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  • A metal gate featuring a figure of Lady Justice at its centre.
    Weapons exports to Israel

    "Unlawful arms export licences have likely been issued"

    Germany remains one of Israel's top arms suppliers, a situation likely to persist under Friedrich Merz. According to Lilian Löwenbrück from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, politicians and manufacturers could face charges for complicity in crimes against international law.

  • Two men shake hands. Behind them are the flags of Germany, the EU and Israel.
    Germany's new government

    Merz, Netanyahu and the reason of state

    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.

  • A man walks in the narrow streets of the spice market.
    Cairo's Jewish Quarter

    The neighbourhood that shaped a nation

    In his new book, Egyptian author Ahmed Zakaria Zaki explores the 19th-century history of Cairo's Jewish Quarter, tracing the social transformations within the city's Jewish community and its reaction to the emergent Zionist movement.

  • A row of destroyed multistory buildings.
    Pankaj Mishra on Germany, Israel and Palestine

    "An anarchic, nihilistic world"

    The West, particularly Germany, has instrumentalised Holocaust remembrance to justify state violence, argues Pankaj Mishra. A conversation on suppressed colonial histories, Western complicity in Gaza and Germany's role in the erosion of international law.

  • Men wearing lawyers' gowns protest in a crowd.
    Civil society since the Arab Spring

    Europe must support the agents of change

    Civil society organisations in West Asia and North Africa face widespread repression. But instead of supporting activists on the ground, European policymakers continue to prop up autocratic regimes.

  • Ein Mann mit Benzinkanistern in einer Straße im Gazastreifen (picture alliance / Zumapress | D. El-Baz Apaimages)
    New books on Gaza

    Turning point, failure, moral abdication

    Four well-known authors address the global consequences of Gaza's destruction and Western support for Israel, or as one frames it: the "world after Gaza". Charlotte Wiedemann takes a look.

  • A group of women playing volleyball.
    Volleyball in Gaza

    Playing without fear

    An amateur women's volleyball team in Gaza is offering displaced people a sense of peace amid the destruction. The women on the team dream of a lasting end to Israel's war on the enclave.

  • A crumbling building surrounded by rubble.
    Musician Michael Barenboim on Gaza

    "Nothing justifies genocide"

    Violinist Michael Barenboim, leader of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, calls for an arms embargo against Israel and argues that the German media has failed in its responsibilities. He tells Qantara how he balances art and activism.

  • A man performs a handstand on the edge of a building overlooking a city in Gaza.
    Gaza documentary "Yalla Parkour"

    It all started with a smile

    The documentary "Yalla Parkour", which held its European premiere at the Berlinale, is a tribute to Gaza before 7 October—and an urgent appeal to support the survivors of the war.

  • Radfahrer vor Wahlkampfplakaten
    German elections 2025

    Debates on the Middle East, migration and antisemitism

    Germany heads to the polls on 23 February. Where do the main parties stand on migration, Israel and Gaza, antisemitism and the future of Syria?

  • A young boy stands with two Palestinian flags either side of him. He holds up two fingers in a peace sign.V
    Palestinian political scientist Khalil Shikaki

    "The ceasefire is unsustainable without a vision for peace"

    Khalil Shikaki has been conducting polls in Palestine since 1993. He argues that Palestinians need a unified interim leadership to pave the way for elections, and warns against Trump's destabilising plans for the region.

  • Landscape, destroyed houses and vehicles. The Mediterranean Sea in the background.
    Southern Lebanon

    Returning to find ruins

    The Israeli army is slowly and partially withdrawing from southern Lebanon. Returning residents are confronted by the destruction of their homes and local infrastructure. A view from the ground.

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