Hanno Hauenstein

Berlin, Germany

Writer, Journalist and Critic at Freelance

independent journalist | bylines @guardian @artnet @intercept etc – https://t.co/THAxv8PFHa

Articles

Adam Golfer: “Refusing to make connections is intellectual dishonesty”

2 weeks ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

What does it mean to look at loss? What do we miss? How do we even begin to visualize it? In his new self-published photo book, Kaddish, New York-based photographer Adam Golfer explores the act of seeing. Adam and I first met nearly 15 years ago in Tel Aviv. We come from vastly different backgrounds, but both of us were, in our own ways, trying to make sense of Israel-Palestine. His first photo book took that on directly, capturing daily life under occupation.
Flotilla Member Rima Hassan: Israel Is Breaking the Law, Not Us

2 weeks ago | znetwork.org | Rima Hassan |Hanno Hauenstein

Early this morning, activists aboard the Madleen announced that their aid boat had been intercepted by Israeli forces and the passengers “kidnapped.” While the British-flagged vessel, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC), seeks to draw attention to Gazans’ suffering, Israeli authorities have repeatedly sought to delegitimize the activists’ intentions and referred to the boat as a “selfie yacht” carrying “celebrities.” They now claim that the passengers will be sent back to their...
Rima Hassan from the Madleen: “We All Broke Down”

2 weeks ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

On June 1, the Madleen set sail from Europe with a clear mission: to break Israel’s blockade and deliver aid to starving civilians in Gaza. On board are 12 activists from across Europe who chose direct action as governments stand by amid the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine. Midway through their journey, the crew diverted course to rescue migrants stranded at sea.
Muhammad Shehada: Israel’s ‘Aid Plan’ for Gaza Is a Blueprint for Displacement

1 month ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

As starvation deepens in Gaza, Israel is rolling out a new aid distribution plan. Far from alleviating the suffering of millions, the plan dismantles the existing aid system, sidelines the UN and other humanitarian actors, and funnels food through military checkpoints and dubious private contractors. Just yesterday, chaos broke out at one of the distribution center, with Israeli forces reportedly opening fire on starving civilians.
Germany trumpets its reckoning with its Nazi past – except when it’s inconvenient

1 month ago | msn.com | Hanno Hauenstein

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Warum ich erst zögerte, aber inzwischen von einem Völkermord in Gaza spreche

1 month ago | freitag.de | Hanno Hauenstein

Der Begriff Genozid bleibt in Deutschland hochumstritten, aus Gründen. Auch unser Autor hat einige Zeit mit sich gerungen, ob er von Völkermord sprechen soll – und wirft den deutschen Medien nun Versagen vor Von Vielleicht haben zögerliche Liberale doch recht: Vielleicht macht es wirklich keinen so großen Unterschied, ob wir Israels Angriff auf Gaza einen Völkermord nennen. Nicht, weil es keiner wäre – im Gegenteil.
Germany Is Choosing Complicity

1 month ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

Today, on May 12, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Berlin. The occasion: 60 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel. Tomorrow, the two will travel to Israel, where Steinmeier is set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – against whom the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Germany's New Government Is Scarier Than You Think

1 month ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

Germany has a new government. Friedrich Merz was just confirmed as the country’s 10th postwar chancellor – though only narrowly. The confirmation followed an embarrassing first-round failure in the Bundestag; nearly 20 coalition MPs withheld their votes in a secret ballot. Merz – a former lobbyist and the CDU’s right-wing counterpoint to Angela Merkel’s open-border legacy – barely scraped through on the second attempt, securing 325 votes (just nine above the needed minimum).
Why Germany Won’t Call It Genocide

1 month ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

This is an edited version of an essay originally published in the German print edition of Jacobin. You can read the German piece online here. At this point, there can be little doubt: after a year and a half of the most extreme military offensive of the 21st century, evidence is mounting that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza – with German support.
Lorenz A. and Germany’s Deadly Pattern of Racist Policing

2 months ago | hannohauenstein.substack.com | Hanno Hauenstein

On Easter Sunday, 21-year-old Lorenz A. was shot and killed by police in Oldenburg. Lorenz, a young Black man, had been denied entry to a local nightclub – allegedly because of his clothing. In the confrontation that followed with the club’s security, he used pepper spray and fled the scene. According to the Oldenburg public prosecutor, Lorenz used pepper spray again during a confrontation with police officers shortly afterward. The prosecutor also claims that he threatened his pursuers with a knife.