Wer hätte vor Jahren für möglich gehalten, daß auch bis weit in die Mitte der israelischen Gesellschaft hinein, Sorgen entstanden sind, ob es einen fairen und freien Wahlablauf geben wird…
Eines von vielen aktuellen Beispielen aus der Debatte (Blog Times of Israel) von Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu, Co-CEO The Abraham Initiatives
Statement to the International Community – It Is Time for an International Protection
Force in the West Bank — From: A Land for All: Two States, One Homeland
For the safety, security, and dignity of every human being between the river and the sea
A Land for All calls on the international community to act immediately, concretely, and without further delay to protect Palestinian communities in the West Bank from settler violence.
Protecting civilians is not an act of goodwill – it is a legal obligation under international law. History will not ask what the nations of the world said in these days; it will ask what they did.
Read the full statement:
https://lnkd.in/dhv6RS8N
Die Massada Annual Lecture at Worcester College von Fania Oz-Salzberger in Oxford 2026
Fania Oz-Salzberger argues against the false dichotomy between pro‑Israel and pro‑Palestine. She argues that ‘the idea that Israel and Palestine form a zero‑sum conflict—that one people’s gain must be the other’s destruction—is both intellectually flawed and politically dangerous. It traps us in a logic where only total victory or total defeat seem imaginable.’
This was originally given as a speech at the Massada Annual Lecture at Worcester College, University of Oxford in early summer 2026, organised by Dr Naomi Rokotnitz.
Ein Beitrag von Dastan Jasim auf dem Blog emanzipation & frieden
Antikurdische Gewalt durch Regime, Ideologien und politische Bewegungen in arabischen Ländern ist für Dastan Jasim Ausdruck eines geteilten rassifizierenden Verständnisses der kurdischen Präsenz als unvereinbar mit politischer Ordnung. Zugrunde liegt ihr eine pseudoantiimperialistische Lesart der Geschichte des Nahen Ostens, in der Araber:innen als das einzig wahre indigene politische Subjekt gelten. Westliche Länder haben diese Lesart übernommen.
Die außerordentlich bemerkenswerte Rede Navid Kermani zum Feierlichen Gelöbnis der Bundeswehr am 20. Juli 2026 im Bendlerblock in Berlin –
[online gestellt gerade einmal 100 km östlich von „Rastenburg“ …]
Indigenous Reconstruction and Resistance
Nour Joudah und Dena Qaddumi auf der Seite von Al-Shabaka
After Hamas’s recent announcement that it will hand over governing authority in Gaza to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), urgent questions about who will shape Gaza’s future and on whose terms have reemerged. These questions are particularly salient given that the NCAG’s framework reflects the same technocratic and externally imposed logic that has come to characterize the dominant international proposal for Gaza’s reconstruction: one that treats it as a technical exercise in disaster management, sidelining Palestinian sovereignty, return, and self-determination.
In contrast, this roundtable asks what it means to understand Gaza as an Indigenous region rather than simply a besieged strip or humanitarian space. Nour Joudah and Dena Qaddumi explore how Indigenous frameworks reshape prevailing understandings of urbanism, reconstruction, and governance; why reconstruction must begin with Palestinian agency and reclamation rather than externally designed colonial master plans; and how rebuilding is already taking place through everyday forms of Indigenous endurance, social organization, and spatial resistance under conditions of ongoing genocide.
This roundtable is adapted from a conversation recorded on May 21, 2026. It has been edited for publication.
Fritz Bauer legte am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs für ein breites Publikum dar, daßan der völkerrechtlichen Legitimität eines alliierten Strafgerichtshofs, der über die Verantwortlichen des »Dritten Reichs« zu Gericht sitzt, kein Zweifel bestehen könne. Sein Buch erschien bereits 1945 kurz nach Kriegsende auf dem deutschen Markt, nachdem es im Jahr zuvor im schwedischen Original publiziert worden war.
Es zeigt die Gedankenwelt des politischen Emigranten »vor Nürnberg«, spiegelt historisch weit ausgreifend die völkerrechtliche Diskussion wider und gibt Aufschluß über Bauers Erwartungen: Er fordert ein Straftribunal und setzt sich zudem eingehend mit den drängenden juristischen Fragen auseinander. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wurde sein Buch in juristischen Fachkreisen ignoriert, dies auch und gerade nachdem Bauer 1949 aus dem Exil zurückgekehrt war. Dennoch wurde Fritz Bauer später Generalstaatsanwalt in Hessen und Initiator des ersten Auschwitz-Prozesses, die strafrechtliche Verfolgung von NS-Verbrechen wurde zu seiner Lebensaufgabe. In seinem aufschlußreichen Nachwort ordnet Joachim Rückert Bauers Buch und dessen Bedeutung in den historischen Kontext ein.
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NIF – Voices from the West Bank:
Monday, July 20, 2026 – 12 PM ET | 11 AM CT | 9 AM PT
Virtual—Zoom link provided upon Registration
Settler violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank is exploding, but our partners on the ground are pushing back and scaling up efforts to fight creeping annexation. Join us to hear from those who are working on the ground to coordinate protective presence activism and to stand with those whose lives have been turned upside down by recent attacks. In conversation with NIF’s Director of National Programs, Hillel Assaf, activists will share what they’ve witnessed, what they’ve learned from their Palestinian partners, and how you can support this crucial work.
Offener Brief an die deutschen Gesetzgeberinnen
Israelis gegen die Kriminalisierung politischer Meinungsäußerungen zum Existenzrecht Israels
13. Juli 2026: Anglikanische Kirche „votes to ‘hear’ document that speaks of ‘genocidal war on Gaza’
Bericht Independent Catholic News
„Despite all the pressure and intense lobbying before the debate, the motion passed with an overwhelming majority in all three houses, with 25 Bishops voting in favour, none against, and five abstaining.“
The final motion read:
That this Synod respond to the call of Palestinian Christians to stand in solidarity with them and their fellow Palestinians in non-violent resistance to the ongoing occupation. We lament the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives and the violations of human dignity and rights on both sides, as well as the displacement of population. We commit to a better understanding of the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, seeking peace and security for all the peoples of those lands and pursuing that which leads to the establishment of a just and lasting peace.
In particular, we:
a) reject antisemitism, anti-Muslim hostility and all forms of prejudice based on religious affiliation and ethnicity;
b) acknowledge with repentance the Church’s historic contribution to antisemitism and to the situation now affecting the Palestinian people, reaffirm our commitment to inter-faith dialogue, including Christian-Jewish dialogue and encourage a deeper understanding of Judaism and other faiths;
c) pray for all victims of the current conflicts in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and for a lasting peace;
d) hear the Kairos Palestine Declaration (2009), the Cry for Hope (2020), the Call for Repentance (2023) and Kairos Palestine II (2025) as heartfelt expressions of the lived experience of Palestinian Christians and:
i. encourage the Church of England at all levels to engage with those documents as part of a quest for greater understanding of the situation;
ii. ask the Faith and Public Life Division to commend resources that enable Dioceses and local churches to promote a full understanding of the situation and to respond through prayer, theological study, advocacy and practical support for the work undertaken by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and other Churches in the service of the people of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory;
e) encourage the Church of England at all levels to engage with those documents as part of a quest for greater understanding of the situation, alongside continued dialogue with Jewish and Muslim voices in the pursuit of justice, equality, peace and reconciliation;
f) call on Church investors to implement and demonstrate a leading approach to responsible investment relating to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and:
i. to review their investment policies in the light of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 on the illegality of the occupation of Palestinian territory;
ii. to request the Church Commissioners and Church of England Pensions Board to report back, on a triennium basis, on the progress and success of their approaches;
iii. the bodies named above to support the EIAG to develop guidance for wider Church of England investors on how to manage human rights risks relating to occupied territories and conflict.
g) ask His Majesty’s Government to work urgently for a lasting peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, that will ensure safety and security for all parties and the upholding of the rights and inherent dignity of all people.’
