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The spiraling absurdity of Germany’s pro-Israel fanaticism
As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state's liberal self-image is fast becoming a story Germans can only tell themselves.
By
Michael Sappir
March 21, 2024
+972 and Local Call stand with colleagues Basel and Yuval
The attacks on Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham illustrate the repressive forces working to silence those who speak hard truths about Israeli apartheid.
By
+972 Magazine
February 28, 2024
Israel’s right to tyranny
In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 17, 2024
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German broadcaster requires employees to ‘support Israel’s right to exist’
Deutsche Welle's new code of conduct marks the latest Israel-related crackdown on free speech in German public life.
By
Hebh Jamal
September 8, 2022
Germany puts artists, academics in its anti-Palestinian crosshairs
In the span of just a few months, four high-profile Palestinians have been censored and attacked in Germany for their views after being accused by pro-Israel groups of antisemitism.
By
Hebh Jamal
July 3, 2022
Israel wiped out a Palestinian-German family. Germany refuses to investigate
Germany refuses to probe Israel's killing of seven members of the Kilani family in the 2014 Gaza war, despite five of them having their German citizenship.
By
Hebh Jamal
June 22, 2022
A colonized Palestine isn’t the answer to the world’s guilt
Zionism's synergy with right-wing populists has exploited antisemitism to justify apartheid. And Palestinians refuse to be its silent victims.
By
Tareq Baconi
June 20, 2022
Palestinians in Germany fear new level of repression after Nakba Day crackdown
Claiming to fight antisemitism, Berlin police arrested 170 people for carrying flags and keffiyehs during a flash mob marking Palestinians' mass expulsion.
By
Hebh Jamal
May 21, 2022
‘All the questions were about Israel’: Inside Deutsche Welle’s purge of Arab journalists
When Deutsche Welle fired seven Arab journalists over accusations of antisemitism, many in Germany took its decision at face value. But a closer look shows DW's investigation was riddled with political motives.
By
Hebh Jamal
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Lena Obermaier
May 5, 2022
In Berlin, a fight for Palestinian identity — and a place to call home
Berlin's Palestinian community, many of whom are refugees twice over, are striving to carve out a space in a country ambivalent about their presence.
By
Hebh Jamal
February 14, 2022
Why is Amnesty Germany staying silent on the apartheid report?
Amnesty Germany’s discomfort with publicizing the new report on Israeli apartheid highlights the sorry state of human rights discourse in the country.
By
Michael Sappir
February 3, 2022
In Germany, universities are leading the charge against Palestine solidarity
Conservatism and historical guilt are shrinking the space for Palestine activism in Germany — and campuses are among the fiercest battlegrounds of all.
By
Hebh Jamal
November 9, 2021
The inquisition of Nemi El-Hassan
The campaign to cancel a Palestinian-German journalist is not aimed at fighting antisemitism, but at suppressing Palestinians' political existence.
By
Michael Sappir
October 6, 2021
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