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  • Trump holding  a document to the camera, his signature clearly visible at the bottom.
    US Middle East policy

    Is there a Trump-Netanyahu consensus?

    Trump's new administration could give Israel even greater freedom to pursue its territorial and political ambitions in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, while the future of the ceasefire in Gaza hangs precariously in the balance.

  • Supporters of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally in solidarity with Israel in New Delhi on 15 October 2023
    India and the Middle East conflict

    India’s arm sales to Israel are a political statement

    The ammunition supplies to Israel may bring more support for India within Western capitals. However, the Arab-Israeli crisis continues to shape the future balance of power in the Middle East, mainly against the Western countries and their Gulf allies, states the Indian Middle-East expert Omair Anas.

  • Ursula von der Leyen in Egypt with the Governor of North Sinai Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha
    Europe and the Middle East

    “Context is crucial”

    Up to now, the EU has not assumed a significant mediation role in the Middle East. How can the EU foster trust and effectively contribute to a lasting peace solution following the Gaza conflict? What approach should it take towards authoritarian regimes in the region? Middle East historian Lorenzo Kamel offers insights.

  • Young people in Gaza sit on a cart loaded with furniture and other belongings and leave the destroyed city
    A new phase in the Middle East conflict

    History and the war on Gaza

    According to the Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi, the Middle East conflict and the war in Gaza are in many ways a consequence of imperial interventions. “Resolution can only be based on dismantling entrenched structures of supremacy and discrimination”, he asserts. Only in this way a two-state solution can be realised.

  • Close-up of a person holding a candle. Behind him is a sign with "War" crossed out
    Relations with the Middle East

    Europe can still make a difference

    The European Union is faced with the challenge of finding a common line towards the Middle East that both takes into account the different national positions and promotes a coherent foreign policy. How can this be realized?

  • A damaged Star of David on a gravestone in Berlin (symbolic image)
    What is anti-Semitism?

    How do you differentiate?

    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

  • Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri
    New Choukri translation

    The absurdist frame

    In Mohamed Choukri's varied and experimental collection "Tales of Tangier" the hyperreal meets the bizarre. The off-kilter stories put forward by the late author seem to be set spinning on their edges, so fast and wild they might just fly off the page

  • Professor Kai Hafez from Erfurt University
    German coverage of the Middle East

    "Germany's reputation is suffering"

    Media expert Kai Hafez talks to Qantara.de about German coverage of the Gaza war, traditional narratives and the link to Islamophobic attitudes within society

  • Displaced Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip
    War in Gaza

    When children are seen as the enemy

    A racist view of Palestinian children contributes to an acceptance of the fact that they are dying in their thousands in Gaza

  • Displaced Syrian man Walid Muhammad Abdel-Baqi shows pictures of his dead son Walid on his phone
    Syrians in Lebanon

    Not safe to stay, not safe to go home

    Desperate Syrians are weighing up whether to stay in an increasingly hostile Lebanon or risk a precarious existence in areas held by the Syrian opposition. The return journey is deadly and conditions in Syria are tough

  • Syrian music band from Ottoman Aleppo, mid-18th century
    The universal language of music

    Music dossier: Tuning in to the unfamiliar

    An independent, modern music scene has long since developed in the Islamic world and Europe. Breaking with convention, it is a far cry from belly dance and folklore cliches. In this dossier, we present some of its leading protagonists, genres and events

  • Israeli peace activist and former director of the Sulha Peace Project Yoav Peck
    Israeli peace activist Yoav Peck on the Gaza war

    "I am appalled by the hard-heartedness"

    Peace activist and former Sulha Peace Project director Yoav Peck talks about the Gaza war, the hardening of the fronts in Israel – and his vision for the future

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