Leon Weintraub nahm 1946 sein Medizinstudium in Göttingen auf. Zuvor hatte er mehrere Konzentrationslager überlebt. Seitdem setzt sich der Auschwitz-Überlebende für die Menschlichkeit ein. Im März 2026 erhielt er die Ehrendoktorwürde und den Friedenspreis.
NDR-Beitrag – ARD-Mediathek – ARD-Mediathek II
A podcast episode punctuated with sirens and explosions on +972 with Meron Rapoport
Meron lives in Tel Aviv and, like most Israelis, has spent much of the past two weeks running to shelters. Yet this is just about the only thing he shares with the majority of his compatriots — not least because he is among the mere 4 percent of Israeli Jews who oppose this war that is setting the entire region ablaze.
But things don’t always go according to plan. When the dust settles, Meron says — reminding me that he’s often labeled an optimist — Israelis will realize, sooner or later, that they cannot escape the Palestinian question, and that a regime of apartheid and occupation will never have peace and quiet.
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„Even as the world anxiously awaits peace in Gaza, a powerful artistic response to the relentless suffering is echoing across social media. Palestinian composer and writer Nahed Elrayes’s remix of Gaza-based music teacher Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha’s haunting ‘Drone Song,’ released on October 2, has struck a deep chord much like the original. His remix intensifies the portrayal of the drone sounds that have become a grim part of daily life for children in Gaza. In a region scarred by violence, this song is more than a sonic experience — it’s a testament to how art can stand witness, evoke empathy and help heal.“
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Und die „Weitergabe“ bei Studieendenkonzert an der Humboldt Universität Berlin (8. Febr. 2026) …
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Nachtrag 8. März 2026: Text zum Lied (mit Übersetzung)
Below is message of CfP that they shared on the social media to with their International allies
The Palestinian and Israeli members of Combatants for Peace are united in our profound alarm at the current military escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran.
As a joint movement committed to nonviolence and to ending the occupation through political means, we firmly reject the belief that expanded military force will bring safety or stability to our region.But why do we feel like this?
A few days ago in the West Bank, two Palestinian brothers were shot and killed by settlers in the village of Qaryut, part of a documented rise in settler violence and displacement that human rights organizations and UN monitors have repeatedly warned the world about. Such attacks are not isolated eruptions of chaos; they unfold within a system of occupation that fragments Palestinian life, weakens accountability, and entrenches a reality of unequal rights that corrodes any genuine prospect for peace.
In Israel, civilians have been killed and injured by Iranian missile strikes on residential areas, a stark reminder that when confrontation escalates between states, it is ordinary people who absorb the consequences. International humanitarian law is unequivocal: civilians must never be targeted, and indiscriminate attacks on populated areas are unlawful. As governments invoke deterrence and security to justify their actions, Israeli and Iranian families mourn loved ones as the confrontation spreads. Official statements speak in strategic terms; on the ground, it is grief that endures.
We refuse the hierarchy of grief that measures one life against another, and we reject the logic that treats civilian deaths as currency in a wider struggle. What binds these realities together is not only escalation between states, but the political structures that normalize and perpetuate harm – occupation, annexation, collective punishment, and regional brinkmanship that treats civilian lives as leverage rather than as equal human beings entitled to protection and dignity.
Moral clarity at this moment requires holding these truths together: opposing attacks on civilians everywhere while confronting the underlying reality of occupation, oppression and entrenched injustice that makes repeated escalation inevitable. Expanding war will not resolve either; it will only prologue the suffering.
If we are serious about protecting civilian life, we must be serious about ending the systems that endanger it.
In hope,
gazalittlelights
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 Little Lights provides long term support to between 60 – 90 malnourished infants monthly in North and
South Gaza.
https://chuffed.org/project/114252 – Instagram:gazalittlelights
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
Kalender 2026
Hoffen wir, daß es nicht nur ein Pfeifen im Wald ist, die politischen Mehrheiten gibt es jedenfalls (noch?) nicht …
The Palestinian economy is in collapse. Hamas is regaining control over the limited existing resources and assets in the Gaza Strip, after the war destroyed Gaza’s economic system. In the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is struggling to survive amid deliberate Israeli government policy that is exploiting the former’s dependence and advancing unilateral coercive measures to cripple the Palestinian economy and the PA itself.
This policy reflects a dangerous escalation of the Israeli approach that viewed Hamas as an asset and the PA as a burden, an approach whose beginnings predated October 7, 2023. The collapse of the PA and the Palestinian economy are openly touted by Israeli ministers as elements of a strategy designed to advance annexation and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, even at the cost of a stronger Hamas and critical damage to Israeli security.
This paper, written by Yitzhak Gal, proposes a new policy and includes pragmatic recommendations for action that will mend Israeli-Palestinian economic relations while supporting progress on a phased process toward two states and stable, long-term security. The proposed strategy is based on reform and socioeconomic stabilization of the PA within regional collaborative arrangements.
The paper illustrates the strong link between Palestinian economic growth and the security relations between Israel and the Palestinians. On this foundation, the paper proposes a three-stage road map whose goal is gradual building of a strong Palestinian economy; which will function as an independent system, while maintaining close cooperation with Israel and other countries in the region. That will contribute both to Palestinian and Israeli stability and prosperity.
A necessary condition for implementation of this roadmap is a political will in Israel to change its approach toward the Palestinians and to make strides in a process directed at socioeconomic and political stabilization. Therefore, the plan can only be implemented under an Israeli government that is willing to adopt a policy that is entirely different from the current government’s policy.
Nevertheless, even under the current government, there are several critical steps that can be performed almost immediately. These steps are proposed in the first stage of the road map, concurrently with Stage 2 of President Trumps’ 20- point peace plan. These steps will be part of US-led measures to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2803 with respect to Gaza.
The concrete measures proposed for the first stage are: Resolution of the PA’s protracted fiscal crisis in order to allow full and timely wage payments and orderly delivery of public services; gradual re-entry of Palestinian workers into Israel for employment while implementing agreed changes to improve security arrangements; suspension of measures that impair the Palestinian banking system and application of new arrangements that will stabilize this critical system; as well as measures that would leverage the rebuilding of Gaza to jump-start the Palestinian economy, with emphasis on trade and logistics. The execution of these steps will be contingent on a comprehensive, effective reform of the PA, cessation of payments to prisoners and “martyrs” (shaheeds), and tight security coordination that ensures demilitarization in Gaza and the marginalization of Hamas.
In the second stage, additional set of measures that can be promoted under the umbrella of the Oslo Accords and the Paris Protocol. These measures will include: convening of the joint Israeli-Palestinian economic committee and the additional joint subcommittees defined in the Paris Protocol and accompanying agreements, for development of agreed future plans; phased promotion of economic links between Gaza and the West Bank, contingent on accepted security arrangements; establishment of special-economic-status industrial zones and free trade areas; signing of preferential trade arrangements with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the EU, and the US; promotion of Palestinian and Israeli integration into regional economic projects, primarily the reconstruction of Gaza and the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).
The third stage will focus on a new Israeli-Palestinian economic agreement, under US-international-regional aegis. The new economic agreement will be negotiated as part of an agreed path to the future establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, and as an integral element of a regional settlement. This economic agreement will replace the Paris Protocol and its accompanying set of agreements as well as the multiple unliteral arrangements that have evolved over the past 30 years. This stage, which is proposed to take place over a longer term (3–4 years), will include issues such as a permanent trade regime, the currency of the PA, and other significant changes in the structure of the Palestinian economy.
Implementation of the proposed plan will drive the Palestinian economy forward, strengthen the moderate actors in the Palestinian arena, and support the socioeconomic stability that is a necessary condition for a stable settlement and long-term security.
The proposed plan also offers a set of additional significant benefits for Israel: The plan will lead to a strong and stable PA that maintains effective rule in the West Bank, that constitutes an effective alternative to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is committed to peace with Israel, and is a partner in effective anti-terror measures. Implementation of the plan will dilute the power of Hamas and other extremist groups in Gaza and the West Bank.
The gradual nature of the process, which is directed toward a clear political horizon and its progress based on the achievement of clear milestones, will build confidence and trust and create a system with long-lasting stability.
Israel’s integration as an important actor in comprehensive regional initiatives, such as IMEC, is expected to be an important growth engine for Israel’s economy for decades to come.
#6 Deutsche Erinnerungskultur – Ein Podcast von dis:orient mit Charlotte Wiedemann
In der sechsten Podcast Folge ist die Journalistin und Schriftstellerin Charlotte Wiedemann zu Gast und spricht über Deutschlands Erinnerungskultur und die ungleichmäßig verteilte Empathiefähigkeit hierzulande. Was hat das mit der derzeitigen Politik der Bundesrepublik bezüglich Palästina/Israel zu tun und was mit der (fehlenden) Aufarbeitung deutscher Kolonialverbrechen? …
Open Letter for German Action Against Human Rights Violations in the West Bank & More Updates
In the last days, we’ve been collecting signatures for an open letter against the atrocities in the West Bank. Here is a part of it:
“Since the announcement of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza in October 2025, international attention has largely shifted away from the region. However, the Israeli government has continued to severely violate the ceasefire and its human rights obligations, in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank. We call upon Germany, one of Israel’s closest allies, to fulfill its own obligations under international law and its commitment to human rights by acting decisively against these ongoing atrocities.
The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating rapidly. In recent months, there has been a surge in settler violence against Palestinians, particularly targeting herding communities in Area C. These attacks – which include the daily harassment of farmers, targeting of humanitarian activists – Israelis and internationals – and organized raids on Palestinian villages – often occur with the tacit agreement or active assistance of the Israeli military. According to the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem, more than 44 communities have been displaced since October 2023.
Germany holds a unique position of influence in the West Bank as a primary financial supporter of both the Palestinian Authority and local civil society. While the U.S. has turned a blind eye to the escalation of extremist violence and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, the many military raids on cities and villages in the region must not enjoy tacit international approval. We urge Germany to shift its policy and pressure Israel to cease the annexation and human rights violations.“
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