Archive
June 12, 2014: NGOs between Aid and Aid-business in the Palestianian Territories. With Alex Feuerherdt (Köln)
Category: NewsApril 3rd, 2014: How Iran is evading international sanctions. With Emanuele Ottolenghi (Washington)
Category: NewsFeb. 17, 2014: Debate: The disintegration of the Middle East - Failing Arab states, the Shia-Sunni clash and the implications for Israel. With Dan Schueftan (Haifa, Israel)
Category: NewsFeb. 12, 2014: What are the chances for a final agreement in the nuclear conflict with Iran? Debate with Michael Spaney (MFFB) and Andreas Schockenhoff (CDU)
Category: NewsJan. 26, 2014: BEMET-Event with Dr. Emily Landau: Does the Geneva Joint Plan of Action open Pandora's box? Iran's Bomb in the Context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Possibility of a Nuclear Race in the Middle East.
Category: NewsDec. 12, 2013: BEMET-Event: "Twenty Years Since Oslo and the Refugee Question: What Next?" With Asaf Romirowsky (Philadelphia)
Category: NewsNov. 28, 2013: BEMET-Event: Everything new with Rouhani? A debate with Dr. Stephan Grigat and Clemens Wergin
Category: NewsSeptember 11, 2013: Game changer in the Arab world? - Mursis downfall and the impacts for the Muslim Brotherhood. A debate with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bock and Dr. Matthias Küntzel.
Category: NewsJune 25, 2013, Invitation: Iran after the "elections" and the situation of the non-Persian population. Lecture and discussion with Hiwa Bahrami, Representative of the PDKI in Germany and Austria
Category: NewsMay 23, Panel Discussion: The UNRWA and the Instrumentalization of Humanitarian Aid
Category: NewsHezbollah Courier Guilty of Role in Cyprus Terror Plot
In a decision that could have significant repercussions for Hezbollah’s operations in Europe, a court in Cyprus on Thursday found a man guilty of participating in a plot to attack Israeli tourists on vacation in Cyprus, part of a conspiracy similar to a deadly bombing last July in Bulgaria.
Category: PressAudio: Iran at the Crossroads - will Obama prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb? Discussion with Saba Farzan und Jamie Kirchick
Category: NewsHALABJA / ANFAL 1988 - 2013 The Return of the Suppressed
Without German support for Iraq’s chemical weapons program the attack on the Kurdish city in 1988 would not have been possible. 25 years after the poison gas attack on the city of Halabja, the victims are still waiting for compensation and assistance from Germany. The German government has been dragging its feet for more than 20 years now and systematically plays down its responsibility for the build-up of the Iraqi chemical weapons program.
Category: PressEgypt activist advocates for better ties with Israel
One small group of activists, however, is not ignoring the Israel issue. No to Compulsory Military Service is a pacifist group started by Maikel Nabil Sanaad in 2009 aimed at encouraging Egyptians to exercise their right to refuse to serve while promoting the value of pacifism. Emad el Dafrawi is one of the central activists in the No to Compulsory Military Service and an avowed pacifist.
Category: Press