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Future Realities!

You’re invited to a powerful and timely conversation with Hamze Awawde, a Palestinian peace activist, and Rabbi Cat Zavis as they explore the past, present, and future realities of Palestine—and the possibilities for justice, reconciliation, and peace.📅 Tuesday, February 11📍 Lakeshore Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland🕖 Doors open at 6:45 PM | Talk begins at 7:00 PM (PST)🎥 Live Stream: bit.ly/3E2aKdX

About Hamze Awawde:A lifelong advocate for peace and human dignity, Hamze Awawde is committed to amplifying Palestinian voices and fostering dialogue beyond cycles of violence. His latest initiative, the Center for Palestinian Renewal (CPR), is a groundbreaking think-and-do tank dedicated to empowering Palestinian perspectives and promoting citizen diplomacy.Join us for an evening of deep discussion and hopeful vision-building. Whether in person or online, we hope you can be part of this essential conversation.




Trumps Call …

Times of Israel:
Responding to Trump, Arab nations reject transferring Gazans ‘under any circumstances’

Aljazeera:
Arab ministers reject Trump’s call to displace Palestinians from Gaza

From the Ruins of Gaza

In an interview, Pankaj Mishra discusses his forthcoming book on the Palestinians and the Shoah.

Pankaj Mishra is an Indian essayist and novelist who was born in northern India in 1969. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Allahabad University before completing his M.A. in English literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Mishra is the author of numerous books, among them From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia (Picador, 2013), Age of Anger: A History of the Present (Picador, 2017), and a book of essays, titled Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire (Verso, 2020). His most recent book, The World After Gaza: A History, will be published on February 6 by Penguin Press. Diwan interviewed Mishra in late January to discuss his forthcoming book, and more broadly the themes that it addresses.

Diwan

Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, draws on Carnegie scholars to provide insight into and analysis of the region. 

»Der ultimative Deal«

Zu den Perspektiven eines Friedens zwischen Israel und Saudi-Arabien

Guido Steinberg in einem Beitrag (SWP-Aktuell 2025/A 03) der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

A complete end to this war…

Today we hung banners with our message from Tel Aviv to Haifa to Jerusalem to make it clear that we won’t settle for less than a complete end to this war. Everyone must return home. (…)

We will not allow extremists to derail the deal. Now is the time to insist that our leaders end the war, withdraw from Gaza, and return every single hostage home. We are doubling down on our public pressure campaign, and we have a simple message: Complete ceasefire deal and nothing less.

Führt der Weg über „Abraham“?

Ein Essay über die Bedeutung, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der sog. Abraham-Accords von Khaled Elgindy (Washington D.C., ehemaliger Senior Fellow und Direktor des Programms für Palästina und palästinensisch-israelische Angelegenheiten am Middle East Institute [MEI]) auf der Seite ipg-jounal.de

Niemals wieder für niemand

Aus einem Essay von Erica Fischer in der taz

„Die Nibelungentreue der deutschen Regierung angesichts des Unrechts, das Israel an der palästinensischen Bevölkerung verübt, seit dem Waffenstillstand nun verstärkt in der Westbank, und die Selbstgerechtigkeit, mit der heute jede Kritik an Israel in Deutschland als Antisemitismus ­desavouiert wird, hätte meine Mutter zur Weißglut getrieben.“

What’s Next for Syria?

Die Veränderungen in der Region Westasien sind aktuell vielfältig und noch lange nicht am Ende. Was wird aus Syrien ist dabei eine wichtige Frage.

Hier ein Podcast der International Crisis Group.

No other Land

In der Kategorie Bester Dokumentarfilm wurde No other Land gerade für den Oscar 2025 nominiert …