Kategorie: Naher Osten

Historischer Beschluß der Synode der Church of England

13. Juli 2026: Anglikanische Kirche „votes to ‘hear’ document that speaks of ‘genocidal war on Gaza’

Bericht Church Times

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.’

Wohin steuert die EU?

Zur Tagung der EU-Außenminister am 13, Juli – Eine Betrachtung von Muriel Asseburg & Martin Konečný auf der Seite IPG-Journal

Auch eine US-amerikanische Sicht

Heute einmal eine andere Art von Beitrag:

Rahm Emanuel, ehemaliger Stabschef des Weißen Hauses unter Barack Obama und von 2011-209 Bürgermeister von Chicago – Ausschnitte aus einer bemerkenswerten Rede des US-Demokraten in Tel Aviv.

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Quelle: The War Journal (Facebook)


Ergänzung vom 13. Juli 2026: Lesenswerter Beitrag von Benyamin Moalem auf der Blog-Seite der Times of Israel:

The Democrats’ post-Netanyahu illusion

The expectation that Israel will fundamentally change under a different prime minister misunderstands where Israelis stand today

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Deutsch-Israelische Militärkooperation im Zeichen der Zeitenwende

Ein Text von Melchior Grabowski für die Tübinger Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) e.V. (PDF zum Download)

Zum Schicksal von Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya

Ein Beitrag von James Smith auf der Seite von Middle Eats Eye

„Dr Abu Safiya must be immediately released. So too should all Palestinian detainees, including the 82 other healthcare workers still in Israeli prisons“

Link zum Artikel

Israels Wirtschaft boomt

«Run auf israelische Waffensysteme ist extrem gross»


Ein Beitrag über die „realitätserprobten“ israelischen Waffen von Richard C. Schneider auf der Seite des SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen – und macht auch noch einmal deutlich, wie unwichtig der Tourismus für Israel wirtschaftlich gesehen ist.

Restoring Access to Safe Water

Caritas Jerusalem: For Displaced Families in Gaza

June 30, 2026

Crisis Appeal for Health, Emergency Support, and Survival Essentials in Gaza

As part of its Emergency Appeal: Crisis Appeal for Health, Emergency Support, and Survival Essentials in Gaza, Caritas Jerusalem continues to respond to one of the most urgent humanitarian needs facing displaced communities: access to safe drinking water.

Across Gaza, the ongoing crisis has severely damaged water infrastructure, leaving countless families without reliable access to clean water. Today, 91% of households experience water insecurity, while many people survive on less than six liters of water per person per day—far below the minimum amount required to meet basic daily needs. The lack of safe water, combined with overcrowded living conditions, damaged sanitation systems, and limited healthcare services, has significantly increased the risk of disease and has further worsened an already devastating humanitarian situation.

To help address this critical need, Caritas Jerusalem has launched a water trucking intervention, delivering potable drinking water directly to shelters, displacement camps, and communities where access to safe water has been cut off. The intervention is implemented in close coordination with local authorities and community representatives to ensure that the most vulnerable families are reached safely and equitably.

One of the communities currently benefiting from this intervention is the Al-Abraj area, where residents have endured prolonged shortages of clean drinking water.

„We have been suffering from a shortage of clean water in this area,“ says Yehia Abdo, Regional Director for Al-Abraj. „Caritas Jerusalem has now provided us with clean water, and we are grateful for your kind efforts. This is the best-quality water we have received in a long time. We truly appreciate your support.“

He explains that the community’s access to water became increasingly difficult after routes were cut off, forcing residents to travel long distances in search of safe drinking water. „This camp has an urgent need for water due to the long distances people must travel after access routes were cut off. We issued an emergency appeal, and Caritas Jerusalem responded. The water quality is excellent. Thank you, Caritas Jerusalem.“

For families living through prolonged displacement, access to clean water is more than a basic necessity—it is essential for survival, health, and dignity.

Beyond water trucking, the intervention also includes the distribution of emergency WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) kits containing essential hygiene and dignity items, helping families maintain basic hygiene standards despite the challenging conditions. Together, these interventions aim to reduce the spread of waterborne diseases, protect public health, and preserve the dignity of vulnerable households.

Through its Emergency Appeal, Caritas Jerusalem remains committed to standing alongside the people of Gaza, delivering life-saving assistance where it is needed most and ensuring that families continue to have access to one of life’s most fundamental necessities: safe, clean drinking water.

Tribal Women and Empire-Building

Female Bedouin Leadership and the Ottoman expansion in the Arab Countryside, 1840-1914

Vortrag von Talha Çiçek // Die Veranstaltung findet im hybriden Format am ZMO statt. 
Link zur Teilnahme: https://zfl-berlin-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/E9iYf5ytShuA7zWWD64bIg

The tribal societies of the Ottoman Middle East underwent significant transformations from the latter half of the nineteenth century onwards, shaped by a complex interplay of the global trends, Ottoman centralization, and the resulting urban-rural intertwinements. While the available scholarship has addressed these developments, it is difficult to claim that they provide adequate contextualization of the female tribal agency. This talk will argue that the women of the Arab tribes played remarkable roles in the adaptation of their communities to Ottoman modernization, using the example of three sheikhas (wives, sisters and mothers of tribal chiefs). They contributed to evolving imperial policies in a negotiating direction. It will focus on how these  sheikhas emerged in the political, social, and judicial spheres of the urban and rural Middle East to defend their community’s interests. In addition, this talk will discuss how the tribal female leadership contributed to the development of the new political and social tools indicating how they actively participated in the tribal resistance against the Ottoman expansionism in early decades of the Tanzimat reformism and the processes of negotiations that followed and resulted with the integration of the tribal groups in the new system of the governance.

Talha Çiçek is an associate professor at the School of History, University College Dublin. Formerly, he was the British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at SOAS, England, and Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. He is the author of the two books, War and State Formation in Syria: Cemal Pasha’s Governorate during World War I (Routledge, 2014) and Negotiating Empire in the Middle East: Ottomans and Arab Nomads in the Modern Era, 1840-1914 (Cambridge UP, 2021). Currently, he is working on the history of the Arabian horse in a global context and leading an ERC Consolidator Grant entitled „Global Capitalism and Rurality: Agency, Commodification and Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Middle Eastern Countryside, 1870-1945“.

Mit welchem liberalen Kern?

Ein Beitrag von Fanny Oz-Salzberger auf Qantara.de (Zuerst: Ein neues Israel, Internationale Politik, Mai 2026)

Ein Zitat daraus:

„Ein neuer Naher Osten mag in der Entstehung begriffen sein.
Die dringlichere Frage ist aber, ob damit auch ein neues Israel entsteht – und ob dieses Israel auf lange Sicht demokratisch bleiben wird.
Sollte das nicht geschehen, dann wird es von keinem
militärischen Sieg aufgewogen werden können.“

Qantara

„Wie aus Journalismus Propaganda wurde“

Essay von Fabian Goldmann auf dem Portal Jacobin

Zur Quelle die Selbstauskunft: „Jacobin ist eine führende Publikation der sozialistischen Linken. Wir bringen Euch scharfe und lesbare Analysen zu Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur. 2011 in New York geboren, erscheint Jacobin auf Englisch, Spanisch, Italienisch, Portugiesisch, Griechisch und Niederländisch – und seit 2020 auch auf Deutsch.“