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1 week ago | 
qantara.de | Daniel Bax |Elias Feroz |Elisa Rheinheimer
Germany's new government · 06.05.2025 Under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Germany is expected to double down on its support for Israel, even if it means sidelining international law. Domestically, repression of Israel's critics is set to intensify. https://qantara.de/en/node/44374 Print Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, made his stance clear very soon after his election victory in February.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Daniel Bax |Hanno Hauenstein |Elisa Rheinheimer
ICC arrest warrants · 19.12.2024 Arrest warrants issued against Israeli leaders are putting international law to the test. Do Western states only support UN courts when it serves their interests? Can the "principle of universal jurisdiction" save international criminal justice?
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |Rashid I. Khalidi |Lina Khatib |Michelle Pace
Europe and Gaza · 12.09.2024 Human rights are enshrined in the EU’s DNA, but in Gaza, the EU is complicit in blatant violations. Can the Union return to its moral principles and stop Israel and its own member states from trampling on international law?
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |H. Hellyer |Stefan Buchen |Yossi Mekelberg
Impending arrest warrant for Netanyahu · 11.09.2024 The International Criminal Court could soon issue arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defence Minister Gallant and two Hamas leaders. As several states attempt to influence the verdict, Germany is torn between solidarity with Israel and commitment to international law. https://qantara.de/en/node/44152 Print A thriller is unfolding at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
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May 7, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Birgit Svensson |Elisa Rheinheimer |Johannes Sadek
Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put "pressure" on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at sealing a truce proposal endorsed by the militants. After having vowed for weeks to push into the southern border town, Israel called on Monday for Palestinians in eastern Rafah to leave for an "expanded humanitarian area" ahead of a ground incursion.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |Johannes Sadek |Karim Gawhary
A Palestinian businessman displaced by the war in Gaza is bringing a taste of home for fellow refugees with a shawarma restaurant he has opened in Cairo. "The Restaurant of Rimal Neighbourhood" offers shawarma, a Middle Eastern dish of thinly-sliced meat, and other Palestinian and Arab dishes. "The name comes to eternalise Rimal, my neighbourhood, and to eternalise my homeland too," said Basem Abu Al-Awn. "It is also to replace the restaurant I once had in Gaza.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |Birgit Svensson
An expected Israeli assault on Rafah has aid groups scrambling for ways to help the 1.5 million civilians sheltering in the south Gaza city. The uncertain timeline is posing a logistical nightmare. "We always are prepared with plans to upscale or downscale, but we don't know what to expect," said Bushra Khalidi, head of advocacy at Oxfam.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |Mohammed Magdy |Tania Krämer
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime". In a telephone call between the two leaders, Macron also "strongly condemned" Israel's announcement Friday of the seizure of 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank for new settlements, said his office.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Bernd Riegert |Elisa Rheinheimer |Hannah El-Hitami |Martin Konecny
UNRWA and humanitarian aid · 04.03.2024 The EU Commission intends to transfer 82 million euros to the UN Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Elisa Rheinheimer |Mohamed ElBaradei |Hannah El-Hitami |Johannes Sadek
Deadly fighting raged on in Gaza on Monday after Israel warned that, unless Hamas frees all hostages, it will push on with its offensive during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including in the far-southern Rafah area. Global concern has mounted over the fate of 1.4 million Palestinians whom fighting has forced into Rafah near the Egyptian border, where they endure bombardment and dire food shortages in crowded makeshift shelters and tents.
