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Dec 18, 2024 | 
blaetter.de | Kristin Helberg
Für die Ewigkeit war sie erschaffen, die Herrschaft der Assads. So zumindest lautete das Glaubensbekenntnis ihrer Anhänger: „Assad bis in alle Ewigkeit“. Am Ende dauerte diese Ewigkeit 54 Jahre. 1970 hatte Hafiz al-Assad, der Vater des jetzt gestürzten Präsidenten Bashar al-Assad, die Macht an sich gerissen.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Daniel Marwecki |Hans Dembowski |Kristin Helberg |Stefan Buchen
What is anti-Semitism? · 27.06.2024 A new anthology sheds light on the various forms of anti-Semitism and the academic debate surrounding it in the light of current controversial debates https://qantara.de/en/node/44085 Print Whether an academic publication succeeds in attracting readers outside the seminar room depends on the extent to which it is able to provide answers to urgent questions in society using universally understandable language.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Thomas Latschan |Marian Brehmer |Stefan Buchen |Kristin Helberg
Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann · 18.06.2024 On 10 June, the UN Security Council voted in favour of the U.S. plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann says this is progress towards peace. The coming days will reveal whether it is a "breakthrough" https://qantara.de/en/node/44070 Print Mr. Zimmermann, the UN Security Council has come out in favour of a three-phase peace plan for Gaza.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Karim El-Gawhary |Karim el-Gawhary |Andrea Backhaus |Kristin Helberg |Inge Günther
The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposalThe text – passed with 14 votes in favour and Russia abstaining – "welcomes" the truce and hostage release proposal announced on 31 May by President Joe Biden and urges "parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition".
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Karim El-Gawhary |Karim el-Gawhary |Andrea Backhaus |Kristin Helberg
Israel's dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from the Gaza Strip, in an operation that local health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, came at a sensitive time in the 8-month-old war, as Israel and Hamas weigh a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire and the release of the remaining captives.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Andrea Backhaus |Kristin Helberg |Jan Altaner
For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler's problems didn't last. When the banks froze his accounts, his community raised thousands of dollars for him, and Israel's finance minister vowed to intervene on the sanctioned settler's behalf. Two months after sanctions were issued, Levi was granted access to his money.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Kristin Helberg |Hans Dembowski |Aref Hajjaj |Karim Gawhary
Slovenia has joined the list of European nations that recognise Palestinian statehood. Slovenia's main legislative chamber, the National Assembly, voted in support of the move in a unanimous 52-0 vote on 4 June, STA news agency reported. The centre-right opposition boycotted the vote. Earlier in the day, the opposition had tabled a motion for a national referendum on the recognition of Palestine. It was then withdrawn, before a second motion was rejected by parliament.
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May 28, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Kristin Helberg |William Glucroft
Norway on Tuesday began formally recognising an independent Palestinian state, as Spain and Ireland were set to follow suit later in the day, despite staunch opposition from Israel. "Norway's formal recognition of Palestine as a state will enter into force on Tuesday 28 May 2024," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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May 28, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Diana Hodali |Kristin Helberg |Burhan Ghalioun
Islamists in Idlib · 28.05.2024 Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
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May 24, 2024 | 
qantara.de | René Wildangel |Kristin Helberg |Daniel Bax |Mohanad Hage Ali
Book review: Joseph Croitoru on Hamas · 24.05.2024 How did Hamas come to rule over the Gaza Strip? And what developments led to 7 October? Historian Joseph Croitoru has the answers. His level-headed assessment of the facts lends this book a particular importance. https://qantara.de/en/node/43960 Print Joseph Croitoru first published a book about Hamas in 2007, and at the time, it filled a gaping void. The book was updated in 2010.
