arab and Muslim world. And look, I'm fine with that! I don't necessarily agree, but I think within certain philosophical frameworks that is a reasonable conclusion, alongside opposition to the existence of nation-states at all. Reaching this broad conclusion is not antisemitic (again, as per the IHRA definition, if you would level the same criticism against any other government too, then it cannot be antisemitic).

There is a third explanation of this position that also comes up a lot, which is not valid, which is very commonly held among the pro-Palestinian Left (including I'm sure in this case), and which definitely is antisemitic.

That is "a State of Israel is necessarily a settler-colonial state, and therefore is an intrinsically racist project."

Friends. Allies. Foes. This one makes me incandescent with rage.

The Jewish people are indigenous to the Land of Israel. We emerged from Canaanite tribes over 3000 years ago during the Late Bronze Age Collapse; Hebrew is the only surviving Canaanite language. Even Ashkenazi Jews, who have lived in Diaspora for nearly 1900 years, are more closely-related to Palestinians than Palestinians are to Saudis.

A nation-state of an Indigenous people set up in their land of origin cannot be settler-colonial within the paradigm of modern anti-colonial scholarship.

The only way you get to claim Israel is a settler-colonial racist endeavour is by invalidating the history of the Jewish people as indigenous to the Land of Israel. And that is antisemitic, IHRA definition or not.

And that is what these authors so transparently want to be able to say on Australian campuses, and feel they won't be able to if the IHRA definition is adopted.

I quite frankly don't fucking care; if the IHRA definition stifles that, then it's working to reduce antisemitism on university campuses.

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Balkan media is so funny bc rn some tv hosts in serbia are unironically discussing how Ivana Knoll is a secret service project against serbian youth, that she is distracting them from patriotism and military service (that is supposed to free kosovo) with her sexyness

[imdrivingsolo]

the qatar report in screenshots

what a drive from oscar! from 6th to 2nd! He’s a star!

Also love his little twist on the floor of the cooldown room and a return to the pod for the mclaren boys!

and a 1.8 second pit stop to mclaren!

‘i can break it if you want’ - lando about max’s trophy, the boy is a menace! but a funny one!

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced on Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants against two top Israeli leaders for crimes in the Gaza Strip. Karim Khan said that he had “reasonable grounds to believe” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant “bear criminal responsibility” for a number of international crimes committed since 8 October, including starvation as a weapon of war, murder, intentionally attacking civilians, extermination, persecution and other crimes against humanity.

While there will be relief that finally Israel’s shield of immunity and impunity is being punctured, Khan also charged several leaders of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas with various crimes. Khan claims that Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh, its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar and the chief of its military wing Muhammad Deif are responsible for crimes including extermination, murder, hostage-taking, torture and rape. The political nature of the charges against the Hamas leaders is clear from the fact that Khan has charged more Palestinians with crimes than Israelis. A cynical view might be that Khan only charged the two Israeli leaders that Washington wants to see gone, while letting countless other Israeli political and military officials off the hook – at least for now.

It is notable that while Khan explicitly charged the Palestinian leaders with “torture,” that word does not appear in the charges against Netanyahu and Gallant, even though there are many credible reports of systematic torture against Palestinians on a horrifying scale, including in closed detention camps. Most glaringly, Khan failed to lay any charges against Netanyahu and Gallant under Article 6 of the ICC’s founding Rome Statute – the section that deals with genocide.He only charged them under chapters 7 and 8, which address crimes against humanity and war crimes – the same articles he used against the Hamas leaders. Khan could also have filed charges related to Israeli crimes elsewhere in Palestine, for example Israel’s construction of illegal colonies all over the occupied West Bank – a crime that has been ongoing for decades. By failing to do so, he is feeding the false impression that history began on 7 October 2023.

But this will also be of no surprise to anyone, least of all Hamas leaders, who would have expected to be charged as the price of obtaining some measure of international justice for their people. In January, for instance, Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior leader of Hamas, wrote, “Since 2015 Hamas has repeatedly expressed its interest in appearing before and being judged by the ICC not on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations and screams but evidence and facts. Israel has not.” Abu Marzouk added: “Hamas stands ready to appear before the ICC with witnesses and live testimony and bear the burden of any judicial finding against it or its members after a full and fair trial with rules of evidence; with examination and cross examination into what we have done or not over the many years of our leadership as a national liberation movement. Is Israel?”

The arrest warrants – which have still to be formally issued by the court’s judges – will have no immediate impact on Sinwar or Deif, whose whereabouts as underground resistance leaders is unknown. Arrest by the ICC is the least of their concerns. As for Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, he lives in Qatar, which is one of only a handful of countries that is not a member of the ICC and is therefore not legally obligated to arrest him and hand him over. Hamas is already outlawed and subject to sanctions by the United States and across Europe so it is not as if the movement’s leaders would have been moving freely anyway.

And although Khan has pulled his punches, the arrest warrants will have an enormous impact on Israel and its leaders, who now find themselves ostracized and constrained in unprecedented ways. Netanyahu and Gallant will be unable to travel to dozens of countries, including most of Europe, without fear of arrest. European countries, in particular, which purport to uphold international law, will either have to detain them and hand them over to the court, or openly defy their legal obligations. This includes Germany, which provides arms for Israel’s genocide while purporting to be a champion of international law.The damage to Israel’s reputation and its descent into even greater pariah status is assured, despite Khan’s every effort to soften the blow. The United States, Israel’s chief arms supplier and accomplice in the genocide, is also not a member of the ICC, and it will not cooperate with the arrest warrants. But even for a government as heedless of international law as Washington, the leaders of its closest ally being charged by the ICC increases both the domestic and international political cost of supporting Israel unconditionally.

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The Israeli cabinet has agreed to a temporary ceasefire deal that will enable the release of about 50 people who have been held captive in Gaza since the Hamas armed group stormed southern Israel on October 7.

The agreement came after talks on a Qatar-mediated deal that continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Israeli media reporting heated exchanges between ministers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

The prime minister’s office said the deal would require Hamas to release at least 50 women and children during a four-day truce.  For every additional 10 hostages released, the pause would be extended by a day, it said, without mentioning the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Hamas, which controls Gaza, also released a statement, confirming that 50 women and children held in the territory would be freed in exchange for Israel releasing 150 Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails.

It said that Israel would also stop all military actions in Gaza and that hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian, medical and fuel aid would be allowed into the territory.

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To be clear, this is temporary, and Netanyahu has already said that Israel will resume its attack afterwards.