Observatorium 84 I October 2025 | by Maja Sojref
Since the massacres of 7 October 2023 in Southern Israel, the country’s democratic civil society has been facing multiple challenges. One of these is the systematic obstruction of the work of human and civil rights organizations.
Am 26. November 25 soll es zu diesem Thema auch eine Online-Veranstaltun geben (Infos folgen ggfs.)
Gesetzesentwurf passiert erste Abstimmung in der Knesset
Bericht BR.de / Deutschlandfunk / taz
In der Knesset stimmten 39 Abgeordnete mit Ja, 16 mit Nein. Große Teile der Opposition boykottierten das Votum. Damit der Entwurf endgültig verabschiedet wird, sind Abstimmungen in zweiter und dritter Lesung nötig
Auf Youtube findet sich der Live-Stream der Konferenz vom 6. November 2025, die von der Heinrich Böll-Stiftung unterstützt wurde – wer also nicht nach Berlin kommen konnte/wollte …
Ein interessanter Artikel über die Verflechtungen israelischer Lobbyorganistionen in den USA – immer vor dem Hintergrund, daß es lange als unumstößlich galt, daß die Unterstützung Israels von beiden großen Parteien gemeinsam getragen wird.
The 30th Anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination, and the Reverberations Today
Join on November 4th for an online discussion with Itamar Rabinovich— former Israeli Ambassador to the United States and Yitzhak Rabin’s biographer—about Rabin’s life and legacy, and the impact that his tragic assassination left on the world.
Register: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z8jC8WcMQom4hh2aGAxonA#/registration
Ein Beitrag von Jo Leinen in FH/NG
Die harten Probleme auszuklammern und sie an das Ende eines / des Prozesses zu schieben, hat noch bei keiner Konfliktregelung genutzt, Israel und Palästina sind ein gutes Beispiel dafür.
Ein lesenswertes Gespräch mit zwei Vertreterinnen von Ir Amin,Yudith Oppenheimer und Amy Cohen, bei qantara.de
Photo: AphorismA (B.Doering) 2024
Analoge Konferenz in Tel Aviv 13.11.2025
We are honored to invite you to the 8th Annual Conference of the Mitvim Institute, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, to be held on November 13th, from 16:00 to 20:00, at the Rabin Center in Tel Aviv.
A few weeks after the beginning of the fragile ceasefire, and at the opening of an election year, the Mitvim Institute will bring together under one roof the leaders of change — from war to political action. The conference will gather political leaders, senior diplomats, policy planners, and leading experts from Israel and abroad to discuss the building of hope — how Israel can emerge from its current diplomatic abyss and embark on a new political path, based on strategic initiative and control over its own destiny.
Among the participants:
Former Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan, Chair of The Democrats; Former Minister of Energy MK Karin Elharar, Yesh Atid; MK Ram Ben Barak, Yesh Atid; Michael Mann, EU Ambassador to Israel; Former Ambassador and MK Colette Avital; Dr. Aziz Alghashian, Senior Research Fellow at the Mitvim Institute and at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Former Ambassador Dr. Rodica Gordon; Former Ambassador Liora Herzl; Former Ambassador Danny Carmon; Former Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff; Prof. (Emeritus) and former MK Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Eli Podeh, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of Mitvim’s Board of Directors; Dr. Carmit Valensi, Senior Researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former MK Sondos Saleh, Leadership Member of Standing Together; Eran Nissan, CEO of Mehazkim and Co-leader of the Phoenix Framework; Sharon Benjio, Director of Government Relations at EcoPeace.
Additional participants will be announced later, and the full conference lineup will be published soon.
See: mitvim.org.il
Erklärung der Combatants for Peace (CfP)
Today is the day we have been working towards.
Today is the day we have been shouting, crying, calling for in all means available to us. Today, we welcome the announcement of a ceasefire deal that allows us to let out a deep breath, but with mixed emotions. There is joy that this nightmare is seemingly coming to an end. There is cynicism that it has taken so long to reach this point. Nevertheless, today, we breathe a sigh of relief with the people of Gaza, with the hostage families, with everyone in the land who has been suffering the consequences of this war.
But we know that our work is far from over. We know the road to reconciliation is long and requires patience. The scars of this war, on bodies, on hearts, on the land itself, will not heal quickly. But we are more committed than ever.
Today, we breathe, and tomorrow we continue to act. We act against injustice, violence, and occupation. We act in support of a just and peaceful solution.
Today is a historical day and an important first step on the road towards achieving true safety, freedom, and equality for all.
– Combatants for Peace –
Viele offene Fragen, viel viel Hoffnung, auch mancher Zweifel und manche Skepsis: Eine Möglichkeit für eine andere Zukunft scheint sich aufzutun, sind aber auch beide Seiten schon soweit, nicht mehr an den eigenen Sieg zu glauben? Daniel Kurtz-Phelan im Gespräch mit Philip Gordon
