Was kommt nach Khameneis Tod?
Nach stundenlanger Unklarheit bestätigte das iranische Staatsfernsehen am frühen Sonntagmorgen den Tod des Staatsoberhaupts Ali Khamenei. Die Islamische Republik verhängte eine 40-tägige Staatstrauer.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination will likely backfire. Here is why
Assassinations provide a short-term political boost but lead to long-term disaster.
Under the shadow of the Iran war, Israel finds another way to punish Gaza
NGO ban and the blocking of aid due to closure of the border crossings are meant as another collective punishment.
First Draft: 🚨 Trump Got US Troops Killed
The president doesn't even seem like he's pretending to care about dead US soldiers, plus the Pentagon quietly admits Iran wasn't going to attack the US.
Josh Shapiro Doesn’t Care if You Kill A Pennsylvania Citizen
Nasrallah Abu Siyam was just trying to save his neighbors’ goats. He was 19 years old, and he was living in the small village of Mukhmas in the occupied West Bank, northeast of Jerusalem.
NEW: Governing Crisis–Sanctions, Austerity and Social Unrest in Iran
New analysis on the protests from Ida Nikou
The Future of the West Bank: Settler Takeover and Annexation
This commentary shows how the Israeli regime’s land appropriation policy in the West Bank has shifted toward direct settler takeovers
Iran war threatens fragile Egyptian economy, again
While people in Iran shelter from United States and Israeli strikes across the country, and Gulf nations absorb the shock of retaliatory strikes from Iran, Egypt’s government has rushed to triage the economic shockwave sent out by the …
Das Wettern der Woche: Filmriss
Ach ja, Gaza. Wer lässt sich deshalb schon gern die Stimmung verderben? Klar, auch ein ganz kurzer Filmblick auf Gaza schlägt auf den Magen – genauso wie die Blicke nach Kiew oder Kuba oder den vielen anderen Elendsorten weltweit.
Überhörte Stimmen, unübersehbare Wände
Die Meinungsfreiheit ist in Tunesien zunehmend eingeschränkt. Mit Graffitis halten Aktivist:innen dagegen und protestieren anonym. Aber auch als Kunstform gewinnen Graffitis zunehmend an Bedeutung.
Declassified wins battle over access to Parliament
Officials initially blocked us from holding a press pass, citing the ‘particular standpoint’ of our Gaza investigations
Rieke Mülstegen
Rieke hat in Marburg Nah- und Mitteloststudien studiert und in Kairo Arabisch gelernt. Derzeit verbringt sie im Rahmen ihres Masterstudiums ein Auslandsjahr in Beirut.
2028 Dem Presidential Contenders on Iran: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Democratic voters don't want a new regime change war in the Middle East. Which top Dems are listening – and which aren't?
Eine Million Europäer für Palästina?
Trotz Genozid und Apartheid hält die EU am Assoziierungsabkommen mit Israel fest. Um dessen Aussetzung zu erreichen, hat die Europäische Linke Allianz nun eine europaweite Bürgerinitiative gestartet – und steht dabei vor enormen Herausforderungen.
Mandelson, Epstein, and the Lure of the Rich
Donald Macintyre, who wrote a biography of Peter Mandelson, lays out the latter's links with Epstein, the challenge for Keir Starmer going forward, and the need to tackle corruption.
Diplomacy as an Internal Confrontation: A Debate with Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi
In the past, foreign ministers aligned with the so-called “axis of resistance” turned Lebanon into an open arena for others’ wars under the banner of resistance.
De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life
By tracing the historical evolution of de-healthification, this brief argues that naming the process is essential for accountability.
Pete Hegseth roasted for claiming ‘We didn’t start’ war on Iran
In the Trump administration’s first public remarks to reporters on the strikes the US and Israel launched in Iran over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blamed the Middle Eastern country for the attacks that have killed at least …
The day after the bombs
I do not fear the fall of a regime. I fear a war launched on rhetoric without durable institutional grounding, at a moment when trust — in Washington and in the Middle East alike — is already dangerously thin.
Fake
Mit manipulierten Medieninhalten haben deutsche Regierungen seit der «Emser Depesche» ihre Erfahrungen gemacht.
