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Der Beschluss der einseitigen UN-Sicherheitsratsresolution 2334 und die Rede John Kerrys über den israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt und haben genau zu dem geführt, wovor Kritiker gewarnt haben: einem Anstieg palästinensischer Gewalt gegen Israel. Ein Must-Read von Evelyn Gordon über eine palästinensische Führung, von der plötzlich jeglicher Druck abgefallen ist, weil die sogenannte internationale Gemeinschaft sich unter dem Stichwort „Friedensprozess“ wieder einmal gegen…

„On the occasion of yesterday’s peace conference with representatives from 72 countries in Paris, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stated that if the US moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem it might lead the Palestinians to ‚cancel‘ their ‚recognition of Israel:‘ ‚President Abbas said that he wrote to Trump and warned him of the consequences of the transfer of…

[caption id="attachment_16578" align="alignright" width="300"] Abu Marzouk[/caption] „Das Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (EDA) ist im Nahen Osten, wieder einmal, auf Friedenssuche. Während zwei Tagen waren Vertreter der radikal-islamischen Hamas und der Fatah in der Schweiz, um an einem Workshop Möglichkeiten einer nationalen Einheitsregierung zu diskutieren. Das EDA ermöglichte das innerpalästinensische Meeting, ohne sich allerdings an den Diskussionen zu beteiligen. Ziel…

„Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) has risen to international stature as a result of the volunteer medical assistance it provides to people in underdeveloped countries and in crisis areas around the world. However, over the last few years, the group has branched out to include political advocacy targeting Israel as a component of its international activity. The…

„Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement Sunday to renew cooperation in water development after a six-year hiatus. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) office, and the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh signed an agreement to restart the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee. The committee is tasked with developing…

„Dramatically breaking ranks with participants from 70 other countries, the United Kingdom criticized Sunday’s Middle East peace conference in Paris, arguing that it might harden Palestinian negotiating positions and refusing to sign a joint statement issued after the summit that called for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A Foreign Office spokesman said London had ‚particular reservations‘ about…

Von Michael Wyss Diese Artikelreihe beruht auf einem überarbeiteten Referat, welches der Autor im Oktober 2016 auf Veranstaltungen an der Universität Innsbruck sowie des Jungen Forums DIG Frankfurt an der Goethe Universität in Frankfurt a. M. präsentierte. Der dritte Teil beschreibt die Entstehungsgeschichte der Hamas und analysiert ihre Israelfeindschaft und Antisemitismus. Der erste Teil erschien am 27. Dezember 2016, der…

„Ruhe liegt über dem Kibbuz Or-Haner im Süden Israels. Die nahöstliche Sonne wärmt noch an diesem späten Novembertag. Vögel zwitschern. Der Wind hat die Autos in einen Schleier aus Sand gekleidet. Äußerlich deutet nichts darauf hin, dass die Menschen hier mit einer unberechenbaren und tödlichen Gefahr leben. Der Gazastreifen liegt keine drei Kilometer entfernt. Auf der anderen Seite der Grenze…

Von Khaled Abu Toameh Während der Feierlichkeiten zum 52. Jahrestag der Gründung der Fatah in Ramallah erklärte der Präsident der Palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde (PA) Mahmud Abbas, 2017 werde das „Jahr der internationalen Anerkennung des Staates Palästina“ werden. Abbas, der die jüngste Anti-Siedlungs-Resolution 2334 des UN-Sicherheitsrats begrüßte, sagte, er sei zur Zusammenarbeit mit der neuen Regierung Donald Trumps bereit, „um Frieden in der…

„The nearly two million residents of Gaza have been suffering through a cold winter of crippling power cuts, receiving electricity for only three or four hours a day. The popular anger over the cuts erupted on Thursday in a large protest. In a rare display of defiance against the Hamas authorities who control the Palestinian territory, about 10,000 people took…

„The Americans implied that their Israeli colleagues should ‚be careful‘ as of January 20, Trump’s inauguration date, when transferring intelligence information to the White House and to the National Security Council (NSC), which is subject to the president. According to the Israelis who were present in the meeting, the Americans recommended that until it is made clear that Trump is…

„Israel’s second-largest Arab city asked the Culture Ministry to ban the screening of a new film about a conservative Muslim woman who gets swept up in the liberal lifestyle of Arabs in Tel Aviv. On Sunday, the cultural arm of Umm al-Fahm’s city hall wrote a letter to the Culture Ministry, asking that the movie ‚In Between‘ – which premiered…

„Would a Palestinian state serve the cause of Mideast peace? This used to be conventional wisdom, on the theory that a Palestinian state would lead to peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, easing the military burdens on the former and encouraging the latter to address their internal discontents. Today the proposition is ridiculous. No deal between Jerusalem and Ramallah…

„A saying attributed to Golda Meir comes to mind: ‚Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.‘ We agree. If al-Qanbar had cared for himself, his children and his family – not to mention the soldiers he rammed into – he never would have carried out his attack on Sunday. While we still…

„However, [Rafsanjanis] death and the hagiography accompanying it does provide a ‚teachable moment.‘ Why is it that U.S. officials and analysts feel the need to find significance to factionalism among adversaries? In the Iranian context, this errs because it assumes that the spectrum from reform to hardline among Islamic Republic politicians is the end-all and be-all of political debate and…