If you know people on social.cologne who aren’t Zionists/genocide supporters please let them know that they cannot see posts by me and others who oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people as our instances and accounts are blocked by their Zionist/pro-genocide server.

I can only assume Zionist/pro-genocide servers will not be allowed according to mastodon.social’s new server covenant and suggested as safe spaces to newcomers to the fediverse (including Palestinians suffering through genocide, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid) but it would be good to have official confirmation of this.

It’s time for people (and mastodon servers) to be unapologetically unambiguous about which side of history they stand on.

CC @staff

#socialCologne #cologne #germany #fediverse #mastodon #serverCovenant #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediblock #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

Specifically, it is essential that we know whether the Mastodon server covenant (https://joinmastodon.org/covenant) adopts the IHRA’s Working Definition of Antisemitism (https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism) – which conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel – or the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (https://jerusalemdeclaration.org) – which does not. (Or some other declaration that I’m not myself aware of or had discussed with the mastodon.social team.)

#mastodon #serverCovenant #antisemitism #moderation #israel #zionism #genocide #Gaza #Palestine https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115989885113349752

An important aspect of selecting an instance is determining if it officially committed to the #ServerCovenant https://joinmastodon.org/covenant

My new instance is not quite yet ready to apply for it. But it's something worth working on now that folks have shown real interest.