Für den 15. Mai 2013 war ich zu einem Vortrag an der deutschsprachigen Andrássy-Universität in Budapest eingeladen. Der Titel: "Weltkrieg um Palästina: Von Lord Balfour bis John Kerry". Dabei ging es um die Entstehung der Balfour-Deklaration aus britischen Weltmachtinteressen und um die Diskussionslinien im Judentum zur damaligen Zeit. Dies geschah im Rahmen einer Kolloquiums ...

A new report published in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz describes the information found in a newly-uncovered document in the government archives, which reveals that the first Israeli government, including the first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, worked to re-write the history of Israel's founding in 1948 to deny the fact that over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled. Palestinian refugees ...

This essay is available for download in PDF format at the author’s website. There is a widely accepted belief that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 “created” Israel, based upon an understanding that this resolution partitioned Palestine or otherwise conferred legal authority or legitimacy to the declaration of the existence of the state of Israel. However, despite its popular ...

Anbei der Vortrag von Norman Paech, gehalten anlässlich der Nakba-Gedenkveranstaltung der Palästinensischen Mission im Maritim-Hotel in Berlin am 15. Mai. Trotz der 400 Einladungen wurde sie von der deutschen Regierung und allen Parteien außer der Linken (3 Abgeordnete waren anwesend) boykottiert. Vertreten waren aber zahlreiche Botschaften. Leider haben auch die deutschen Medien - auch nich ...

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University of Freiburg´s refusal to let lecture hall to Cafe Palestine Freiburg found to be illegal May 13th 2013 Last Friday, Cafe Palestine Freiburg won a landmark victory in the Administrative Court, when the refusal by the University of Freiburg to make available to Cafe Palestine a lecture hall for a presentation by Professor Christophe Oberlin of Paris on the topic "Plastic Surgery in Gaza ...

Datum:  13.05.2013 Kurzbeschreibung:  PM 13.05.2013 Die Ablehnung der Überlassung eines Hörsaals an den Verein „Café Palestine“ durch die Universität Freiburg für den Vortrag von Prof. Christophe Oberlin, Paris, zum Thema „Plastische Chirurgie in Gaza“ am 11.12.2012 war rechtswidrig. Diese Feststellung traf das Verwaltungsgericht Freiburg auf die ...

Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations. A Zionist hardliner, sits on the board of USCIRF. It's hilarious. I'm still rolling on the floor laughing my socks off at a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). What's the joke?  Well, it’s no joke really. The USCIRF has just released its 2013 Annual Report  ...

Palestinian mufti Muhammad Hussein was released without being charged. (AFP)     The Associated Press, Jerusalem - Israeli police detained the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land Wednesday in a rare crackdown on a leading religious figure, questioning him for several hours before releasing him without charge. The detention, which followed recent unrest at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, drew har ...

Wednesday May 8 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, after surrounding his home and breaking into it.  Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Local sources reported that the army invaded As-Suwwana neighborhood, in Jabal Al-Mokabbir in occupied East Jerusalem, and broke into the home of the Mufti before kidnapping him. Sheikh Hussein asked to follow ...