On Mike Huckabee

A reflection of Rifat Kassis (Kairos Palestine) on the US Ambassador to Israel

Additional Background information about the statesment of the Head of Churches

Kalender 2026 – Januar

israel & palästina – Zeitschrift für Dialog | Ausgabe 4-2025

We Feed Gaza is a Catholic grassroots movement distributing food, water, medicine, and life essentials in the Gaza Strip. They have prepared, served, and cooked for over 17,000 families since April, 2024.
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Es war das elfte Mal, daß im Rahmen von israel & palästina | Zeitschrift für Dialog ein Photobegleiter in Kalenderform für das kommende Jahr erschienen ist:

Kalender 2026


Protest under Pressure

We are very thrilled to announce the screening of “Protest under Pressure”. After a year of dedicated work by student filmmakers, involving interviews, protest coverage, rigorous research, and editing, the film will be screened on January 17th at 6pm at Spore Initiative Berlin.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on academic complicity featuring Uli Beisel – Freie Universität Berlin), Hisham Abushamsieh (European Legal Support Center), and Cecilia Fiacco Zeiher (BDS Freie Universität Berlin), moderated by PJA members Michael Barenboim & Dana Abdel Fatah
Entrance is free.https://spore-initiative.org/de/programm-in-berlin/besuchen-und-mitmachen/protest-under-pressure

Die Stimme von Hind Rajab

Eine Filmkritik von Mia Pflüger auf https://www.kino-zeit.de

Ergänzung 22. Januar 2026 – Filmnstart

Perlentaucher faßt in Efeu Die Kulturrundschau (in gewohnter Manier) einige Reaktion auf den Film zusammen.

Why Israelis are leaving in record numbers

Auf der Plattform +972 analysiert Hila Amit warum über „Over 150,000 citizens have left the country in the past two years alone — many of them with a one-way ticket and no plans of returning“

Moshe Zimmermann im Gespräch

Moshe Zimmermann im FR-Gespräch mit Michael Hesse über „die Relativierung des Holocaust durch die Diskussionen um einen Genozid durch Israel und das Verständnis dessen, was Antisemitismus ist“

Nullpunkt

Nullpunkt, Episode #8

In this episode of Nullpunkt, Hanno Hauenstein speaks with Mouin Rabbani, an incisive Palestinian analysts of Israel-Palestine. We examine the so-called ceasefire in Gaza – and why the killing has continued. Rabbani dissects Germany’s role and Friedrich Merz’s claim that Israel is “doing the dirty work” for Germany.The conversation moves from the repression of debate in Germany to the collapse of the two-state framework in Israel-Palestine. Rabbani explains why he, himself once a proponent of the two-state-solution, now no longer believes in it. Video & Editing: Tom WillsLogo: Laura Selma KoeranYou can find Rabbani’s writing & analysis here:– https://mouinrabbani.substack.com– https://www.jadaliyya.com

Timestamps0:00 – Intro1:45 – Has Israel’s Global Image Changed?4:00 – Silencing Debate on Israel–Palestine5:15 – “Israel Is Doing the Dirty Work”10:00 – How Germany Looks from the Outside13:30 – The Palestinian National Movement: Where To Now?19:30 – Ceasefire: Temporary Pause / Turning Point?25:00 – Gaza’s “Westbank-ification”28:00 – Fragile Western Consensus on Israel32:20 – Two States vs. One State39:30 – Who Can Pressure Israel?42:45 – The Israeli Opposition48:00 – Media Failure & Distortions

Wer untersucht (was)?

Im ORF heißt es dazu: „Mehr als zwei Jahre nach dem beispiellosen Massaker der Terrororganisation Hamas und anderer Extremistengruppen in Israel verweigert Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu weiterhin eine unabhängige Untersuchung der Vorfälle. Statt der Einrichtung einer staatlichen Untersuchungskommission befürwortet der 76-Jährige die Ernennung einer Regierungskommission.“

Times of Israel: „Lawmakers advance bill for politically appointed Oct. 7 probe in place of state inquiry“

Haaretz: Netanyahu Ministers Approve Government-controlled Oct. 7 Probe, Push Judicial Overhaul Bills – A committee of Israeli ministers has approved on Monday to advance a bill establishing an investigation into Hamas‘ October 7 attack, a Likud-sponsored proposal that would give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government influence over the inquiry’s composition and mandate.

For Gaza’s Chrildren …

Yesterday, I was moved to my core as we gathered in shared witness: listening, reflecting, and holding what it means to respond to immense human need with compassion and responsibility.

We heard from Dr. David Hasan, a Palestinian-American neurosurgeon, Duke University professor, and the founder of the Gaza Children Village (GCV). Drawing on his frontline medical missions in Gaza, Dr. Hasan spoke about the collapse of critical systems and his decision to envision something more: a community-led model of care that protects children not only in moments of crisis, but also over the long term.

He also spoke of the urgent effort underway to convert an existing facility into what will become Gaza’s only tertiary children’s hospital, a lifeline for newborns, children with injuries, and families who have nowhere to turn.

Watch and share the recording of the talk: https://www.afcfp.org/past-events-data/for-gazas-children-repairing-lives-on-the-ground-with-dr-hasan

GCV has become a refuge for orphaned and highly vulnerable children across the Gaza Strip. Today, they serve more than 8,500 children, providing safe, structured daily environments where children can learn, heal, and grow, supported by education, nutrition, medical care, and psychosocial support.

As we close 2025, we invite you to join the work of repair in Gaza by supporting GCV directly. You can learn more about their mission and support their work here: 👉 https://www.thegazachildrenvillage.org/

Thank you for being a part of the collective movement of healing, humanity, and hope. Together, we can help build a future worthy of Gaza’s precious children.

Repair – Help

Internationaler Strafgerichtshof: Israelischer Einspruch zurückgewiesen

Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) hat einen israelischen Antrag auf Einstellung seiner Ermittlungen zum Gaza-Krieg abgelehnt und die Gültigkeit der Haftbefehle gegen Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu und den ehemaligen Verteidigungsminister Yoav Gallant bestätigt.

Die Ermittlungen erstrecken sich auch auf die Ereignisse nach dem Hamas-Angriff vom 7. Oktober 2023. Israel lehnt jedoch die Zuständigkeit des IStGH ab und bestreitet, Kriegsverbrechen begangen zu haben, und behauptet, daß seine Kampagne im Gazastreifen darauf abziele, die Hamas auszuschalten.

Der IStGH hatte ursprünglich auch gegen den Hamas-Führer einen Haftbefehl erlassen, der jedoch nach Berichten über seinen Tod aufgehoben wurde. Die aktuelle Entscheidung betrifft nur einen von mehreren israelischen Einsprüchen. Wann der IStGH über die weiteren entscheidet, ist noch unklar.

Haaretz | Juristnews | ICC (Text der Entscheidung)