Nachrichten aus Israel-Palästina/Palästina-Israel gibt es viele und auch nicht wenige, in denen das Dreieck Deutschland-Israel-Palästina eine Rolle spielt, genau die Schnittstelle, die uns in der Arbeit des diAk besonders interessiert.
Zusammen denken und zusammendenken – dafür bieten wir an dieser Stelle jeden Tag einen Beitrag, manchmal mit einer Einordnung/Einleitung, oft ein Hinweis auf eine spannende Verstaltung oder ein Onlineformat, dann auch wieder eine Erinnerung, zu der die Kalender und die unterschiedlichen Narrationen Anlaß geben.
Das wollen wir möglichst vielfältig tun, ohne uns jeden Beitrag oder jede Position zu eigen zu machen, aber immer in dem Bemühen über die Zeit hin die Vielfalt und die Verwobenheiten erkennbar werden zu lassen …
Der 11. Kalender im Rahmen von israel & palästina | Zeitschrift für Dialog!
Dieser Kalender ging in den Druck zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem es einen fragilen Waffenstillstand im Gazastreifen gab, von dem auch heute niemand weiß, ob er auch 2026 halten wird.
In der Westbank verschärft sich die Lage zugleich weiter und in Israel finden wir eine tiefgespaltene Gesellschaft vor, bei der noch nicht klar ist, ob sich die Kräfte der Dominanz oder der Kooperation durchsetzen werden.
Der Photobegleiter in Kalenderform für das Jahr lädt jeden Monat ein, noch einmal auf die Lage im Gazastreifen zu schauen. Die wenigen Quadratkilometer sind versehrt und zerstört, wie es kaum denkbar schien. Aber es sind nicht nur die zerbombten Häuser, auch die Menschen haben Schaden genommen und der Weg der Heilung wird lang.
Die Wunden sind auf beiden Seiten tief und es gilt, sie nicht gegeneinander aufzurechnen, sondern mit Empathie und Zuwendung nach Möglichkeiten zu suchen, wie eine andere Zukunft aussehen kann und was (man:frau:wir) dafür tun können. Eine Möglichkeit gibt es über die jeweiligen Spendenlinks und QR-Codes der Organisationen.
israel & palästina – Zeitschrift für Dialog | Ausgabe 4-2025
Gaza Skate Team was founded by Rajab Al-Reefi in 2017 as a skateboarding collective that supports young people in the Gaza Strip.
Rajab began skateboarding in 2015 when an Italian organisation – Gaza Freestyle – visited and built a wooden mini ramp in his hometown of Gaza City. Since then, Rajab and other local skaters have been building ramps and holding skate classes wherever they can – and since October 2023 have continued to do so amongst incredibly difficult circumstances.
Es war das elfte Mal, daß im Rahmen von israel & palästina | Zeitschrift für Dialog ein Photobegleiter in Kalenderform für das kommende Jahr erschienen ist:
Gaza – promise, we will rebuild it – Ein Begleiter durch das Jahr 2026
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead . . .” 1 Peter 1:3
In the weeks leading up to this year’s commemoration of Christ’s death and resurrection, a new and devastating regional war has once again plunged the Holy Land and the wider Middle East into turmoil. Each passing day has brought increasingly fierce escalations—a relentless cycle of death, destruction, and frightful suffering that now ripples across the globe in rising economic hardship. From the blackened smoke of this expanding wreckage, a deep darkness has engulfed our region, as stifling as the air inside the sealed tomb of the crucified Christ. Hope itself appears to have abandoned us.
Yet as Scripture teaches and our faith reveals, the desolation of the tomb was not the end of the story. Death did not have the final word. By the power of God, Christ rose victorious from the grave, bursting the bonds of sin and death. As the Apostle Paul wrote, “In fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Corinthians 15:20). As a consequence, for those who look to the Risen Lord in faith, God grants them “a new birth into a living hope” (1 Peter 1:3, above).
Thus, in the midst of these cataclysmic times, We, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, affirm these powerful and encouraging words to our communities and to Christians around the world as the heart of our Easter Message. For “just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4b).
In keeping with this profound truth, we bid the faithful and all those of goodwill to work and pray ceaselessly for the relief of the countless multitudes throughout the Middle East and beyond who are suffering severely from the ravages of this war. Likewise, we appeal to them to advocate and intercede for an immediate end to the bloodshed and for justice and peace to finally prevail throughout our war-torn region, beginning in Jerusalem and extending to Gaza, Lebanon, and all the Holy Land; to the Gulf States and Tehran; and to the ends of the earth.
Finally in this vein, we recall once more the words of St. Paul who, in the midst of his countless ordeals, wrote: “We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies” (2 Corinthians 4:8–10).
With this same deep faith in the transformative power of Christ’s Resurrection, in the midst of our own torments, let us exchange with each other that ancient Easter greeting that continues to echo across eternity: “Christ is Risen! (Al Maseeh Qam! Christos Anesti! Christos haryav i merelotz! Pekhrestos aftonf! Christ est Ressuscité! Cristo è risorto! Christus resurrexit! Meshiha qam! Christos t’ensah em‘ muhtan! Christus ist auferstanden!) He is Risen, indeed! Alleluia!”
+ The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem +
Über 600 Israelis aus dem akademischen Leben protestieren in einer Petition an die internationale Gemeinschaft und Zivllgesellschaft gegen nochmals angestiegenen Siedlerterror. Hier ein Link zu einem kurzen FR-Stück von Inge Günther.
Und dazu ein Gespräch mit Yuli Novak, der Chefin der NGO B’Tselem, geführt von Judith Poppe auf https://qantara.de
Zur möglichen Ausweitung der Todesstarfe in Israel
Die Außenminister aus Frankreich, Italien, Großbritannien und Deutschland haben deutliche Kritik an einer möglichen Wiedereinführung der Todesstrafe in Israel geäußert. Die Todesstrafe sei eine „unmenschliche und erniedrigende Form der Bestrafung ohne abschreckende Wirkung“. Die vier Regierungen lehnten die Todesstrafe weltweit unter allen Umständen ab.
Eine Änderung des Strafgesetzes soll die Todesstrafe in bestimmten Fällen zur Pflicht machen. Ein weiteres Gesetz will die Todesstrafe für Beteiligte am Hamas-Angriff vom 7. Oktober 2023 festlegen. Die Zustimmung des Parlaments gilt als wahrscheinlich.
Akiva Eldar schreibt in der Haaretz über Netanyahus (und Trumps) Rede, der ganze Text steht (leider) hinter der Bezahlschranke, wir zitieren hier einige zentrale Passagen:
In the declarations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his friend U.S. President Donald Trump, the word „freedom“ has been used repeatedly since the start of the attack against Iran. In an (emotional) address to the Iranian people, Netanyahu promised „a historic war for freedom.“ Netanyahu knows that the „The Iranian people deserve a better future.“ In other words, he is encouraging the citizens of Iran to rebel in order to win their freedom.
With his considerable obtuseness, Netanyahu legitimized the next intifada and the two that preceded it. Are the rights of the women and children in the occupied territories in better shape than those of the women and children in Tehran? The Iranian security forces fire at citizens who demonstrate against a despotic government. The residents of the West Bank don’t dare to go out into the streets. They’ve learned that even a video on TikTok can lead to arrest.
A boy who throws a stone at a command car is considered a terrorist whose punishment is death. And as is customary in benighted regimes, our secret service terrifies civilians, encourages informers and nurtures collaborators. That’s the only way to rule over a foreign nation for six decades. […]
An Israeli who calls on the residents of the territories to demonstrate against the occupation will end the day at the police station. Foreign peace activists who want to help Palestinian shepherds are expelled from the country. Israeli human rights organizations are subject to incitement and hostile legislation. Any request by Palestinians for help from international organizations is considered „political terrorism“ here, and is accompanied by economic sanctions.
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Yet for almost 60 years Israeli governments have been making a mockery of international law when it comes to settlement across the Green Line and responsibility for the welfare of the population under occupation. Israel defies United National decisions that support the establishment of a Palestinian state, and we’re paying a miniscule price.
Even worse. The government and the security forces operating in the territories are scorning Israeli law. They’re violating the rulings handed down by the High Court of Justice. For example, that the military commander is obligated to invoke his authority while finding a balance between security needs and the welfare of the local population. In another ruling, the High Court judges decided that the laws of belligerent occupation, which apply in the territories, require seeing to the needs of the local population.
At the end of the week, it was reported that 11 Palestinians were wounded in 20 Jewish terrorism incidents. Settlers threw stones at Palestinians, sprayed graffiti, shot fireworks in Palestinian villages and blocked roads.
These reports, which have become as routine as the sirens in Kiryat Shmona, bore Netanyahu. He’s busy fulfilling God’s mission of saving the world from the Iranian bomb. Human dignity and freedom in Iran, and here too, aren’t and never were his main interest. And suddenly he’s calling for a popular uprising against a despotic government. I wonder how it sounds in Palestinian Arabic.
Ein Beitrag von Sanad Sahelia, „a freelance journalist with ACI MENA covering Christian communities and their affairs in Palestine and the Holy Land. He has been working for different media outlets for over 26 years.“
Webinar 31. März 2026 20.00 Uhr Jerusalem Time (19.00 MEZ) – Register here
In days meant to symbolize joy, celebration, and renewal, people across the region find themselves living through profound turmoil and deep uncertainty.
The war is expanding, instability is growing, and the stable future we all long for feels more distant than ever.
Yet even within this reality, we remain together—not because we have simple answers, but because it is clear to us that the fate of Palestinians, Israelis, and the entire region is intertwined. None of us is going anywhere.
The question is not whether we will live here together—but how we will live here together?
This is the question we seek to explore with international experts and key partners in the work of A Land For All.
Join an honest and important conversation where we will ask:
How can we understand the war from Palestinian, Israeli, regional, and international perspectives?
What changes lie ahead for the Middle East, and how will they impact Israelis and Palestinians?
How can we begin, even now, to shift from a paradigm of domination to partnership and build a truly just and thriving future?
With the participation of:
Prof. Omar Dajani — international jurist, expert in regional politics, and former advisor to Palestinian negotiation teams, and a member A Land for All, born into a family of Palestinian refugees from Jaffa-Yaffa.
Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin — expert on public opinion in Israel, political commentator, and member of the A Land for All.
Dr. Rula Hardal — Palestinian co-CEO of the A Land for All and expert in Palestinian nationalism
Moderated by – May Pundak, Israeli co-CEO of A Land for All
*The conversation will be held in English, with simultaneous translation into Arabic and Hebrew.
