Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren in Den Haag

Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren in Den Haag

Sit-in door een groep Nederlandse ambtenaren die zich ernstige zorgen maakt over het aanhoudende Israëlische offensief in Gaza – dat volgens het Internationaal Gerechtshof bestempeld werd als plausibele genocide- en het Nederlandse beleid in reactie hierop.

Je kent ze misschien van de sit-ins die elke donderdag om 12:00 plaatsvinden voor het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Als ambtenaren zijn zij doordrongen van het belang van internationaal recht. Ze legden een eed af op de Grondwet, inclusief artikel 90 waarin staat dat de regering de internationale rechtsorde bevordert. Het is aan de politiek om het beleid uiteen te zetten, dat klopt. Maar ook de politiek heeft zich te houden aan onze Grondwet en aan internationaal verdragsrechtelijke verplichtingen. Het is aan ambtenaren om de politiek erop te wijzen wanneer beleid het internationaal recht (mogelijk) schaadt. En die taak – die plicht – nemen zij zeer serieus. Zij verwachten van onze regering dat zij zich onvermoeibaar in gaat zetten voor consistente naleving van het internationaal recht. Concreet stellen zij vier eisen aan de Nederlandse regering en verwachten wij van de regering dat alle diplomatieke middelen worden aangewend om onderstaande te bewerkstelligen:

1. Maximale inzet op een onmiddellijk en permanent staakt-het-vuren en volledige humanitaire toegang tot Gaza.

2. ⁠Een eind aan alle vormen van steun voor én rechtvaardiging van Israëls huidige militaire optreden in Gaza en erkenning van het internationale humanitaire en oorlogsrecht;

3. ⁠De onmiddellijke naleving van recente uitspraken van het Internationaal Gerechtshof (ICJ).

4. Een strategie voor duurzame vrede, met garanties voor de mensenrechten en veiligheid van zowel Palestijnen als Israëliërs.

Links:
Ambtenaren en de Grondwet

Nederland: Sluit de genocide geldkraan! – petitie

Israël blokkeert de doorgang van 6.500 vrachtwagens vol met kleding, tenten, dekens en andere spullen voor de winter

Earth’s Rotation Day / Aarde Rotatie Dag 2026

January 8 is Earth’s Rotation Day, the day commemorates when French Physicist, Leon Foucault, demonstrated the Earth rotates on its axis in 1851.

To prove his theory, Foucault suspended a lead-filled brass sphere, now called the Foucault Pendulum from the top of the Pantheon in Paris. He showed that the plane of the swing of the pendulum rotated relative to the Earth’s rotation. You can now see the Foucault Pendulum demonstrating the rotation of the Earth in science museums around the world.

Links:
Earth’s Rotation Day: History and significance behind the day that celebrates the 24-hour phenomenon

Megaconstructie veranderde mogelijk de rotatie van de aarde

Earth Rotation Day 2026: 7 Fascinating Facts That Show Why This Day Matters

Dries van Agt Lecture / Dries van Agt-lezing 2026

Dries van Agt Lecture 2026

The Dries van Agt Lecture 2026 brings together two of the most influential voices in the global struggle for justice for Palestine: Dr. Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, and Prof. Noura Erakat, human rights lawyer and scholar at Rutgers University.

The annual lecture honours the legacy of Dries van Agt (1931–2024), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and founder of The Rights Forum. After leaving office, Van Agt became a principled and unwavering advocate for Palestinian rights, insisting that Dutch and European policy be grounded in international law, human dignity, and equality. The lecture continues this commitment by inviting leaders and thinkers who exemplify the courage to uphold principles in the face of political pressure.

Links:
Uitnodiging Dries van Agt-lezing 2026

Naledi Pandor, gezicht van de genocide-zaak tegen Israël, houdt tweede Dries van Agt-lezing

Storm Goretti / Storm Elli 2026

Storm Goretti

Storm Goretti (known as Storm Elli in Germany) is an extremely powerful active extratropical cyclone which impacting parts of Western Europe in January 2026.

The seventh named (using the south-western group naming list) storm of the 2025–26 European windstorm season, Goretti was named by the Météo France on 6 January 2026. On the afternoon of the 8 January 2026, Belgium issued yellow wind, rain, snow and ice warnings for the country. Whilst, the Netherlands issued yellow and orange ice warnings as the storm’s northern edge brings some snow.

Links:
Storm Goretti – VRT live

Agenda 02-01-2026 – KNMI KMI CodeGeel CodeOranje : Kans op zware windstoten op de Wadden, Gladheid door sneeuw en bevriezing

Amsterdam Kiest x Stadslab : Jongerendebat gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2026

Amsterdam Kiest

Het debat tussen Amsterdamse jongeren en politici over hun toekomst.

Politici moeten luisteren naar de jeugd! Wat vinden jongeren belangrijk? 200 leerlingen van scholen uit heel Amsterdam komen samen om met kandidaat-Gemeenteraadsleden te debatteren over hun toekomst en de toekomst van de stad. Er zijn nog al wat problemen om op te lossen! Denk aan de grote vraagstukken van deze tijd zoals de woningcrisis, de groeiende ongelijkheid tussen stadsdelen en de druk op de leefbaarheid door toerisme en vervoersarmoede in sommige stadsdelen. Stichting Stadslab organiseert in samenwerking met Pakhuis de Zwijger het Amsterdamse jongerendebat voorafgaand aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen. Dit is hét evenement voor jongeren die nu nog niet mogen stemmen maar wel hun stem willen laten horen. Want iedere stem zou moeten tellen bij politieke besluitvorming – en zeker die van de volgende generaties.

Links:
Amsterdam Kiest x Stadslab : Jongerendebat gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2026

2026-01-07, Lief dagboek

Dinsdag; Stromausfall im Berliner Südwesten Januar 2026; Trump; Ontvoering Maduro; Gaswinning Groningen; Dag van de Rare Loopjes; Gaza−Israël oorlog 2023 – …; Buitenspeelalarm; Shootings by US immigration agents; Code geel.

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In de geschiedenis

Israel’s discriminatory administration of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem – publication / publicatie

Israel’s discriminatory administration of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem

Israël schendt het internationaal recht met de systematische discriminatie van Palestijnen op de Westelijke Jordaanoever, stelt de Hoge Commissaris voor de Mensenrechten van de Verenigde Naties (VN) in het rapport ‘Israel’s discriminatory administration of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem’.

Het rapport bevat voorbeelden van hoe het leven van Palestijnen in de bezette gebieden steeds meer wordt beperkt en onveilig is geworden. Uit het rapport zou blijken dat er gegronde redenen zijn om aan te nemen dat de segregatie en ondergeschiktheid van Palestijnen bedoeld zijn om permanent te blijven. “Handelingen die worden gepleegd met de bedoeling een dergelijk beleid te handhaven, vormen een schending van artikel 3 van het Internationale Verdrag ICERD, dat rassenscheiding en apartheid verbiedt”, aldus het rapport. VN-mensenrechtenchef Volker Türk noemt het in een bijgevoegde verklaring een bijzonder ernstige vorm van rassendiscriminatie en segregatie, “die lijkt op het soort apartheidssysteem dat we eerder hebben gezien.” Volgens hem worden de rechten van het Palestijnse volk op de Westelijke Jordaanoever systematisch onderdrukt.

Links:
VN-functionaris beschuldigt Israël van apartheid op Westelijke Jordaanoever

UN report chronicles intensification of decades of severe racial discrimination by Israel in occupied West Bank

Shootings by US immigration agents in 2026 / Killing of Renée Good / Portland shooting / ICE kidnapping / killing of Alex Pretti

US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown

Shootings by US immigration agents January 2026 / Killing of Renée Good / Portland shooting / ICE kidnapping.

On January 7, 2026, Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old female US citizen, was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good was behind the wheel of an SUV at the scene of an ongoing ICE operation when she was approached by ICE agents who reportedly gave conflicting orders, according to an eyewitness. Good began to leave the scene as an agent pulled the driver’s side door handle and reached in the window. A separate agent near the front of the vehicle fired three shots and killed Good as the vehicle moved past him, at a moment when Good was maneuvering forward but away from the shooter. Federal officials and President Donald Trump defended the shooting, claiming the agent acted in self-defense and that Good had attempted to run him over. These claims have been contested by eyewitnesses and by journalists’ analysis of video footage. The characterization of the shooting as justified has been disputed by local figures and by Democratic Party lawmakers, the latter of whom have called for a criminal investigation. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz called on the federal government to end their presence in the city. Thousands of people have protested in Minneapolis, and more have protested in other cities including Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. On January 6, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced what it called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out, sending 2,000 agents to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The surge included Homeland Security Investigations officers focused on suspected fraud. Saint Paul City Council member Molly Coleman described the first day of the action as “unlike any other day we’ve experienced”. An eyewitness to the shooting said, “People in our neighborhood have been terrorized by ICE for six weeks.” The killing of Good was the ninth time that ICE agents had opened fire on people since September 2025. Four other people have been killed during federal deportation operations.

On January 8, 2026, a man and woman were shot and wounded by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at 2:20 PM in PortlandOregon, after CBP reportedly stated that a Toyota Tacoma tried to run them over according to the police dispatch logs. Portland City Council president Elana Pirtle-Guiney said that the two were still alive. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the incident, and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) secured the scenes requiring investigation shortly after. According to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a man (reportedly an undocumented Venezuelan national) and a woman who the DHS suspected to be a part of the Tren de Aragua gang were subject to a “targeted vehicle stop” by CBP agents in the parking lot of Adventist Health Portland. They claimed that after agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupant, the driver of the vehicle reportedly attempted to run over the CBP agents. One witness, however, claims the couple drove away after agents banged on their vehicle’s window. One agents claimed to have fired one or more “defensive” shots “fearing for his life and safety,” which as a result hit the man in the arm and the woman in the chest at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time. One witness said they heard five gunshots, with officers having boxed in a Toyota truckPortland officers responded to the report of a shooting at approximately 2:18 p.m. They arrived outside the Adventist hospital campus shortly after. However, the couple drove away from the scene of the incident after the shooting before the husband called 911 for help, claiming they were shot by Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents. At 2:24, officers received his distress call from near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street, approximately 2.5 to 3 miles away. Police discovered both with apparent gunshot wounds, applied a tourniquet, and called for emergency medical personnel. They were transported to a local hospital shortly after, and medical technicians rushing them to the hospital described both as Spanish speakers. Portland City Council member Jamie Dunphy stated that the wounded man and woman are a married couple.

On January 14, another person was reported to have been shot in Minneapolis by ICE agents, this in the leg during a home invasion.

On January 20, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a five-year-old boy on Tuesday during an immigration enforcement operation, Minnesota school officials and the family’s lawyer have said. Pre-schooler Liam Ramos was with his father – named by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias – when Conejo Arias was approached by agents on his driveway. In a statement posted on X, the DHS said “ICE did NOT target a child”, but was conducting an operation against his father, an “illegal alien” who “abandoned” his son when approached.

On January 24, Federal immigration agents shot dead a man during an operation in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said, as police chief Brian O’Hara described an “incredibly volatile scene” and urged residents to avoid the area amid protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man named Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, according to local police officials. Pretti was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and American citizen, died after at least 10 shots were fired at him as he lay on the ground. A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun”. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired. The gun taken by the agent appears to match the general appearance of the firearm shared online by DHS, and which they said was Pretti’s. This agent’s back is turned from the scene with the gun in his hand when the first shot occurs.

In July, agents killed Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas, even though both were not targets of enforcement action.

Links:
Minnesota ICE shooting live updates: Driver fatally shot by immigration agent

Kristi Noem calls actions leading up to ICE shooting ‘an act of domestic terrorism’

LIVE UPDATES: ICE shooting in Minneapolis leaves woman dead

ICE agent fatally shoots woman in vehicle during operations in Minneapolis: DHS

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?

Videobeelden liegen er niet om: Trump-gestapo schoot 37-jarige Renee Good moedwillig dood

US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown

Minnesota begint eigen onderzoek naar doodschieten vrouw door ICE-agent

“You Did Not Learn?”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat

Opnieuw persoon neergeschoten in Minneapolis door ICE-agenten

Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië

Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record (TV webcast) / Stop ICE’s Attack On Our Communities – petition

Stop het geweld van ICE in de VS – petitie

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir