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In this JCO Article Insights episode, Michael Hughes summarizes “International Myeloma Society and International Myeloma Working Group Consensus Recommendations on the Definition of High-Risk Multiple Myeloma" by Avet-Loiseau et al. published on June 09, 2025 along with an interview with author Dr Nikhil C. Munshi, MD. TRANSCRIPT Michael Hughes: Welcome to this episode of JCO Article Insights. This is Michael Hughes, JCO's editorial fellow. Today I am interviewing Dr. Nikhil Munshi on the “International Myeloma Society and International Myeloma Working Group Consensus Recommendations on the Definition of High-Risk Multiple Myeloma” by Avet-Loiseau et al. At the time of this recording, our guest has disclosures that will be linked in the transcript. While some patients with multiple myeloma live for decades after treatment, others exhibit refractory or rapidly relapsing disease irrespective of treatment administered. We term this “high-risk myeloma.” Multiple risk stratification systems have been created, starting with the Durie-Salmon system in 1975 and evolving with the advent of novel therapeutics and novel treatment approaches. In 2015, the Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) was introduced, which incorporated novel clinical and cytogenetic markers and remained, until recently, a mainstay of risk stratification in newly diagnosed disease. Myeloma as a field has, just in the past few years, though, undergone explosive changes. In particular, we have seen groundbreaking advances not only in treatments - the introduction of anti-CD38 agents and the advent of cellular and bispecific therapies - but also in diagnostic technology and our understanding of the genetic lesions in myeloma. This has led to the proliferation of numerous trials employing different definitions of high-risk myeloma, a burgeoning problem for patients and providers alike, and has prompted attempts to consolidate definitions and terminology. Regarding cytogenetic lesions, at least, Kaiser et al's federated meta-analysis of 24 therapeutic trials, published here in the JCO in February of 2025 and recently podcasted in an interview with associate editor Dr. Suzanne Lentzsch, posited a new cytogenetic classification system to realize a shared platform upon which we might contextualize those trial results. This article we have here by Dr. Avet-Loiseau, Dr. Munshi, and colleagues, published online in early June of this year and hot off the presses, is the definitive joint statement from the International Myeloma Society (IMS) and the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG). What is high-risk multiple myeloma for the modern era? The IMS and IMWG Genomics Workshop was held in July 2023 and was attended by international myeloma experts, collaborating to reach consensus based on large volumes of data presented and shared. The datasets included cohorts from the Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome (IFM); the HARMONY project, comprised of multiple European academic trials; the FORTE study, findings from which solidified KRd as a viable induction regimen; the Grupo Español de Mieloma Múltiple (GEM) and the PETHEMA Foundation; the German-Speaking Myeloma Multicenter Group (GMMG); the UK-based Myeloma XI, findings from which confirmed the concept of lenalidomide maintenance; Emory 1000, a large, real-world dataset from Emory University in Atlanta; the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Clinical Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma to Personal Assessment of Genetic Profile (CoMMpass) dataset; and some newly diagnosed myeloma cohorts from the Mayo Clinic. Data were not pooled for analyses and were assessed individually - that is to say, with clear a priori understanding of whence the data had been gathered and for what original purposes. Consensus on topics was developed based on the preponderance of data across studies and cohorts. In terms of results, substantial revisions were made to the genomic staging of high-risk multiple myeloma, and these can be sorted into three major categories: A) alterations to the tumor suppressor gene TP53; B) translocations involving chromosome 14: t(14;16) (c-MAF overexpression), t(14;20) (MAFB overexpression), and t(4;14) (NSD2 overexpression); and C) chromosome 1 abnormalities: deletions of 1p or additional copies of 1q. In terms of category A, TP53 alterations: Deletion of 17p is present in up to 10% of patients at diagnosis and is enriched in relapsed or refractory disease. This is well-documented as a high-risk feature, but the proportion of the myeloma cells with deletion 17p actually impacts prognosis. GEM and HARMONY data analyses confirmed the use of 20% clonal cell fraction as the optimal threshold value for high-risk disease. That is to say, there must be the deletion of 17p in at least 20% of the myeloma cells on a FISH-analysis of a CD138-enriched bone marrow sample to qualify as high-risk disease. TP53 mutations can also occur. Inactivating mutations appear to have deleterious effects similar to chromosomal losses, and the biallelic loss of TP53, however it occurs, portends particularly poor prognosis. This effect is seen across Myeloma XI, CoMMpass, and IFM cohorts. Biallelic loss is rare, it appears to occur in only about 5% of patients, but next-generation sequencing is nevertheless recommended in all myeloma patients. Category B, chromosome 14 translocations: Translocation t(14;16) occurs in about 2% to 3% of patients with newly diagnosed disease. In the available data, primarily real-world IFM data, t(14;16) almost always occurs with chromosome 1 abnormalities. Translocation t(4;14) occurs in about 10% to 12% of newly diagnosed disease, but only patients with specific NSD2 alterations are, in fact, at risk of worse prognosis, which clinically appears to be about one in every three of those patients. And so together, the CoMMpass and Myeloma XI data suggest that translocation t(4;14) only in combination with deletion 1p or gain or amplification of 1q correlates with worse prognosis. Translocation t(14;20) occurs in only 2% of newly diagnosed disease. Similar to translocation t(4;14), it doesn't appear to have an effect on prognosis, except if the translocation co-occurs with chromosome 1 lesions, in which case patients do fare worse. Overall, these three translocations - t(14;16), t(4;14), and t(14;20) - should be considered high-risk only if chromosome 1 aberrations are also present. In terms of those chromosome 1 aberrations, category C, first deletions of 1p: Occurring in about 13% to 15% of newly diagnosed disease, deletion 1p eliminates critical cell checkpoints and normal apoptotic signaling. In the IFM and CoMMpass dataset analyses, biallelic deletion of 1p and monoallelic deletion of 1p co-occurring with additional copies of 1q denote high-risk. In terms of the other aberration in chromosome 1 possible in myeloma, gain or amplification of 1q: This occurs in up to 35% to 37% of newly diagnosed disease. It upregulates CKS1B, which is a cyclin-dependent kinase, and ANP32E, a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor. GEM and IFM data suggest that gain or amplification of 1q - there was no clear survival detriment to amplification - is best considered as a high-risk feature only in combination with the other risk factors as above. Now, in terms of any other criteria for high-risk disease, there remains one other item, and that has to do with tumor burden. There has been a consensus shift, really, in both the IMS and IMWG to attempt to develop a definition of high-risk disease which is based on biologic features rather than empirically observed and potentially temporally dynamic features, such as lactate dehydrogenase. Beta-2 microglobulin remains an independent high-risk indicator, but care must be taken when measuring it, as renal dysfunction can artificially inflate peripheral titers. The consensus conclusion was that a beta-2 microglobulin of at least 5.5 without renal failure should be considered high-risk but should not preclude detailed genomic profiling. So, in conclusion, the novel 2025 IMS-IMWG risk stratification system for myeloma is binary. It's either high-risk disease or standard-risk disease. It's got four criteria. Number one, deletion 17p and/or a TP53 mutation. Clonal cell fraction cut-off, remember, is 20%. Or number two, an IGH translocation - t(4;14), t(14;16), t(14;20) - with 1q gain and/or deletion of 1p. Or a monoallelic deletion of 1p with 1q additional copies or a biallelic deletion of 1p. Or a beta-2 microglobulin of at least 5.5 only when the creatinine is normal. This is a field-defining work that draws on analyses from across the world to put forward a dominant definition of high-risk disease and introduces a new era of biologically informed risk assessment in myeloma. Now, how does this change our clinical approach? FISH must be performed on CD138-enriched samples and should be performed for all patients. Next-generation sequencing should also be performed on all patients. Trials will hopefully now begin to include this novel definition of high-risk multiple myeloma. It does remain to be seen how data from novel therapeutic trials, if stratified according to this novel definition, will be interpreted. Will we find that therapies being evaluated at present have differential effects on myelomas with different genetic lesions? Other unanswered questions also exist. How do we go about integrating this into academic and then community clinical practice? How do we devise public health interventions for low-resource settings? To discuss this piece further, we welcome the esteemed Dr. Nikhil Munshi to the podcast. Dr. Munshi is a world-renowned leader in multiple myeloma and the corresponding author on this paper. As Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Multiple Myeloma Effector Cell Therapy Unit, and Director of Basic and Correlative Science at the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, he has presided over critical discoveries in the field.  Thank you for joining us, Dr. Munshi. Dr. Nikhil Munshi: Oh, it's my pleasure being here, Michael, to discuss this interesting and important publication. Michael Hughes: I had a few questions for you. So number one, this is a comprehensive, shall we say, monumental and wide-ranging definition for high-risk myeloma. How do you hope this will influence or impact the ways we discuss myeloma with patients in the exam room? And how do we make some of these components recommended, in particular next-generation sequencing, feasible in lower-resource settings? Dr. Nikhil Munshi: So those are two very important questions. Let's start with the first: How do we utilize this in our day-to-day patient care setting? So, as you know well, we have always tried to identify those patients who do not do so well with the current existing treatment. And for the last 30 years, what constitutes a myeloma of higher risk has continued to change with improvement in our treatment. The current definition basically centers around a quarter of the patients whose PFS is less than 2 to 3 years. And those would require some more involved therapeutic management. So that was a starting point of defining patients and the features. As we developed this consensus amongst ourselves - and it's titled as “International Myeloma Society, International Myeloma Working Group Consensus Recommendation” - this IMS-IMWG type of recommendation we have done for many years, improvising in various areas of myeloma care. Now, here, we looked at the data that was existing all across the globe, utilizing newer treatment and trying to identify that with these four-drug regimens, with transplant and some of the immunotherapy, which group of patients do not do as well. And this is where this current algorithm comes up. So before I answer your question straight, “How do we use it?” I might like to just suggest, “What are those features that we have identified?” There are four features which constitute high-risk disease in the newer definition. Those with deletion 17p with 20% clonality and/or TP53 mutation. Number two, patients with one of the translocations - t(4;14), t(14;16), or t(14;20) - co-occurring with 1q amplification or deletion 1p32. And that's a change. Previously, just the translocation was considered high-risk. Now we need a co-occurrence for it to be called high-risk. The third group is patients having biallelic deletion 1p32 or monoallelic deletion 1p32 along with 1q amplification. And finally, patients with high beta-2 microglobulin, more than or equal to 5.5 mg/dL, with normal creatinine less than 1.2 mg/dL. And the question, “How do we use this?” There are multiple areas where we incorporate high-risk features in our treatment algorithm. One of the first areas is where we would consider the induction regimen. If a patient has a high-risk disease, we would definitely consider a four-drug regimen rather than a three-drug regimen, although we are beginning to incorporate four-drug for all groups. That's one important thing. Number two, those are the patients where we do consider consolidation with transplant or maybe in the new world, considering some of the immunotherapeutic consolidation more early or more aggressively. Number three, these are the patients who get a little bit more maintenance therapy. So normally, lenalidomide might end up being our standard maintenance regimen. In patients who have high-risk disease, we incorporate either addition of daratumumab or the anti-CD38 targeting antibody and/or addition of proteasome inhibitor, either bortezomib or carfilzomib. So you would have multi-drug maintenance therapy in these patients. And in high-risk patients, we follow them with maintenance longer periods of time. One very critically important point to keep in mind is that to get the better outcome in high-risk disease, we must try to get them into MRD negativity because there is clear data that patients who do achieve MRD negativity, despite having high-risk disease, have a much superior outcome. They become near to standard-risk disease. And so, in high-risk patients, I would try to do whatever various options I have to try and get them into MRD-negative status. And when these patients relapse, we do not wait for the classic progression criteria to be met before we intervene. We would propose and suggest that we intervene earlier before the disease really blasts off. And so there are a number of areas in our setting where this high-risk definition will help us intervene appropriately and also with appropriate aggressiveness to achieve better outcome, to make this similar to standard-risk disease. Michael Hughes: Thank you, Dr. Munshi. And thoughts on how to really integrate this not only into academic centers but also lower-resource settings? Dr. Nikhil Munshi: So that's a very important question, Michael. And when we were developing this consensus, we were very cognizant of that fact. So wherever available, I think we are recommending that over a period of next 2, 3, 5 years, we should begin to switch over to sequencing-based methods because two components of this definition, one is TP53 mutation, which we cannot do without sequencing, and also reliably detecting deletion 1p requires sequencing-based method. So in the low-resource countries - and there are many in this world, and also even in our own country, patients may not be able to afford it - the older method with FISH or similar such technology, which is more affordable, is also acceptable for current time. They may miss a very small number of patients, maybe 2% to 3%, where these finer changes are not picked up, but a majority of this would be captured by them. So the current practice might still be applicable with some limitation in those patient populations, and that's what we would recommend. What is happening, fortunately, is that actually sequencing-based method is becoming cheaper. And in many centers, it is cheaper to do the sequencing rather than to do the FISH analysis. And so my hope is that even in low-resource centers, sequencing might be more economical in the end. It's, I think, the access to technology, which is a little bit limited currently, but it's hopefully becoming available soon. Michael Hughes: Thank you, Dr. Munshi. And staying for a minute and looking at the multiple myeloma subsets which might be missed by this really still very broad-ranging high-risk definition, at least by prior risk stratification systems, right, there is this group of patients who have standard-risk cytogenetics by R-ISS or R2-ISS, but they have primary refractory disease or they relapse early. We call these, as you are well aware, functionally high-risk disease. What proportion of previously FHR, functionally high-risk, myeloma patients do you expect to be captured by this novel definition? Dr. Nikhil Munshi: So I think the newer definition - and we can look at it both ways, but the newer definition should capture most of the functionally high-risk definition. To put it differently, Michael, there are patients who we know are, as you mentioned, functionally high-risk. Those are the patients who might have plasma cell leukemia, those who might have extramedullary disease, those who might not respond to our four-drug induction. If you don't respond to the four-drug induction, almost by definition, they are high-risk. However, a majority of them have one of the abnormalities that we are describing here. There would be a very small proportion which may not have. And if they do not have, we know one of the important components of this definition here is also that the genome, we know, keeps on evolving. So there may be a very small clone with the high-risk feature which was not obvious in the beginning. Following treatments or following relapse, that clone predominates, and now the patient's disease becomes high-risk.  So the definition would incorporate or would capture these functional high-risk patients, but as you said, in countries where resources are not available, using this functional high-risk would also be helpful and advantageous. Sometimes LDH ends up being a high-risk. In our studies, LDH has not come out to be high-risk anymore because the features we are describing captures most of those patients, but those alternatives, older, can still be considered if other newer techniques are not available. Michael Hughes: Got you. And in terms of these older definitions, yes, that incorporate tumor burden, these empirical observations about how myeloma presents, do you foresee any additional tumor burden indicators being added to future definitions of high-risk disease? Or do you instead see this particular definition as a major waypoint on the journey towards a fully biologically grounded definition of high-risk disease? Dr. Nikhil Munshi: I think your second part is what is going to happen. I think the tumor burden-related definition is being now replaced by the biological or genomic-based definition. And I think at some point, it will be quite fully replaced. One component not here, and it is because one thing, we don't have enough data; number two, we don't know how it will pan out, is also the influence of the microenvironment on the risk definition. For example, the immune system, the immune function, etc. But not enough data exists to suggest how it would change the current definition. So in future, would a definition be totally genomic or it could be more integrative? And my personal guess is that it would be more integrative and that some immune features might come into the picture, especially now that we are using immune-based therapy as a very important component of treatment - CAR T-cells, bispecific, and antibody-based treatments. What role the immune system plays in either supporting tumor or what role suppression of the anti-tumor immunity plays? They all will be important how patient outcomes end up being, and which in turn could translate into how patient's risk stratification might happen. So I think the older tumor burden-related definitions probably will become things of the past. What we have currently proposed and consensus developed is the new path forward, and over time, some microenvironmental influences, if defined and found to be important, may get some more incorporation if it compares favorably with the genomic features. Michael Hughes: Thank you, Dr. Munshi for that enlightening response.  To conclude the podcast, I'd like to look to the future and to the immediate future, what are the next steps for high-risk disease definition between now and discussing an integrated genomic-microenvironment-based definition? Will we see attempts to refine? Will we see a multi-level system, things like this? Dr. Nikhil Munshi: Yeah, so I think the current definition will be here to stay for the next 10 years or so. I think this has been developed using a large amount of data, so we do believe that this will remain fine. It has been validated now within the last six months by a few of the other studies. So there won't be a quick change. But we will try to, all of us will try to innovate. And as you very rightly bring up, the areas of research would include looking at the expression or transcriptomic component. Does that matter? And we do believe a small number of patients will have transcriptomic changes, not looked at the DNA changes, and may play a role. There are newer components, so long non-coding RNA, for example, is going to be an important component to look at, how it impacts the disease outcome, etc. There are also some of the proteomic-related changes which may become important in our studies. And then as we discussed, microenvironment and immunological changes. So these are the future areas of ongoing research where we all should collect data, and then in the next 5 to 10 years, we'll have another group meeting to see has anything changed or any of the features have become more important.  Most of the time, some of the older features are lost because they are not as critically high-risk, and the newer features come in. And so the historical background for just one second, there was a time when chromosome 13 was considered a high-risk disease. We now don't even mention it because it's not high-risk. The newer treatments have improved the outcome. t(4;14) used to be a high-risk disease. Now by itself today, in this definition by itself is not; it needs to be with something else. And so I think this is a great sign of progress. As we improve the treatment and outcomes, some of the features will become less important, new features will come up, and we'll need to keep on evolving with time and with technology and make it better for patients. Michael Hughes: Thank you so much, Dr. Munshi, for your wisdom, for your sagacity, for your historical perspective as well.  Thank you for listening to JCO Article Insights. Please come back for more interviews and article summaries. And be sure to leave us a rating and review so others can find our show. For more podcasts and episodes from ASCO, please visit asco.org/podcasts. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions.  Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement.  

Sonderfolge: News rund ums WasserWir machen in der Sommerpause Neues und probieren uns formattechnisch ein bisschen aus. Dabei hört ihr - wenn alles gut geht - in den nächsten Wochen Sonderfolgen, bei denen wir neue Ideen ausprobieren. Wir freuen uns daher ganz besonders über euer Feedback, damit wir die besten KLIMANEWS produzieren können, die ihr euch wünschen könntet.In der heutigen Folge blicken wir auf die KLIMANEWS der Woche rund um das Thema Wasser - außerdem berichten wir vom bahnbrechenden Klima-Urteil des IGH. Das in dieser Sonderfolge KLIMANEWS am 27.07. 2025.Weiterlesen: Ludger Kazmierczak: IGH-Gutachten: Völkerrecht verpflichtet Staaten zu Klimaschutz | tagesschau.de (Tagesschau) Maximilian Probst: IGH-Gutachten : Ohne jeden Zweifel: Klimaschutz ist Menschenrecht (DIE ZEIT) Fridays for Future: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMdPVszI1jK/?img_index=1 Tagesschau: Überschwemmungen legen New Yorks Verkehr lahm | tagesschau.de Natalie Mayroth: Monsun trifft Pakistan: Überschwemmungen fordern viele Menschenleben in Pakistan | taz.de (taz)Tagesschau: Umwelthilfe fordert besseren Hochwasserschutz | tagesschau.de taz: Drohende Überflutungen: Schlechter Schutz vor Hochwasser | taz.de Shah Meer Baloch: Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted | Iran | The Guardian (Guardian) Nick Reimer: Niedrigwasser durch Klimakrise: Der Elbe geht das Wasser aus | taz.de (taz) Wir freuen uns über euer Feedback und Kommentare zu den Themen der Folge direkt auf Spotify, auf Instagram, Twitter oder in unserem Podcast-Telegram-Kanal. Allgemeine Anregungen oder Fragen? Schreib uns! redaktion@klimanews-podcast.de. Die täglich wichtigsten Klima-Nachrichten-Artikel findest du außerdem in unserem Hauptkanal auf Telegram. Empfehle diesen Podcast weiter! Mehr Infos findest du hier.Redaktion: Linus NolteModeration, Produktion und Schnitt: Fynn Dresler

Der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) hat ein bahnbrechendes Gutachten zu Verpflichtungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel erstellt. Ich habe mit Jane Hofbauer von der Universität der Bundeswehr in München darüber gesprochen, was drin steht und was nicht, wo Kritik angebracht ist und welche Rolle das Völkerrecht beim Klimawandel spielt.

Eine gesunde, saubere und nachhaltige Umwelt ist ein Menschenrecht. Alle Staaten müssen dafür sorgen. So sagt es der IGH in einem Gutachten.

Hoch die Hände, Wochenende – mit einer geballten Ladung guter Nachrichten: In Deutschland haben Azubis gute Jobchancen, der IGH stärkt den Klimaschutz, und die Frauen-EM in der Schweiz bricht einen Zuschauer:innenrekord. Schönes Wochenende! Gute Jobchancen für Azubis in Deutschland https://www.spiegel.de/start/arbeitsmarkt-studie-auszubildende-in-deutschen-unternehmen-haben-exzellente-uebernahmechancen-a-5aa0ebb1-9515-4a43-a3c0-ed7c25396586 IGH stärkt Klimaschutz: Staaten können haftbar gemacht werden https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/klimawandel-internationaler-gerichtshof-igh-verpflichtet-laender-zu-klimamassnahmen-a-3f118211-49f8-4a87-bb94-c23755e9f2ee Frauen-EM in der Schweiz bricht Rekord https://www.watson.de/sport/good-news/697814786-fussball-frauen-em-2025-begeistert-mit-neuem-rekord Internationale Studie belegt: Viertagewoche fördert Wohlbefinden https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000280302/internationale-studie-bestaetigt-viertagewoche-steigert-wohlbefinden Karlsruhe: Neue Straßenlaternen schützen Insekten https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/strassenbeleuchtung-neue-studie-zeigt-vorteile-von-insektenfreundlichen-lampen-a-1eddd01d-52e7-43e5-b24c-2ca4058d3085 „Good News: der Podcast für gute Nachrichten“ ist ein Podcast von Good News und Good Impact. Aufnahme und Redaktion: Bianca Kriel Dir gefällt, was wir tun? Werde Good Member! Für 5 Euro im Monat bekommst du die geballte Ladung gute Nachrichten und konstruktive Geschichten. https://steadyhq.com/de/good-membership/about?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_content=good-impact Hier findest du das aktuelle Good Impact Magazin “Arktisfieber”: https://www.goodbuy.eu/products/14-arktisfieber Good News ist spendenbasiert, wenn dir unsere Arbeit und dieser Podcast gefallen, kannst du uns hier unterstützen, Vermerk “Podcast”: https://donorbox.org/good-news-app Mehr Good News bekommst du hier: https://goodnews.eu/ Kontakt: redaktion@goodnews.eu

De leschte Mëttwoch huet den Internationale Geriichtshaf (IGH) zu Den Haag een historescht Gutachte verëffentlecht. Et geet dobäi ëm d‘Verantwortung zum Klimaschutz vun alle Staaten, an ëm d‘Fro, ob Schuedenersatzfuerderunge méiglech sinn. A béide Froe war d‘Äntwert vum IGH jo. Am Podcast schwätze mir doriwwer, wéi dëst Urteel bewäert gëtt a wat et fir Lëtzebuerg heesche kéint. Kommen elo och Klimakloen op de Grand–Duché duer, a wisou huet Lëtzebuerg eng historesch Verantwortung, wat d‘CO2–Emissiounen ugeet? Den Artikel, iwwert dee mir geschwat hunn: Pflicht zum Klimaschutz The post Wat heescht d'Klimaschutz-Gutachte vum IGH fir Lëtzebuerg? first appeared on Radio ARA.

Der Internationale Gerichtshof hat erstmals ein Gutachten zur Klimakrise veröffentlicht. Laut Jurist Oliver Ruppel handelt es sich um eine Botschaft des IGH an reiche Länder, ihren Verpflichtungen besser nachzukommen.

Der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) in Den Haag hat ein wegweisendes Gutachten vorgelegt. Es verpflichtet Staaten zu mehr Klimaschutz. Was heisst das für die Schweiz? Wir haben nachgefragt bei einem EDA-Mitarbeiter, der die Schweizer Positionen vor dem IGH vertreten hat. Weitere Themen: · Europa will militärisch aufrüsten, dafür stehen hunderte Milliarden Euro bereit. Die Beschaffung gestaltet sich in der Praxis aber schwierig. Hat Europa das Aufrüsten verlernt? · Ein Gericht hat dem französischen Staat die Mitschuld am Tod eines Joggers gegeben. Der Mann starb, weil er an einem Strand in Westfrankreich giftige Gase von Grünalgen einatmete. Die Algenart ist in der Bretagne verbreitet. · Heute vor 100 Jahren begann in Frankfurt die erste sogenannte Arbeiterolympiade - unter dem Motto "Nie wieder Krieg". Auf dem Programm standen auch kuriose Disziplinen wie Langsam-Velofahren.

Die Themen von Minh Thu und Flo am 24.07.2025: (00:00:00) 1, 2 oder 3: Ihr habt die Wahl, in welches Thema wir uns als nächstes reinfuchsen. (00:02:23) El Hotzo freigesprochen: Was Satire darf und warum das Gericht ihn jetzt freigesprochen hat. (00:07:07) Saubere Umwelt ist Menschenrecht: Warum junge Aktivist:innen aus dem Südpazifik geklagt haben und warum ihnen der IGH jetzt Recht gibt. (00:11:36) Viele Geflüchtete auf Kreta: Woher die Menschen kommen, wie die Lage auf Kreta ist und wie die griechische Regierung dagegen vorgehen will. (00:17:00) Danke, gut: Unsere heutige Podcast-Empfehlung, zu Themen aus Pop und Psyche. Hier findet ihr den COSMO-Podcast: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/danke-gut-der-cosmo-podcast-ueber-pop-und-psyche/urn:ard:show:7eb07cb58ee8a893/ 📲 Um für eins unserer drei Themen abzustimmen, kommt gern in unseren WhatsApp-Channel:https://1.ard.de/0630-bei-Whatsapp Habt ihr Fragen oder Feedback? Schickt uns gerne eine Sprachnachricht an 0151 15071635 oder schreibt uns an 0630@wdr.de. Von 0630.

Saubere Umwelt ist ein Menschenrecht, sagt der Internationale Gerichtshof. Für Deutschland gehe es nun darum, das Klimaschutzgesetz "konsequent" umzusetzen, sagt CDU-Politiker Andreas Jung. Dafür brauche es auch die Akzeptanz in der Bevölkerung. Von WDR 5.

Der Internationale Gerichtshof verkündet ein Gutachten, das erstmals klärt, ob und in welchem Umfang Staaten völkerrechtlich verpflichtet sind, den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen. Rechtsanwältin Roda Verheyen erläutert, warum das Gutachten so bedeutend ist. Von WDR 5.

Die UN-Vollversammlung hat den IGH mit dem Gutachten beauftragt. Dahinter steht der Inselstaat Vanuatu, der vom steigenden Meeresspiegel aufgrund der Erderwärmung in seiner Existenz bedroht ist. Philip Raillon berichtet

Once again, like Abel “…he being dead yet speaks…” (Heb. 11:4), we reach into blessed past to hear the words of our Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let’s talk conversion to Christ, shall we?

Once again, like Abel “…he being dead yet speaks…” (Heb. 11:4), we reach into blessed past to hear the words of our Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let's talk conversion to Christ, shall we? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1561/29

Ein Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka. Bevor ich darüber berichte, wie die Welt entgegen dem Willen der westlichen Führer, versuchte, israelische Täter, die an dem Völkermord in Gaza teilgenommen hatten, und noch darüber im Internet stolz berichteten, zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, noch ein paar Worte zu den Nicht-Waffenstillständen, über die ich schon letzte Woche berichtete. Bekannt war bereits, wie beim Gefangenenaustausch Israel nach der Entlassung, die Freigelassenen nur wenige Stunden später wieder in Haft nahm. Aber es ging noch radikaler. Statt sie in Haft zu nehmen, wurden sie von Scharfschützen nach der Freilassung erschossen, berichtete The Cradle (1) am 30. Januar. Oder die IDF stürmte das Haus, in dem ein freigelassener Minderjähriger empfangen werden sollte und zertrümmerte die Möbel (2). Und natürlich werden Fischer Gazas erschossen, die es wagten Essen für die Hungernden zu fischen (3). Es scheint, als ob Israel versuchte, jeden existierenden Rekord in der Ausübung von Kriegsverbrechen und Vertragsbrüchen zu überbieten. Und während die westlichen Medien darüber berichteten, dass bei der Freilassung der israelischen Geiseln Palästinenser darüber wütend waren, verschwiegen sie, dass fast keine freigelassene Geisel Israels ohne deutlich sichtbare Folterfolgen entlassen wurde (4). Der Völkermord in Gaza schien auch im Februar 2025 nicht zu enden, sondern in eine neue Phase einzutreten.Der Völkermord werde auch weitergehen, um den Druck zu erhöhen, welchen Donald Trump gegen Ägypten und Jordanien ausgesprochen hat, durfte man vermuten. Denn er erklärte, er würde die Länder „zwingen“, Palästinenser aufzunehmen. Also die ethnische Säuberung von Gaza zu realisieren. Mit den Möglichkeiten von Farbrevolutionen, mit Korruption und Sanktionen ist er wohl auch dazu in der Lage. Zusammen mit der Zerstörung des IStGH und des IGH, um eine Verurteilung von Israel zu verhindern, wird Trump dann endgültig den Weg frei machen für eine vollkommen neue Rechts-Ordnung innerhalb des größeren Teils der Welt, ohne die USA mit seinen Vasallenstaaten.Nicht-Waffenstillstand in GazaWas der Nicht-Waffenstillstand in Gaza bzw. Palästina angeht, berichtete Jeremy Scahill, dass am 29. Januar über 80 Palästinenser getötet wurden, 49 davon in Rafah (5). Und täglich kamen mehr Opfer dazu. Besuchen Sie den Bericht, den er verlinkt. Schon die Fotos sind äußerst eindrucksvoll und lohnen den Klick (6). Der Artikel beschreibt individuelle Schicksale in diesem Völkermord.„In unseren Vierteln waren Unmengen an Sprengstoff, Minen, Kugeln und Überreste von Granaten und Waffen der israelischen Armee verstreut. ‚Wir hatten schreckliche Angst, durch die Straßen zu gehen, also folgten wir den Panzerspuren, um unsichtbaren Minen oder Sprengstoffen auszuweichen‘, erinnert sich Sababah. ‚Die Bilder von verwesenden Leichen, die unter den Trümmern geborgen wurden, waren die schwierigsten, die ich in meinem ganzen Leben miterleben musste. Jeder sammelte Leichen und Teile auf. Niemand wusste, wessen Bein das war, wessen Hand das war, wessen Kopf das war.‘“(7)Einen guten Überblick über die Waffenstillstandssituation in Gaza gab ein Video von Jon Elmer (8). Aber da die Leser bereits darüber informiert sind, dies nur der Vollständigkeit halber, vielleicht als schnellen Überblick. Interessanter für einen tieferen Einstieg könnte ein Video (9) sein, welches aus der Sicht von Anfang Januar diskutiert, wie sich wohl der neue Präsident Donald Trump verhalten werde, von dem man annehmen musste, dass er es kaum wagt, die Erwartungen seiner wichtigsten Wahlspendern aus der Israel-Lobby nicht zu erfüllen...hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/die-abrechnung-mit-tatern-beginnt-von-jochen-mitschka/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ein Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka.Epochale Veränderungen passieren, ohne dass die Beben in Deutschland zu bemerken sind. Deshalb zunächst die übliche Beschreibung des Standes des Völkermordes, aber dann diese in den Zusammenhang mit der regionalen und Geopolitik stellend, in der sich eine mittelalterliche Ideologie im Nahen Osten, Hand in Hand mit dem Plan eines suprematistischen Großisraels ausbreitet, und in Syrien aufeinandertrifft. Versuchen wir einigermaßen die Chronologie beizubehalten, und die Entwicklung bis zum 11. Dezember nachzuvollziehen.Was ist die „ewige Nakba“? Nun das ist Enteignung, Vertreibung, Ermordung seit fast 100 Jahren, basierend auf einer siedlerkolonialen Politik, unterstützt durch pseudo-religiöse und geschichtliche Begründungen, und basierend auf der Behauptung, dass man sich nur sein Land „zurückhole“, das einem vor 3000 Jahren gestohlen worden sei. Unterstützt durch die Erfinder des Siedlerkolonialismus, den europäischen Staaten, und dem Möchtegern-Welthegemon USA, zur Bewahrung des Einflusses und der Ausbeutemöglichkeiten in Kooperation mit korrupten Eliten ehemaliger Kolonien. Das ist die Situation im Nahen Osten Ende des Jahres 2024. Aber natürlich sieht das die Elite der Kolonialstaaten, einschließlich der Medien, vollkommen anders. So wie schon bei den indigenen Völkern Nordamerikas, des Amazonas, Australiens oder Afrikas, müssen sich die kolonialen Siedler lediglich gegen die Angriffe der „Wilden“, heute der „Terroristen“ wehren. Dazu hat Heike Schotten von der US-Universität von Massachusetts Boston einen bemerkenswerten Artikel verfasst, den man auf academia.edu findet[1].Der Artikel berichtet über die Versuche, der ungeheuren Grausamkeit der israelischen Gewalt gegen die Palästinenser seit dem 7. Oktober 2023, vor allen Dingen in den Kolonialländern, einen positiven Sinn zu geben. Es wird erklärt, dass diese Gewalt nicht nur verständlich, sondern ein unvermeidliches Ergebnis der kolonialen Weltordnung ist, die den Zionismus hervorgebracht hat. Sie sei nur ein Beispiel der Ausprägungen kolonialer Gewalt. Sowohl die Verletzung der Menschenrechte als auch der Widerstand dagegen zeige, dass Israels „bösartige Kampagne der eliminatorischen Gewalt in Palästina nicht in einem heldenhaften Triumph enden wird, und dass dieser ‚Krieg‘ besser als das Symptom einer dekadenten Macht gelesen werden sollte, die tragisch/unvermeidlich daran scheitert, ihren unmöglichen, unmenschlichen Traum von einer Welt ohne andere zu verwirklichen“.Der Artikel beginnt damit, die Ungeheuerlichkeit des Völkermordes an Palästinensern zu beschreiben. Den Leser dieser Artikel oder meiner Bücher dürfte das meiste bekannt sein. Sie beschreibt, wie die Kriegsverbrecher sogar stolz die Trophäen ihrer Verbrechen im Internet verbreiten, wie einst die Kolonisten die Köpfe oder Ohren der getöteten Wilden nach Hause brachten. Sie weist darauf hin, dass es einerseits völkermörderische Aktionen gebe, welche die Großmächte ständig begehen, aber auch das Verbrechen des Völkermordes. Letzteres werde insbesondere dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Absicht der Auslöschung eines Volkes ausgesprochen wird. Und wie wir schon aus den Verfahren des IGH wissen, gibt es keine Probleme, diese Absichten der Führung Israels nachzuweisen...hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/ewige-nakba-und-globale-zusammenhange-von-jochen-mitschka/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Die Bundesregierung will mit Resolutionen gegen Antisemitismus vorgehen. Doch anstatt jüdisches Leben zu schützen, kriminalisiert sie vor allem die Palästina-Solidarität. Die Anwältin Nadija Samour meint: Deutschland ignoriert das Völkerrecht. Artikel vom 07. Dezember 2024: https://jacobin.de/artikel/palestina-gaza-israel-antisemitismus-bds-igh-voelkerrecht-klage Seit 2011 veröffentlicht JACOBIN täglich Kommentare und Analysen zu Politik und Gesellschaft, seit 2020 auch in deutscher Sprache. Die besten Beiträge gibt es als Audioformat zum Nachhören. Nur dank der Unterstützung von Magazin-Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten können wir unsere Arbeit machen, mehr Menschen erreichen und kostenlose Audio-Inhalte wie diesen produzieren. Und wenn Du schon ein Abo hast und mehr tun möchtest, kannst Du gerne auch etwas regelmäßig an uns spenden via www.jacobin.de/podcast. Zu unseren anderen Kanälen: Instagram: www.instagram.com/jacobinmag_de X: www.twitter.com/jacobinmag_de YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMagazin Webseite: www.jacobin.de

We reach into the precious archives for a lesson by Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let’s see exhortation and commands on the Christian life, especially from the book of Philippians.

We reach into the precious archives for a lesson by Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let's see exhortation and commands on the Christian life, especially from the book of Philippians. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1561/29

Vor etwa einem Jahr haben aserbaidschanische Truppen Bergkarabach eingenommen. Die Spuren der Gewalt sind bis heute nicht verschwunden. Die Geschichten der Menschen, die diesen Konflikt durchlebt haben, offenbaren die tiefen Wunden eines Kriegs, in dem kein Frieden in Sicht ist. Artikel vom 14. Oktober 2024: https://jacobin.de/artikel/nagorny-karabach-armenien-aserbaidschan-krieg-alijew Seit 2011 veröffentlicht JACOBIN täglich Kommentare und Analysen zu Politik und Gesellschaft, seit 2020 auch in deutscher Sprache. Ab sofort gibt es die besten Beiträge als Audioformat zum Nachhören. Nur dank der Unterstützung von Magazin-Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten können wir unsere Arbeit machen, mehr Menschen erreichen und kostenlose Audio-Inhalte wie diesen produzieren. Und wenn Du schon ein Abo hast und mehr tun möchtest, kannst Du gerne auch etwas regelmäßig an uns spenden via www.jacobin.de/podcast. Zu unseren anderen Kanälen: Instagram: www.instagram.com/jacobinmag_de X: www.twitter.com/jacobinmag_de YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMagazin Webseite: www.jacobin.de

+++ Bitte nimm an unserer ⁠Hörer:innen-Umfrage⁠ teil! +++ In dieser Folge geht es um das jüngste Gutachten des Internationalen Gerichtshofs zu den rechtlichen Folgen der Politik Israels in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten. Im Interview beleuchtet Ammar Bustami, um welche Praktiken Israels es in dem Gutachten eigentlich ging und welche Völkerrechtsverstöße der Gerichtshof genau festgestellt hat. Schließlich blicken wir auch auf die Folgen des Gutachtens für die internationale Staatengemeinschaft. Isabel Lischewski blickt im Grundlagenteil noch einmal zurück auf das Mauergutachten des IGH von 2004, das durch das neue Gutachten erneut in den Fokus rückt. Nach gut dreieinhalb Jahren Völkerrechtspodcast möchten wir gerne von Euch erfahren, wie wir noch besser werden können und haben deshalb eine kleine Umfrage vorbereitet.  Wir freuen uns über jede Rückmeldung! Wie immer sind natürlich Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik auch an podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org herzlich willkommen. Abonniert unseren Podcast via RSS, über Spotify oder überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Es gibt die Möglichkeit, auf diesen Plattformen den Völkerrechtspodcast zu bewerten, wir freuen uns sehr über 5 Sterne!   Verwandte Folgen im Völkerrechtspodcast: #32 Kriegsvölkerrecht: Gaza #33 Advisory Opinions: High Politics vor Internationalen Gerichten #37 Waffenexporte vor Gericht   Hintergrundinformationen: ICJ, Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024 ICJ, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 9 July 2004 Bustami, Funk, Power to the People: Zur wirtschaftlichen Selbstbestimmung Palästinas nach dem Gutachten des IGH vom 19. Juli 2024, Verfassungsblog, 13.08.2024 UN News, UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence' in Occupied Palestinian Territory, 18.09.2024 Auswärtiges Amt, Erklärung anlässlich der Resolution der UN-Generalversammlung über das IGH-Gutachten zu den rechtlichen Folgen von Israels Besatzungspolitik, 19.09.2024 Kreß, Bei Gaza zu weit gegangen, LTO, 24.07.2024   Moderation: Daniela Rau & Philipp EschenhagenGrundlagen: Dr. Isabel LischewskiInterview: Ammar Bustami & Philipp Eschenhagen Schnitt: Daniela Rau   Credits: Tagesschau, Was aus dem Gutachten des IGH folgt, 19.07.2024

Der Internationale Gerichtshof hat die israelische Besetzung des Westjordanlands als völkerrechtswidrig eingestuft – doch Konsequenzen hat es bislang keine gegeben. Was das Urteil für die palästinensische Bevölkerung bedeutet und inwiefern es dennoch die internationale Debatte verschieben könnte, erklärt der Menschenrechtsanwalt Munir Nuseibah im Gespräch. Interview geführt von Emran Feroz Veröffentlicht am 18. September 2024: https://jacobin.de/artikel/apartheid-israel-palaestina-igh-internationaler-gerichtshof Seit 2011 veröffentlicht JACOBIN täglich Kommentare und Analysen zu Politik und Gesellschaft, seit 2020 auch in deutscher Sprache. Ab sofort gibt es die besten Beiträge als Audioformat zum Nachhören. Nur dank der Unterstützung von Magazin-Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten können wir unsere Arbeit machen, mehr Menschen erreichen und kostenlose Audio-Inhalte wie diesen produzieren. Und wenn Du schon ein Abo hast und mehr tun möchtest, kannst Du gerne auch etwas regelmäßig an uns spenden via www.jacobin.de/podcast. Zu unseren anderen Kanälen: Instagram: www.instagram.com/jacobinmag_de X: www.twitter.com/jacobinmag_de YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMagazin Webseite: www.jacobin.de

Ein Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka.Anfang September änderte sich die Situation der israelischen Geiseln, die noch durch die Hamas festgehalten werden. Nachdem Israel offensichtlich die Geiseln zugunsten einer Fortsetzung des Völkermordes und Verhinderung eines Waffenstillstandes opfern wollte, schien auch die Hamas ihre Einsatzregeln verändert zu haben, und hatte den Kämpfern die Anweisung gegeben, die Geiseln bei Zusammentreffen mit der IDF zu töten. Und zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte forderte Israel die Siedler in Galiläa auf, Versammlungen zu vermeiden, aus Angst vor Bombenangriffen der Hisbollah. Israel schien tatsächlich abgeschreckt und sich gegen einen vollständigen Angriff des Libanons zu entscheiden. Jedenfalls für den Moment. Derweil wurde immer deutlicher sichtbar, dass die zionistische Besatzungsmacht nun die in Gaza geübten Vorgehensweisen in den Rest Palästinas brachten. D.h. Zerstörung der Infrastruktur, Folterung von willkürlich festgehaltenen Palästinensern, Zerstörung von Geschäften und Wohngebäuden, Ermordungen und Vertreibungen.Aber schauen uns wir zunächst an, was Maureen Clare Murphay am 6. September über das „Endspiel“ Israels schreibt (1), um zu verstehen, wie die Situation im beginnenden Herbst in Palästina war. Die Autorin beginnt damit zu erklären, dass die Biden-Regierung kurz davor stehe, die Waffenstillstandsvereinbarungen für gescheitert zu erklären. Wir erinnern uns, dass der IGH von Israel eine sofortige Einstellung der Kampfhandlungen gefordert hatte, aber Netanjahu offensichtlich alles getan hatte, um das zu verhindern. Michael Lüders erklärte das ausführlich in einem Videokommentar. (2)Murphay stellt die Frage, was denn danach kommen könnte. Und sie berichtet über den Zustand der israelischen Gesellschaft, mit Demonstranten und Streikenden, welche das Land zum Stillstand brachten...... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/voelkermord-flaechenbrand-nakba-2-0-von-jochen-mitschka+++Bildquelle: zef art / shutterstock+++Ihnen gefällt unser Programm? Machen wir uns gemeinsam im Rahmen einer „digitalen finanziellen Selbstverteidigung“ unabhängig vom Bankensystem und unterstützen Sie uns bitte mit Bitcoin: https://apolut.net/unterstuetzen#bitcoinzahlungInformationen zu weiteren Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten finden Sie hier: https://apolut.net/unterstuetzen/+++Bitte empfehlen Sie uns weiter und teilen Sie gerne unsere Inhalte. Sie haben hiermit unser Einverständnis, unsere Beiträge in Ihren eigenen Kanälen auf Social-Media- und Video-Plattformen zu teilen bzw. hochzuladen und zu veröffentlichen.+++Apolut ist auch als kostenlose App für Android- und iOS-Geräte verfügbar! Über unsere Homepage kommen Sie zu den Stores von Apple und Huawei. Hier der Link: https://apolut.net/app/Die apolut-App steht auch zum Download (als sogenannte Standalone- oder APK-App) auf unserer Homepage zur Verfügung. Mit diesem Link können Sie die App auf Ihr Smartphone herunterladen: https://apolut.net/apolut_app.apk+++Abonnieren Sie jetzt den apolut-Newsletter: https://apolut.net/newsletter/+++Unterstützung für apolut kann auch als Kleidung getragen werden! Hier der Link zu unserem Fan-Shop: https://harlekinshop.com/pages/apolut Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ein Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka.Als am Sonntag, dem 25. August im Libanon die Bomben israelischer Jets einschlugen konnte man den Eindruck gewinnen, dass auf Grund der massiven Bombardierung, auch mit Artillerie, dies die Vorbereitung des nächsten Angriffskrieges gegen den Libanon war. Wie war es dazu gekommen und wie entwickelte sich die Situation bis zum Mittwoch dieser Woche?In der vorletzten Augustwoche war Israel immer noch nicht seinen Verpflichtungen aus dem beratenden Urteil des IGH und des Sicherheitsratsbeschlusses nachgekommen, hatte immer noch nicht die Angriffe auf Gaza eingestellt, und sicher auch nicht die Besatzung Palästinas beendet. Vielmehr beschuldigen nun sogar Mitglieder des israelischen Verhandlungsteams über einen Waffenstillstand mit der Hamas die Führung in Tel Aviv, eine Vereinbarung systematisch zu sabotieren (1). Und forensische Untersuchungen ergeben, dass die letzten getöteten Geiseln Israels durch Beschuss der IDF starben, weil sie an den Folgen eines Feuerst erstickten (2). Human Rights Watch veröffentlicht den Bericht über eine Untersuchung des Luftangriffes der IDF gegen den Hafen Hodeidah im Jemen vom 20. Juli. Die eigentlich als Teil der US-Außenpolitik anzusehende Organisation stellt fest, die Bombardierungen „waren offensichtlich ein unrechtmäßiger, wahlloser oder unverhältnismäßiger Angriff auf Zivilisten und könnten als Kriegsverbrechen gelten“ (3). Und so stellt sich in großen Teilen der Welt die Frage, ob nicht ein Vorgehen mit Gewalt gegen Israel die einzige verbliebene Möglichkeit darstellt, das Land von weiterer Missachtung von Menschenrechten, Völkerrecht, Urteilen des IGH und Beschlüssen der UN und des Sicherheitsrates abzuhalten.Was natürlich von Westen bestritten wird. Aber wird sich der Iran nicht durch dieses Entwicklungen bestärkt fühlen, nun doch den Vergeltungsschlag auszuführen? In diesem politischen Umfeld stellt Timofey Bordachev fest (4), dass die USA die gleichen Fehler im Nahen Osten begehen, welche die Sowjetunion einst bitter bezahlen musste.Der Autor beginnt den Artikel mit der Meinung, dass keine der Parteien im Nahen Osten an einer Eskalation zu einem großen militärischen Konflikt interessiert sei. Was nach meiner Meinung nach nicht zutrifft, da zumindest ein Teil des Führungspersonals in Israel sehr wohl an einer Eskalation interessiert ist. Bordachev meint, die Lage in der Region versuche langsam „eine Art inneres Gleichgewicht zu finden.“ Dies sei ähnlich wie überall sonst auf der Welt, „wo verschiedene Länder nach einem Weg suchen, ihre Beziehungen zueinander zu ordnen, nachdem die alte internationale Ordnung zusammengebrochen ist“, aber noch keine neue entstanden sei.Er ist sich unsicher, ob es gelingen kann, weil „einige interne Faktoren die Israelis zu einer wirklich umfassenden Aggression gegen Teheran provozieren könnten“. Was natürlich den Iran zwingen würde, mit aller Kraft zu reagieren. Mehr Details nun aus Formatgründen in Anhang (26)... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/startet-israel-den-3-libanonkrieg-von-jochen-mitschka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Milena Preradovic (x.com/punktpreradovic) spricht mit Paul Brandenburg (x.com/docbrandenburg) über die Echtheit der geleakten RKI-Protokolle, Friedensperspektiven im Ukraine-Krieg, ein Urteil des IGH gegen Israel, Netanjahus Besuch in den USA, Verbindungen zwischen Trumps Vize & CIA-Milliardär Peter Thiel, den größten Computer-Crash des Westens, die Klage des Compact Magazins gegen sein Verbot, einen "Journalisten"-Preis für Correctiv, stetigen Anstieg von Migrantenkriminalität & mögliche EU-Pläne für ein Vermögensregister (Erstveröffentlichung: 27.7.2024).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nacktes-niveau--5136972/support.

Den vollständigen Standpunkte-Text (inkl. ggf. Quellenhinweisen und Links) finden Sie hier: https://apolut.net/ein-igh-urteil-zu-palaestina-von-jochen-mitschkaEin Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka.Am 19. Juli 2024 veröffentlichte der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) in Den Haag eine urteilende Stellungnahme zur Rolle Israels in Palästina. Es ist das höchste Gericht der UN, welches bei Streitigkeiten über unterschiedlichen Interpretationen von UN-Gesetzen, Regeln und Resolutionen urteilt, und in seiner Funktion als beratendes Organ der UN eine finale Interpretation von UNO-Vorschriften, Verboten und Geboten abgibt. Es geht im vorliegenden Fall noch nicht um die Frage des Völkermordes in Gaza, sondern um die Besatzung Palästinas durch Israel allgemein. Was in westlichen Medien als „Kritik an Siedlungspolitik“ oder mit ähnlichen Überschriften berichtet wird, ist in Wahrheit eine grundsätzliche Abrechnung mit Israels Apartheid- und Besatzungspolitik als Ganzes. Und nachdem das Gericht schon zur allgemeinen Situation so deutliche und klare Worte findet, kann man erwarten, dass es im Fall des Völkermordes in Gaza ähnlich deutlich urteilen wird.Ich will hier einige der wichtigsten Passagen übersetzt, natürlich ohne juristische Gewähr, wiedergeben, und damit dem Trend entgegenwirken, statt den Link und den Text zu verbreiten, nur seine medialen Interpretationen zu veröffentlichen, was insbesondere die so genannten Künstlichen Intelligenzen tun. Fragt man sie nach dem Link, geben sie Links zu Medien. Sie tun, was man ihnen befahl. Dem Leser soll die schwere Prüfung des Lesens und Verstehens abgenommen werden. Ich hoffe, man erkennt im letzten Satz die Satire, denn in der heutigen Welt ist Politik nicht mehr von Satire zu unterscheiden. Tatsächlich kann nur derjenige den ganzen Umfang der Verurteilung, welche in dem Dokument enthalten ist, verstehen, der sich den enormen Umfang der Vorwürfe anschaut. Das Gericht bestätigt alle Vorwürfe hinsichtlich Annexion und Apartheid, die jeder schon seit vielen Jahren sehen konnte, deren Existenz aber von deutschen Politikern bewusst mit der Verleumdung „Antisemitismus“ vom Tisch gewischt wurden.Besonders blamabel ist dieses beurteilende Gutachten für die deutschen Politiker, welche am 17. Mai 2019 im Bundestag Reden führten, welche vollkommen an der Realität vorbei gingen, und es ist eine Bestätigung der Politik der BDS-Bewegung (Boykott, Desinvestition, Sanktionen), deren Forderungen im Detail den Forderungen entsprechen, welche nun mit diesem Urteil durch den IGH formuliert wurden. Während 2019 die Bewegung von der deutschen Politik implizit als „antisemitisch“ verleumdet wurde.Der Titel des Urteils lautet: Beratende Stellungnahme über„Rechtliche Folgen, die sich aus der Politik und Praktiken Israels im besetzten Palästinensischen Gebiet ergeben, einschliesslich Ost-Jerusalem.“Ich möchte mit dem Schluss beginnen, und dann zu den einzelnen Punkten des Urteils ein paar Beispiele aufzeigen.Zitat: 285 Aus diesen Gründen kommt das Gericht [Abstimmungsverhalten der Richter im Originaldokument, nicht in der deutschen Übersetzung](1) Einstimmig zum Schluss, dass es für die Abgabe des erbetenen Gutachtens zuständig ist;(2) Mit vierzehn Stimmen gegen eine beschließt, der Bitte um ein Gutachten nachzukommen;(3) [ist das Gericht] der Auffassung, dass die fortgesetzte Präsenz des Staates Israel im besetzten palästinensischen Territorium rechtswidrig ist;(4) [ist das Gericht] der Auffassung, dass der Staat Israel die Pflicht hat, seine unrechtmäßige Präsenz im besetzten palästinensischen Gebiet so schnell wie möglich zu beenden;... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/ein-igh-urteil-zu-palaestina-von-jochen-mitschka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ein Standpunkt von Jochen Mitschka.Am 19. Juli 2024 veröffentlichte der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) in Den Haag eine urteilende Stellungnahme zur Rolle Israels in Palästina. Es ist das höchste Gericht der UN, welches bei Streitigkeiten über unterschiedlichen Interpretationen von UN-Gesetzen, Regeln und Resolutionen urteilt, und in seiner Funktion als beratendes Organ der UN eine finale Interpretation von UNO-Vorschriften, Verboten und Geboten abgibt. Es geht im vorliegenden Fall noch nicht um die Frage des Völkermordes in Gaza, sondern um die Besatzung Palästinas durch Israel allgemein. Was in westlichen Medien als „Kritik an Siedlungspolitik“ oder mit ähnlichen Überschriften berichtet wird, ist in Wahrheit eine grundsätzliche Abrechnung mit Israels Apartheid- und Besatzungspolitik als Ganzes. Und nachdem das Gericht schon zur allgemeinen Situation so deutliche und klare Worte findet, kann man erwarten, dass es im Fall des Völkermordes in Gaza ähnlich deutlich urteilen wird.Ich will hier einige der wichtigsten Passagen übersetzt, natürlich ohne juristische Gewähr, wiedergeben, und damit dem Trend entgegenwirken, statt den Link und den Text zu verbreiten, nur seine medialen Interpretationen zu veröffentlichen, was insbesondere die so genannten Künstlichen Intelligenzen tun. Fragt man sie nach dem Link, geben sie Links zu Medien. Sie tun, was man ihnen befahl. Dem Leser soll die schwere Prüfung des Lesens und Verstehens abgenommen werden. Ich hoffe, man erkennt im letzten Satz die Satire, denn in der heutigen Welt ist Politik nicht mehr von Satire zu unterscheiden. Tatsächlich kann nur derjenige den ganzen Umfang der Verurteilung, welche in dem Dokument enthalten ist, verstehen, der sich den enormen Umfang der Vorwürfe anschaut. Das Gericht bestätigt alle Vorwürfe hinsichtlich Annexion und Apartheid, die jeder schon seit vielen Jahren sehen konnte, deren Existenz aber von deutschen Politikern bewusst mit der Verleumdung „Antisemitismus“ vom Tisch gewischt wurden.Besonders blamabel ist dieses beurteilende Gutachten für die deutschen Politiker, welche am 17. Mai 2019 im Bundestag Reden führten, welche vollkommen an der Realität vorbei gingen, und es ist eine Bestätigung der Politik der BDS-Bewegung (Boykott, Desinvestition, Sanktionen), deren Forderungen im Detail den Forderungen entsprechen, welche nun mit diesem Urteil durch den IGH formuliert wurden. Während 2019 die Bewegung von der deutschen Politik implizit als „antisemitisch“ verleumdet wurde.Der Titel des Urteils lautet: Beratende Stellungnahme über„Rechtliche Folgen, die sich aus der Politik und Praktiken Israels im besetzten Palästinensischen Gebiet ergeben, einschliesslich Ost-Jerusalem.“Ich möchte mit dem Schluss beginnen, und dann zu den einzelnen Punkten des Urteils ein paar Beispiele aufzeigen.Zitat: 285 Aus diesen Gründen kommt das Gericht [Abstimmungsverhalten der Richter im Originaldokument, nicht in der deutschen Übersetzung](1) Einstimmig zum Schluss, dass es für die Abgabe des erbetenen Gutachtens zuständig ist;(2) Mit vierzehn Stimmen gegen eine beschließt, der Bitte um ein Gutachten nachzukommen;(3) [ist das Gericht] der Auffassung, dass die fortgesetzte Präsenz des Staates Israel im besetzten palästinensischen Territorium rechtswidrig ist;(4) [ist das Gericht] der Auffassung, dass der Staat Israel die Pflicht hat, seine unrechtmäßige Präsenz im besetzten palästinensischen Gebiet so schnell wie möglich zu beenden;... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/ein-igh-urteil-zu-palaestina-von-jochen-mitschka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again, like Abel “…he being dead yet speaks…” (Heb. 11:4), we reach into blessed past to hear the words of our Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let’s talk conversion to Christ, shall we?

Once again, like Abel “…he being dead yet speaks…” (Heb. 11:4), we reach into blessed past to hear the words of our Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let's talk conversion to Christ, shall we? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1561/29

LdN383 Rassistischer Eklat auf Sylt, Anerkennung Palästinas, IGH fordert Mäßigung im Gaza-Krieg, Haftbefehl beantragt gegen Hamas-Chef und Netanyahu, Uni-Proteste, Klimabonus in Österreich (Sigrid Svehla-Stix, Umweltbundesamt Wien), Erfahrungsberichte Schöff:innen

IGH fordert Stopp israelischer Offensive in Rafah, Putin trifft Lukaschenko in Belarus, von der Schweiz bestellte Überwachungsdrohnen aus Israel nicht einsatzfähig, Zwischenbilanz Bauarbeiten im Gotthard-Basistunnel nach Unfall

Last time we spoke about General Douglas MacArthur's operations against western New Guinea  Operation Desecrate One, and the death of Admiral Koga. MacArthur unleashed hell from the skies above against Hollandia and other key target in the Western parts of New Guinea. Accompanying this was Operation Desecrate One, a carrier raid against Palau followed by strikes on Yap and Woleai in the eastern Carolines, in order to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing Western New Guinea. Lastly the commander in chief of the IJN, Admiral Koga, like his predecessor, met his end at the hands of an aircraft crash. But the Japanese had not just lost their commander in chief, they also lost the Z Plan to the allies. The Z Plan documents were taken by Filipino guerillas and found their way to Nimitz who would put them to good use in the future battle of the Philippine sea. This episode is the Battle of Kohima Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  We are back in the exciting Burma Front to start off this podcast. The Japanese attack against Imphal was being directed by the ambitious and to be frank, quite insane General Mutaguchi Renya. Mutaguchi sought to seize Imphal by a combination of guile, dislocation and surprise. Mutaguchi needed to destroy the British-Indian army at Imphal while also cutting off their rear escape at Kohima. Operation U-Go, was not Go-ing very well, yet I made a pun. The Indian troops were digging their heels in, providing much more resistance than expected. Added to this the Chindits unleashed Operation Thursday, delivering a dangerous thrust into the Japanese flank. Now last we left off, the Japanese 33rd and 15th divisions were launching their first attacks against Imphal, while General Sato's 31st division advanced northwest upon Kohima. Sato's intentions were to cut off the British-Indian defenders  by taking Kohima and seizing the vast depots and stores of Dimapur. To defend Kohima and Dimapur, General Slim had given the task to Major-General Robert, whose HQ was at Dimapur. Robert had the Kohima Garrison at his disposal,  roughly 2500-strong men led by Colonel Hugh Richards since March 22nd,  built around the 1st Assam Regiment. The 1st Assam Regiment was led by Lt Colonel William Felix “Bruno” Brown, and they had orders to “fight to the last man” at the Jessami-Kharasom position. Now relief was going to be provided by Lt General Montagu Stopford whose 33rd corps, formed around the 5th and 7th indian divisions and British 2nd division arrived in early april. Stopford planned to concentrate his men at Jorhat, about 105km north-east of Dimapur, where they could be ready to launch a counterstroke against Dimapur. A single brigade would be dispatched as soon as it arrived to defend the Nichugard Pass, about 13km south-east of Kohima on the road to Dimapur. They would support the 161st Brigade already at Dimapur and the 23rd Long Range Penetration Brigade of Brigadier Lancelot Perowne was going to reinforce Kohima by April 12th. Lancelot's group would disrupt and cut the Japanese lines of communication back to the Chindwin. Meanwhile, General Yamauchi's 15th division and General Sato's 33rd division were on their way towards the Imphal-Kohima road. South of them was the Honda Raiding Unit, built around the 3rd Battalion of the 67th Infantry Regiment. Their job was to cut off the road at the Kangpokpi Mission in the Ukhrul area. Luckily for Honda and his men, they were able to dodge the catastrophic battle at Sangshak. His unit would reach the road by the 28th, blowing up a bridge near Kangpokpi. There were other units performing similar roles, such as Colonel Matsumura Hiroshi's 60th regiment who were given the task of cutting off the road at Satarmaina. After the Battle of Sangshak, the Hiroshi's Unit advanced through Lamu, Tongou, Shongphel, Nungga and Angam cutting the Imphal-Kohima Road at Satarmaina by April 3rd. There was also Colonel Omoto Kisaso's 51st regiment, who advanced against Hill 4950 by March 31st encountering little to no resistance. After this they advanced further and took Hill 4192 on April 1st.  Up in the north, the 3rd battalion, 138th regiment had advanced through Layshi without much opposition while the bulk of the division approached Jessami. On the 26th, Colonel Torikai Tsuneo's 138th regiment crashed into defensive positions held by the 1st Assam Regiment who held their enemy at bay for 5 days. General Slim watched over the developments at Sangshak and Jessami with great interest. Then a unit captured Japanese order from Sangshak confirmed his worst fears. “Within a week of the start of the Japanese offensive, it became clear that the situation in the Kohima area was likely to be even more dangerous than that at Imphal. Not only were the enemy columns closing in on Kohima at much greater speed than I had expected, but they were obviously in much greater strength.” Slim had expected a strike against Kohima by a Japanese regiment, but the entire 31st Division was on its way. “We were  not prepared for so heavy a thrust. Kohima with its rather scratch garrison and, what was worse, Dimapur with no garrison at all, were in deadly peril.” Luckily, the rapid arrival of the 161st Brigade at Dimapur and the dispatch of the 33rd Corps to reinforce Kohima could give him a fighting chance.  Both locations received attacks on the 26th, and over the next five days both units held their own. But they had lost communications with Kohima, and recall orders could not be issued. A American colonel flew a Piper Cub to airdrop orders, which Brown finally received on the 31st. Brown pulled back April 1st, but Lt Young never got the message. On his own ordered his men out. “I shall be the last man,” he declared, and with difficulty got his company moving toward Kohima. No one ever saw Young alive again, nor was his body identified. The 1st battalion, 58th regiment had also been dispatched from Ukhrul on the 24th and would cut the Imphal-Kohima road at Tuphema by March 30th.  After the disastrous battle at Sangshak, General Miyazaki ordered a battalion to head over to Pulomi, while the 3rd battalion, 58th regiment advanced to Kohima via Chakhabama and the rest of his unit advanced to Kohima using the road. Sato planned to launch a two-pronged assault against Kohima, with Colonel Fukunaga Ten's 58th regiment from the south while the 138th regiment swung around Naga village to cut off the Dimapur road. This saw a race to feed units into Dimapur before the Japanese arrived. The first units of Major General Grover 2nd division arrived in piecemeal to Dimapur between April 1st and 11th. They came by small-gauge steam train arriving at Dimapur in a panic. The undefended base area expecting attack at any moment and riven with rumors of the impending arrival of the Japanese. Stopfords men were still several days away by the end of March, prompting Slim to order Brigadier Dermot Warren's 161st brigade to rush over to Kohima. By April 3rd, Stopford established his HQ at Jorhat, where he made a disastrous blunder. Stopford at this point was still under the belief the Japanese main objective was Dimapur. He had some false intelligence indicating Japanese units were at any moment in the process of outflanking Kohima. With this knowledge he ordered 161st to evacuate Kohima immediately. For the units currently at Kohima, they could not believe the order. Warren, Colonel Hugh Richards and the civilian Deputy Commissioner, Charles Pawsey - were aghast at, and vehemently protested the decision. When told that the Japanese were outflanking Kohima to the north Pawsey scoffed, retorting that if true, 'my Nagas would have told me'. Major General Ranking, believing that Stopford was making a mistake, went over the head of his new superior officer and called Slim directly by telephone to petition him to leave Warren at Kohima. General Slim, perhaps unwilling to overrule Stopford, and in any case as convinced as Stopford that Dimapur was the Japanese objective, confirmed Stopford's original order. Warren's 161st Brigade, which had been in the process of organizing the desperately needed defense of the ridge, left Kohima virtually undefended only one day before Japanese attacks began. Had Warren's men been allowed to remain where they were the trauma of the siege that followed would have been much reduced and the stranglehold that Sato was able to maintain on the vital road to Imphal for two long months would have been significantly weaker than it turned out to be. Thus reluctantly, Warren pulled his men back towards Nichugard Pass, leaving only Colonel Richards with the original garrison. Meanwhile Sato's unit were rapidly advancing through the mountainous terrain of the Naga Hills. Japanese and INA reconnaissance patrols were able to help the unit forage for food on the go, adding to their speed. Perhaps they took some time to eat turtle eggs like Wingate advised. Sorry just had to bring up that weird one, been stuck on my mind. On the morning of April 4th, the 58th regiment began assaulting the southern edge of Kohima at GPT ridge while Miyazaki's other units were advancing through the hills and valleys leading into Kohima from the east. Colonel Hugh Richard alerted Stopford of the Japanese assault, who immediately realized his grave error. Stopford desperately sent Warren's men back over to Kohima. Yet only 446 men of the 4th Royal West Kents would manage to get to Kohima in time to help her garrison. They dug in on Kohima Ridge, which is really a series of hills running north-south along the road to Imphal. Gently sloping saddles connect each feature. Since development as a supply base a year earlier, some of its various hills had become known by their function. From south to north, they were GPT “General Purpose Transport” Ridge, Jail Hill, DIS “Detail Issue Store”, FSD “Field Supply Depot”, Kuki Picquet, and Garrison Hill. A northwest extension of Garrison Hill housed a hospital and became known as IGH “Indian General Hospital” Spur. Thick woods, interspersed with the town's and base's structures, covered most of these hills. Garrison Hill was terraced and landscaped, and included the home, complete with clubhouse and tennis court of the deputy commissioner for the area, Charles Pawsey. The Imphal-Dimapur Road skirted the ridge to the east before turning west past Garrison Hill. Treasury Hill and a Naga Village settlement overlooked the ridge from the northeast; those heights also extended north to the hamlet of Merema. Southward loomed the imposing Pulebadze Mountain, whereas three miles to the west rose a knoll topped by the village of Jotsoma. Kohima Ridge thus was overlooked by surrounding heights: Pulebadze to the south, Jotsoma to the west, and the Naga Village/Merema to the east and northeast. The same night they dug in on the ride, Sato had just launched attacks against Garrison Hill. The remainder of the brigade were not able to get in and would remain on Jotsoma ridge to the west, where Warren had emplaced his mountain guns to support the defenders. On April the 5th, the action kicked up with Fukunaga's 58th regiment attacking from the south while a vanguard overcame the Shere Regiment's sentries on the Naga Hill to the north, successfully securing a place for their artillery at Naga village. 4 mountain guns would support Miyazaki's attack, also allowing the Japanese to seize the GPT ridge. In a surprise raid, elements of the 3rd battalion, 58th regiment were able to grab the old town part of Kohima and Treasury Hill. As a result of this, Miyazaki wrongly assumed the enemy had simply withdrawn from Kohima, so he ordered his men to begin an advance upon Cheswema. This in turn gave the defenders some time to reinforce their lines. Japanese pressure on the perimeter increased on the morning of April 6, with repeated attacks by the 58th Regiment on Jail Hill. Heavy artillery and mortar fire quickly denuded trees of their foliage, snapping branches and scattering jagged splinters to accompany the whine and hiss of exploding shrapnel. By 11am the surviving defenders were forced off Jail Hill and down into the steep valley through which ran the road, and then up into the relative safety of the trees on DIS Hill, where Major Shaw's C Company were desperately digging in. The Japanese attack was relentless and, although they secured Jail Hill dominating the south-eastern edge of the Kohima Ridge, they suffered extensive casualties, including Captain Nagaya, the commander of 3rd battalion, 58th Regiment, who was killed. Major Donald Easten was also ordered to retake Jail Hill with D Company, 4th Royal West Kents, but by now the Japanese had already dug deeply into the hillside and could not be ejected without considerable expenditure of life. Easten took his company and dug them in around FSD Hill.  Since Jail Hill dominated the southern edge of the ridge defensive lines, the disappearing tree cover quickly became a problem for the defenders who were becoming more and more visible to the enemy. It got some bad, the defenders were soon forced to only move positions at night. A company of the 4/7th Rajputs were able to reinforce Kohima by the end of the night, yet overall now 2500 defenders were surrounded by over 15,000 Japanese. The lost of GPT and Jail Hill also meant the defenders had lost access to water, excluding a small spring on Garrison Hill. Richards was forced to limit the men to a single pint of water per day. On the night of the 6th, a company of the 2nd Battalion, 58th Regiment launched a frontal attack against DIS Hill screaming wildly. The fire from the awaiting Royal West Kents scythed into the attackers, as did bombs from Sergeant Victor King's mortars, landing within meters of the West Kent positions. Miyazaki kept sending more and more men, until some infiltrated the defenders positions ending in a confused hand to hand combat brawl. By dawn on the 7th, a counterattack from FSD Hill would be broken by the ferocious Japanese machine-gun and artillery fire. Sergeant-Major Haines led a spirited attack against these positions, dashing 37 meters  up the hill with a mixed group of West Kents and Gurkhas, bayonets fixed and lobbing grenades amongst the bashas. Those Japanese who ran were cut down by waiting Bren guns; those who stayed put were burned alive as the thin structures caught fire. The bakery, whose large brick ovens in peacetime produced several thousand loaves of bread each day, was more impervious to these tactics, but combat engineers destroyed the doors with the help of large quantities of gun cotton. Instead of merely blowing in the doors the ensuing explosion destroyed the entire building, only the brick ovens inside withstanding the blast. Escaping Japanese were brought down by rifle fire. Unusually, two Japanese soldiers were taken prisoner, and although one died later of his wounds, the other provided details about the strength and dispositions of the attacking forces. Captain Shiro Sato, Nagaya's successor in charge of 3rd, 58th Regiment, was killed. Over 60 Japanese were killed in this struggle alone, leading the men to mutter among themselves that this was a worse ordeal than Sangshak. One of the problems now encountered by the men of C and D Companies of the Royal West Kents was the fact that hundreds of bodies lay littered across the position, some of friends but mostly of Japanese, attracting clouds of slow-moving bluebottles that feasted on the carpet of corpses covering the ground. Attempts were made to remove bodies where it was possible, but snipers and the sheer number meant that it was not possible to dispose of them all. As the days went by the effects of artillery bombardment dispersed some of the remains, with the result that DIS Hill became an unpleasant place to defend at best, and injurious to health at worst. The West Kents attempted to burn the bodies at night, but this had a poor effect on morale as the appalling smell of burning flesh drifted across the position. Where they could, the Japanese cremated their dead.  Realizing his enemy was strongly entrenched, Miyazaki now decided to order his 3rd battalion to turn back. Meanwhile the bulk of Torikai's forces were just reaching the battlefront, so Miyazaki ordered his 1st battalion to reinforce their attack. Sato was under the belief they would be capturing the ridge at any moment, so he ordered Torikai to cut off the Kohima-Dimapur road, within the vicinity of Zubza. Sato also dispatched the reserved 124th regiment to Cheswema to get ready for an operation in the north. Torikai's 2nd battalion advanced into the Dzuzu valley, and their 6th company occupied Zubza, effectively cutting off Warren's base at Jotsoma. During that night the Japanese launched both real and 'jitter' attacks against the southern perimeter. During the next morning it was discovered, Japanese soldiers had infiltrated back onto DIS Hill during the confusion of the night, placing soldiers and a machine gun in a bunker on the top of the hill. Despite the Japanese machine guns posted on top of the hill, a hero would emerge to knock them out. A fearless 29-year-old Lance-Corporal John Harman demonstrated the type of behavior that was to lead within days to the award of a Victoria Cross, and his death. Realizing that the Japanese machine gun could cause untold damage if unchecked he crawled alone up the hill, standing up at the last minute to charge the Japanese-held bunker. Miraculously the enemy fire tore into the empty air above his head, and Harman reached the bunker door, coolly extracted the pin from a grenade, released the firing lever, counted to three, on a four-second fuse and lobbed it inside. The occupants were killed instantly and Harman returned triumphant with the captured machine gun down the hill to the cheers of his comrades. The Japanese would launch attacks through the day, gradually pushing the defenders up the hills towards Kohima. General Mutaguchi then personally ordered Sato to continue past Kohima and seize Dimapur. Now Sato and Mutaguchi did not get along well, but he reluctantly obeyed the command, sending his 3rd battalion, 138t regiment along the Merema track to Bokajan. Yet all of a sudden General Kawabe, countermanded the order and instead ordered Sato's battalion to rapidly be recalled. This was one of those famed “what if” moments. What if Sato had turned a Nelsonian blind eye to the counter order, or if he had delayed its official receipt for another 24 hours? Sato was apparently happy to obey Kawabe and withdraw to Kohima partly because his deep-seated animosity toward Mutaguchi led him to assume the army commander's demands were motivated solely by visions of military glory. Sato's hatred of Mutaguchi blinded him to the strategic possibilities offered by continuing his offensive through to Dimapur, and lost for the Japanese a crucial opportunity for victory in 1944. The failure to secure Dimapur while the British were in a state of confusion at the speed and scale of Mutaguchi's march on Delhi was indeed, as General Slim recognized, one of the great missed opportunities of the Burma war. It led directly to the failure of the Kohima thrust, and contributed to the collapse of the entire Operation. It was the consequence of Sato's lack of strategic imagination, framed by Kawabe's rejection of what he regarded as an attempt by Mutaguchi to secure for himself undying glory. What he and Sato for that matter  failed entirely to see was that Mutaguchi was right. The capture of Dimapur might have been the decisive strategic movement of the campaign leading to a dramatic worsting of the British reminiscent of Malaya and Burma in 1942. Despite the megalomania and terrible planning on Mutaguchi's part for even initiating Operation U-GO, to not try and make it work was even more criminal.  On the morning of the 9th, the Japanese once again managed to infiltrate the DIS Hill and again corporal Harman lept into action and mounted a solo attack to remove the threat. Covered by two Bren guns firing from his left and his right, Harman dashed up the hill. Frantically the Japanese returned fire but in their excitement fired wide. Harman reached the trench and, standing 4 meters to its front and firing his Lee Enfield from the hip, shot four Japanese dead, before jumping into the trench and bayoneting the fifth. He then stood up, triumphantly holding the captured enemy machine gun above his head, before throwing it to the ground. The cheers of his comrades reverberated around the hill. Harman then nonchalantly began to walk back down the slope. Unfortunately he had forgotten that with the denuded foliage he was in full view of the Japanese positions on Jail Hill. Unheeding of the shouted cries of his comrades to run, he leisurely made his way back down to his weapon pit, only to be struck by a burst of machine-gun fire in his back just as he reached safety. Donald Easten ran out into the Japanese fire, and dragged Harman into a trench. Within a few minutes, however, this extraordinarily brave man was dead.   On that day, Warren dispatched the 1/1st Punjabs to break through towards Kohima, but they ran into a number of log-covered bunkers at Piquet Hill, held by the 6th Company, 138th Regiment. The Japanese fired upon them causing 25 casualties by the day's end. Upon the ridge the killing continued. Large numbers of fiercely brave Japanese from the 58th Regiment were killed by the remorseless chatter of the British Bren guns, as during the night three successive assaults were made on C and D Companies of the Royal West Kents, the Japanese being denied success by the interlocking fire of eight Bren guns, whose red-hot barrels had to be changed repeatedly. Casualties on both sides were high, the Japanese attempting to gain access to the hill from the road by use of ladders, seemingly unperturbed by their losses. On the northern side of Garrison Hill the 138th Regiment again launched attacks against A Company. The attack was held, Bren guns, bayonets and grenades in the darkness bloodily halting Japanese ambitions. Victor King's mortars fired in support, the bombs landing with superb accuracy in front of Maj. Tom Kenyon's positions. It had seemed for a while that sheer weight of numbers would overwhelm the much-reduced A Company, but the reliable Brens, considerable reserves of grenades, the accuracy of King's mortars and the determined courage of the Royal West Kents denied the penetration so desperately desired by the Japanese.   Low on ammunition and suffering heavy casualties, the decision was made to abandon DIS and FSD Hill's on the night of the 10th. To make matters worse the monsoon rains had come early, and heavy, driving rain on 10th, together with the effects of battle and of sleep deprivation, had pushed men to the edge of exhaustion. Tea was rationed to half a mug per man. Fortunately, the rain somewhat made up for the acute lack of water within the perimeter, men lying back in their weapon pits and trenches to allow the rain to fall directly into parched, open mouths. It was found that a trickle of water was available from a pipe leading onto the road behind the ADS, behind the Japanese positions. Dangerous nightly journeys were made, through hundreds of wounded lying in the open, down the slope to the road, to fill hundreds of water bottles. The exhausted men made their way off the hills under Japanese sniper and mortar fire. On the 11th, A company over at Garrison Hill were still managing to hold strong against numerous assaults over the tennis court. During the night they were relieved by B company. Meanwhile Grover had finally assembled his 2nd division at Dimapur and dispatched the Cameron Highlanders and 2nd battalion, Durham light infantry with Lee-Grant tank support to open a road back up to Warren's HQ. The next day, while B company was repelling more assault, the 1st battalion, 58th regiment advanced upon Jotsoma from Pulomi, but could not penetrate through the defensive line. At the same time, the 3rd Battalion, 138th Regiment advanced to Khabvuma, though and was likewise unable to break through towards the Kohima-Dimapur Road. On the 13th, which would become known to the besieged British garrison as “black thirteenth”, B company continued to resist suicidal Japanese assaults across the tennis court, Japanese artillery managed to kill many men atop the IGH Spur. Casualties were mounting, the Royal West Kents had lost a total of 150 men by this point. 3 Dakotas had tried air supplying, but they accidentally dropped atop the Japanese position on Kohima Ridge. Over at FDS Hill, the situation was quite desperate as the Japanese were squeezing the British from the ridge and to prevent them from using the supplies raining from the sky. Captain Mitchell of the Rajputs was killed on the morning of 12th, and furious counterattacks against the Japanese who had infiltrated amongst C and D Companies of the Royal West Kents failed to remove the intruders; A Company, after their short rest on Kuki, now moved to support C and D Companies. That night the Japanese attempted to rush FSD Hill. The defenders were ordered to wait until they could see the whites of the Japanese eyes before opening fire. During a lull in the fighting Private Peacock from A Company dropped off, exhausted with fatigue. When he came round he discovered that he was sharing his trench with a Japanese officer who had assumed that Peacock was dead. Unable to find his rifle Peacock leapt at the officer and strangled him after a fierce struggle with his bare hands. Then, to make sure, he ran him through with the man's own sword By the 14th, the Assam Rifles relieved B company over at Garrison Hill, where Richards commemorated his remaining men for the bulwark defense. “By your efforts you have prevented the Japanese from attaining this objective. All attempts to overrun the garrison have been frustrated by your determination and devotion to duty…”. Meanwhile a patrol of the 4/7th Rajputs had advanced up the western valley. The patrol had the unfortunate result of raising some expectations of relief on the ridge. To the fighting men still desperately resisting every Japanese encroachment this made little difference to their lives. Instead, life and death continued their seemingly arbitrary, parallel journeys. The shattered hillside was now almost bare of foliage, the remaining trees standing forlornly, others leaning drunkenly where shells had smashed the trunk or branches. The ground was a churned morass of mud, which the defenders shared with rotting corpses, excrement and the inevitable detritus of war: scattered equipment, discarded helmets, broken weapons and unexploded shells. Yet the troops all knew that they had achieved a remarkable feat of endurance, and resistance. On the 15th the 1/1st Punjabs had finally broken through Piquet Hill and reopened the road to the garrisons perimeter. By the 16th, the 5th Brigade linked up with Warren's troops for the first time.The Japanese did not let up at all. On the 17th, they finally seized FSD Hill and stormed Kuki Piquet, overcoming some depleted defenders with their sheer weight of numbers. It seemed the exhausted Kohima Garrison were doomed, now crammed into a small area. Then B Company, 1/1st Punjab with Lee-Grant tanks arrived on the 18th, just in time to give the boys a fighting chance. Under heavy Japanese sniper and artillery fire, Warren and Grover's men advanced towards the besieged ridge positions. The 1st battalion, Royal Berkshire regiment made it to Kohima on the 20th to relieve Richards spent garrison.  On 19 April, the day before the first of the relieving troops made their way onto the position, Hurribombers strafed the Japanese positions, Dakotas dropped ammunition, water and food accurately on the ridge and the 25-pdrs of the 2nd Division pounded away relentlessly, firing from Zubza. The relief took place in the nick of time. The men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, could not believe their eyes or noses as they climbed up onto Summerhouse Hill on the morning of April 20. Warned by anxious defenders to keep their heads down, many gagged at the repulsive smell of death and excrement that hung like a repressive fog over the position, weighing the hill down with the stench of horror. As Japanese bullets and shells continued to fall the weary veterans of the siege made their way down the gulleys adjacent to the IGH spur, strewn with Japanese corpses, to waiting trucks, guarded by the Lee/Grants. The fresh relief troops on the road were astonished by what they saw when the red-eyed, unshaven survivors made their way quietly out of the trees, but were in no doubt that they were witnessing the end of the first phase of one of the grimmest struggles of the entire war.  The Indian troops called out 'Shabash, Royal West Kents!' in warm acknowledgement of what all the defenders of the Kohima Ridge had achieved, congratulating the tired, bearded scarecrows even as shells fell among the convoy, injuring some of the wounded again and killing some, even as they were being lifted into the trucks. As the trucks crawled down the pitted road towards Jotsoma, and then Zubza, before making their slow way down through the green mountains into hot, steamy Dimapur, the exhausted survivors had long collapsed into deep, delicious sleep. Their ordeal was over. After 16 days of brutal siege, 278 men had been killed or wounded in a small stand, but one that would prove decisive for the CBI theater. Yet that is all for today on the Burma front as we now need to hope over to the Admiralties. The campaign for the Admiralty islands was coming to an end, now General Swift's division just had to mop up the islands of Los Negros and Manus. Over on Los Negros, the 5th Cavalry at Papitalai had been pushing west towards the Papitalai Mission since March the 14th. They were still encountering heavy resistance, requiring support from heavy artillery and aerial bombardment.  At 7:30am on the 15th, Troop A advanced after artillery and mortar concentrations, towards their third objective without any resistance. Troop A dug in there and Troop B sent out patrols 200 yards to the front. Yet still no opposition was encountered. Difficulties of supplying the troops over an extended supply line which consisted of 1 and a half miles of narrow, rutted, and slippery trail prevented further advance. Troop C, aided by a section furnished by the 82d Field Artillery Battalion, took 5 hours for a round trip. The 1st Squadron's last objective was the largest knob, Hill 260, on which it was now estimated were 100 well-entrenched Japanese. By the 17th, sufficient supplies had been brought up to enable Troop C, which had relieved Troop A, to push on toward this knob. After the usual artillery and mortar preparation, Troop C, protected in the rear by Troop B which was dug in on the third objective, advanced to within 50 yards of the hill crest before being stopped by machine-gun and rifle fire. Squadron commander Lt. Col. Charles E. Brady then dispatched Troop B north to envelop the enemy from his left flank. Although Troop B had to cut its way laboriously and noisily through the jungle, the envelopment was highly successful. The Japanese put up little resistance and both troops moved onto the hill and secured it by 1:10pm. About 40 or 50 dead Japanese were counted, although the total, which was impossible to determine in the jungle, was undoubtedly much higher. The 1st Squadron's losses in the day's attack were four killed and seven wounded.  Meanwhile, patrols from the 12th cavalry had been going around inland in the region southwest of Papitalai Mission and Lombrum. They found more resistance than anticipated. After failing to connect the perimeters, Troops A and B were landed at Chaporowan Point on the 16th where more patrols advanced along the coast, also finding some resistance. Over on the Rossum Road, Troop F of the 7th cavalry were seeing their fare share of resistance at a position 800 yards down the road. Though the cavalrymen were able to push through to the northern edge of Old Rossum, the Japanese fought so hard, Troop F was forced to withdraw. Because of this action, the position was bombed on the 21st before a full assault was launched by the 1st Squadron, 7th cavalry. This time the cavalrymen were able to secure the northern edge of Old Rossum with the support of artillery and tanks. On the 23rd, the squadron pressed their attack, gradually edging through Old Rossum. To gain 1000 yards here the Americans suffered 68 casualties, then on the 24th they yet again had to withdraw undering increasingly heavy Japanese fire. Finally on the 25th, the 1st Squadron, 8th cavalry relieved the battered men. After a heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, the Japanese defenders were finally broken. That day saw the 8th cavalry suffered 7 dead, 29 wounded, for the Japanese it was close to 100. Overall the 2nd Brigade had suffered 36 deaths, 128 wounded in the week of fighting over the Rossum area, they estimated they had killed 200 Japanese. The 2nd Brigade would patrol inland for the next two months, penetrating deep jungles, swamps and high mountains. In the end they would count a total of 586 dead Japanese on Manus. Meanwhile General Chase ordered a brigade to complete the occupation of Los Negros on March 21st. The 1st Squadron, 5th cavalry and 2nd Squadron, 12th cavalry attacked southwest towards some highground, due west of Hill 260. Troop C of the 12th cavalry advanced towards Juarez Village, supported by Troop B who performed an encircling maneuver against the retreating enemy. The 2nd Squadron, 5th cavalry would manage to clear the southern portion of Los Negros with an assault against Palapi Hill. All of Chase's units were successful in their assaults, though they faced tough resistance. For the following days, the Japanese would fight back against the invaders and by the 25th, over 500 of them paid the price with their lives. Since February 19th, 1917 Japanese had died on Los Negros, while the 1st Brigade had suffered 143 killed and 408 wounded. There were also mop up operations against the outlying islands with the 1st Squadron, 7th cavalry landing on Pityilu island on the 30th; the 1st Squadron, 12th cavalry assaulted Koruniat and Ndrilo islands on the 1st of april and the 2nd Squadron, 12th cavalry attacked Rambutyo on the 3rd. The 7th cavalry faced heavy resistance from a 60 man garrison on Pityilu, the 12th cavalry found no Japanese on Koruniat and Ndrilo and only a handful of Japanese were found on Rambutyo. On the 9th of april, the 1st Squadron, 12th cavalry landed on Pak island and with that the liberation of the Admiralty islands was complete. In total, General Krueger reported 326 killed, 1189 wounded and 4 missing while also counting a total of 3280 Japanese killed and 75 captured.  General Krueger would go on to partially explain the heavy enemy losses in the Admiralties operation were due to, "Our troops were gaining superiority on the ground against an enemy whose tactical knowledge envisioned only the offensive." Allied tactics of guaranteeing naval, air, and artillery superiority to the troops in each operation were making the heavy proportion of Japanese casualties an expected result in the Pacific. In the Admiralties invasion, fire from destroyers kept the enemy under cover during the landing and the artillery gave the troopers an enormous advantage against an enemy who possessed only two 75-mm mountain guns and one 70-mm howitzer. Bad weather had greatly restricted air operations during the first week after the invasion, and the weather probably accounted in part for the weakness of enemy air defense throughout the campaign; but the constant pounding of Japanese air bases within range of the Admiralties was a more important factor. General MacArthur's decision to send a limited number of men and ships to take an enemy stronghold far in advance of Allied-held territory, and within striking distance of enemy planes, had proved worth the risks involved. At a small cost, the neutralization of Rabaul and Kavieng was completed; and from the new base in the Admiralties, Allied air and naval forces could now launch surprise attacks on the Dutch New Guinea coast and could threaten essential enemy sea lanes within a 1500-mile radius including the Marianas, the east coast of Mindanao, and the southern limits of the Celebes Sea.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Fate had rolled her dice yet again, and the Japanese had lost another decisive moment whereupon they could have perhaps changed the entire war in the India-Burma front. Likewise General Douglas MacArthur gambled by attacking the Admiralty Islands, but it would pay off heavily. It seems the allies were winning with every hand dealt to them.

Bundesjustizminister Marco Buschmann hat am 27. Februar öffentlich erklärt, dass die Berlinale schweren Schaden genommen hätte, weil dort laut seiner Darstellung „Antisemitismus viel zu unwidersprochen“ geblieben sei. Bei der fraglichen Preisverleihung gab es eine Äußerung vom US-Filmemacher Ben Roussel zum Genozid-Verdacht beim Vorgehen Israels in Gaza, eine Sorge, die auch vom IGH in Den HaagWeiterlesen

We reach into the precious archives for a lesson by Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Let’s see exhortation and commands on the Christian life, especially from the book of Philippians.

Wir sprechen mit Guido Steinberg von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik über die Entscheidung aus Den Haag, die (Un)wahrscheinlichkeit einer Zweistaatenlösung und wann die Zeit nach Netanjahu beginnt.

We turn back the clock for a lesson by Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Looking at Acts 10:34-35 we see that every nation that fears God and works righteousness is accepted of God. Let’s look closely at this thought in this study as Jeff presents this lesson.

An IGH textual study from 1 John 1:7-10…Are you studying? We look at the biggest little word in the English Language, the word “if.” This is “part two” of considering the word “if

An IGH textual study from 1 John 1:6…Are you studying? We look at the biggest little word in the English Language, the word “if.” This is “part one” of considering the word “if.”

An IGH textual study from 1 John 1:4-5…Are you studying? John addresses the existence of Christ, the LIFE of which one submits and the LIGHT that would shine to the world

An IGH textual study from 1 John 1:2-3…Are you studying? John addresses the existence of Christ, the Christ Whom they saw, they show, and they speak of Him to the world.

An IGH textual study from 1 John 1:1…Are you studying? John addresses the existence of Christ, the One Whom they saw and Whom they show in preaching the word.

Jeff presents a lesson from the past that was first brought forth by Winford Claiborne, our speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Looking through the scriptures, God’s message has always been and will always be for man’s good, but there are those that hate the message and sadly the messenger. May this broadcast remind us of the power of God’s message and renew the messengers.

Every human organization looks back and respects those who worked diligently at the beginning to set the pace and make the organization what it is. Through God and Christ, the church had such individuals. Let see their faith to help OUR faith, shall we…today on the IGH. Stay tuned.

We turn back the clock for a lesson by Winford Claiborne, the speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Looking at Acts 10:34-35 we see that every nation that fears God and works righteousness is accepted of God. Let’s look closely at this thought in this study as Jeff presents this lesson.

Jeff presents a lesson from the past that was first brought forth by Winford Claiborne, our speaker of IGH from 1995-2014. Looking through the scriptures, God’s message has always been and will always be for man’s good, but there are those that hate the message and sadly the messenger. May this broadcast remind us of the power of God’s message and renew the messengers.

Every human organization looks back and respects those who worked diligently at the beginning to set the pace and make the organization what it is. Through God and Christ, the church had such individuals. Let see their faith to help OUR faith, shall we…today on the IGH. Stay tuned.

In this episode, Caleb and Michael sit down with the voice of IGH, brother Jeff Archey himself. Take a listen as he talks about the history of this great work, and many of the things in which they are involved. https://www.internationalgospelhour.com/ Visit our website: www.scatteredabroad.org and remember to subscribe to our email list. "Like" and "share" our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sapodcastnetwork Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_scattered_abroad_network/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWnWEDTTNFe-LBsbOrIBcsA Contact us through email at: thescatteredabroadnetwork@gmail.com. If you would like to consider supporting us in anyway, please reach out to us through this email.

Michael V. Sanders is the Founder and CEO of Interactive Government Holdings, a global company serving defense and civilian agencies. Michael started IGH as a service-disabled, veteran owned small business in 2006 following his time in the U.S. Marine Corps. He's a graduate from Harvard Business School in 2018 and currently serves on the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) Board to help veterans in the government contracting field. In 2020 and 2021 IGH was recognized with the U.S. Department of Labor's Platinum Level HIRE Vets Medallion Award. IGH's humble start in government contracting was a $2,500 contract from Prince George's County in Maryland. Under Michael's leadership, today IGH is a global company serving defense and civilian agencies. Michael believes in using a progressive mix of data, technology and human capital strategies to help federal agencies maximize every dollar in order to advance their missions. IGH's successful growth received prominent attention when the company landed on the INC Magazine 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies for three consecutive years (2016 - 2018). It was second on the Vet50 2016 list of Fastest Growing Veteran-Owned Companies. In 2016, Michael was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Michael is committed to giving back to veterans and entrepreneurs. IGH was recognized in 2020 and 2021 with the U.S. Department of Labor's Platinum Level HIRE Vets Medallion Award. Michael serves on the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) Board to help veterans in the government contracting field. He also is on the Advisory Board for the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University. Let's welcome our next Govcon Giant, Michael Sanders.