Schlaglicht Israel Nr

Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 11/16 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen

1.-15. Juni

Die Themen dieser Ausgabe

1. Attentat in Orlando ...... 1 2. Vier Tote bei Terroranschlag in Tel Aviv ...... 2 3. Erweiterte Koalition und Friedensgespräche ...... 4 4. Medienquerschnitt ...... 6

1. Attentat in Orlando rather than a gay club, as did his terrorist colleagues Die Schüsse im Homosexuellenclub von Orlando who slaughtered innocent revelers at the Bataclan in lassen Erinnerungen erwachen an das Attentat Paris. (…) from the perspective of the Islamic State Ende letzten Jahres im Pariser Bataclan. Ahnungs- (…), Paris with its cultural and entertainment institu- los drängeln sich die Menschen vor einer Bühne, als tions is as filthy as Orlando with its amusement die ersten Schüsse fallen, die sie als Teil der Show parks and LGBT life. (…) Many people visiting LGBT missinterpretieren, bevor sie sich der Gefahr be- venues like Pulse see them as a kind of refuge, a wusst werden. Zunächst unklar blieb, ob Omar Ma- safe space. They go there to be who they are, free teen, der Mann, der 49 Menschen in der „Pulse“-Bar of the constant pressure (…), like every other free erschoss, homophob war oder radikaler Muslim oder person. Many of the murdered and wounded at this beides. Der 29jährige Attentäter war US- club had already fallen victim to violence, persecu- Staatsbürger mit afghanischen Wurzeln, zum zwei- tion and humiliation. (…) For the victims, the murder ten Mal verheiratet und Vater eines kleinen Jungen. rampage in this cheerful, sun-soaked city is a double Er selbst erklärte noch kurz vor den Todesschüssen, blow (…). The LGBT community’s impressive suc- er sei inspiriert von den Attentätern von Boston und cesses, the major public events and the enormous dem Islamischen Staat treu verbunden. Ermittlungen changes in the lives of many of its members are real des FBI zufolge handelte der Mann auf eigene Initia- and important, but this is the half full part of the tive. Mateen drang mit einem Sturmgewehr und glass. The other half is filled with violence, discrimi- einer Pistole bewaffnet in den Club ein, schoss in nation and fear. (…) Openness, tolerance and equal die Menge und nahm dann Geiseln. Die Schießerei rights are a civilized society’s best answer to terror in Orlando ist der blutigste Anschlag in den USA seit and murder. (…) dem 11. September 2001. Bei einem Treffen mit Nitzan Horowitz, HAA, 13.06.16 Botschaftern der Nato-Mitgliedsstaaten erklärte Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanyahu in Islam’s challenge Jerusalem, dass die Anschläge in Orlando und Tel (…) too much death and suffering are caused by Aviv Resultat „des gleichen Übels“ seien. those who claim to be acting in the name of Islam. (…) From Syria and Iraq to Nigeria, Sudan, Afghani- Between the Bataclan and Pulse: The unique stan and Pakistan, a great number of fatalities in suffering of Orlando massacre's victims armed conflicts around the world are in wars involv- It wouldn’t have been any less bad if Omar Mateen ing Muslims. The most numerous victims of Muslim had perpetrated the massacre at a “normal” club violence – including executions and lynchings – are 1 Muslim. (…) it is so crucial that moderate, peaceful the values of our faith. I fear that if we do not ade- Muslims speak out against the violence being car- quately face up to the enormity of what has hap- ried out in the name of Islam. (…) Islam is not the pened to LGBT people this week, we render our- only monotheistic faith that contains violent mes- selves hypocrites when we next demand that Jewish sages. Judaism has many of its own, such as the victims are treated first and foremost as Jewish concept of a holy war that justifies genocide (…) or victims. To allow such a situation would be intolera- harsh retribution for religious sins. But due to the ble, we must not allow it to come to pass. circumstances of Judaism’s development in exile, Jay Stoll, TOI, 13.06.16 many of its more militaristic or violent texts were spiritualized. (…) Similarly, Islam must undergo Horror revisits America change (…). Islam cannot exclusively be blamed for (…) Another Islamist terrorist attack in Barack the horrific act of pointless violence perpetrated in Obama's America -- the same America that decided Orlando (…). But this doesn’t exempt religious lead- to wipe the term "Islamist terrorism" from its lexicon. ers of all faiths from taking an unequivocal stand (…) The 29-year-old Mateen (…) held an American against violence in the name of religion. (…) passport and worked as a security guard for a com- Editorial, JPO, 13.06.16 pany that provides services to the federal government, but on judgment day he was first and foremost The fear that remains a jihadist, a murderer, terrorist; and only then, if at (…) If we continue to turn a blind eye, incidents such all -- an American. Something has gone wrong with as this will continue to occur. The fear is part of our the American dream. In America today there are daily struggle, and the tragedy in Orlando reopens those (…) who dream the jihadist dream. (…) The the wounds that have not yet healed from the mur- world was stunned by Sunday's horrific attack, der of Shira Banki at last year's Gay Pride Parade in which this time targeted the gay community. But is Jerusalem. (…) Just two weeks ago, an Israeli was anyone upset over homosexuals being brutally exe- arrested for inciting violence against the Jerusalem's cuted on a daily basis by Islamic State in Iraq and gay community, and now we hear the police has Syria? When they are thrown off of buildings, or investigated "suspicious" citizens in an attempt to burned alive? (…) for the jihadists everyone -- con- find out if they are planning to attend the various servatives and liberals alike -- are in the same boat. Pride events. We cannot remain calm. We no longer (…) The role of moderate Islam must be to de- feel safe when we walk down the street. When an nounce such attacks, instead of searching for ex- attack such as yesterday's takes place, we, the cuses. (…) victims of trauma, relive our experiences from last Boaz Bismuth, IHY, 13.06.16 year, along with all the others we must endure throughout the year. (…) I cannot understand why people should be scared to live as they choose just 2. Vier Tote bei Terroranschlag in Tel Aviv because other people don't understand or approve Schon schien es, als sei die aktuelle Welle von of their lifestyle. (…) An attack such as the one in zumeist mit Messern verübten Attentaten überstan- Orlando, like many other incidents around the world den. Auch deshalb ließ die Regierung über 80.000 and here in Israel, is often accompanied by a great zusätzliche Einreisegenehmigungen ausstellen für deal of ignorance and stigmata that exist in the Palästinenser aus dem Westjordanland, die Familie general population, and not just among the murder- in Israel haben und über den Ramadan- ers and those who incite to violence. (…) It is time Fastenmonat zu Besuch kommen wollten. Die Cous- for all of us to do some soul searching, to see what ins Ahmad Mussa Makhamreh und Khalid Muham- can be done to prevent the next hate crime. (…) mad Mussa Makhamreh aus Yatta, einem sozial Sarah Kala-Meir, IHY, 14.06.16 schwachen Vorort von Hebron, kamen in schwarzen Anzügen in das Tel Aviver Café Max Brenner und Prioritising victims at times of terror erregten keinen Verdacht. Erst als das Lokal sich (…) Every victim in that club was a victim of a ho- füllte, eröffneten die beiden Attentäter das Feuer auf mophobic murder. Simple. (…) When victims are die Gäste und töteten vier Menschen, bevor ihre victims for simply because they were born differently improvisierten Schusswaffen versagten. „Ich werde to others, even the slightest obfuscation over pre- mich nicht mit Lippenbekenntnissen zufriedenge- meditated motives must be rejected. (…) if we only ben“, kündigte Israels neuer Verteidigungsminister commit to hollow gestures of sympathy, we betray Avigdor Liberman an und forderte als erste Maß- 2 nahme, die Rückgabe der Leichen palästinensischer Liberman. (…) Liberman the politician was appeal- Terroristen zu stoppen. ing to populism when he made those comments. But Liberman the defense minister carries more serious Only solution to Palestinian terrorism is the end responsibilities on his shoulders. of the occupation Editorial, JPO, 09.06.16 (…) Israel has frozen 83,000 entry permits into Isra- el for family visits (…). These steps have just one The beating heart of Tel Aviv objective: To satisfy an Israeli public seeking re- (…) In the hours after the attack, the streets in the venge. (…) This impassioned and hollow talk, simi- area around Sarona emptied out. Perhaps this was lar to the acts of collective punishment, has no real due to fear or perhaps it was due to solidarity. It value. It will not protect the life of a single Israeli; it does not feel right to go and drink at a bar just a few will just increase the frustration and hatred among dozen meters from where four innocent people were those forced to live under Israeli occupation. In the murdered hours earlier. Any act of murder is terrible, end it will only push more young people to terrorism. but a terrorist attack in the heart of a city leaves a It’s amazing how the Israeli government does not lasting mark. The suicide bombing outside the Di- learn its lesson and recognize what should have zengoff Center in March 1996 is still seared in the been clear long ago: The terror will continue as long memories of many Tel Aviv residents. Such memo- as the Palestinian people have no hope on the hori- ries do not fade easily. zon. (…) The only way to deal with terrorism is by Eran Suissa, IHY, 09.06.16 freeing the Palestinian people from the occupation. Until then, the Palestinians will continue their oppo- A terror attack next door to the IDF headquarters sition using force, as most peoples have done (…) Wednesday night's deadly shooting bears the throughout history. markings of something more "professionally" Editorial, HAA, 10.06.16 planned. (…) The big question is how did they get their hands on the firearms, and how did they man- Reacting to Sarona age to make their way from the Hebron area into the (…) What should be Israel’s response to this new heart of Israel with these firearms without being round of violence? (…) Transportation Minister Isra- stopped. (…) The attackers carefully picked their el Katz represents the hawkish approach: “The target. (…) there's the possibility that they intention- despicable attack in the heart of Tel Aviv necessi- ally chose the crowded Sarona complex, which is tates an exceptionally painful Israeli response,” (…) right across the street from the IDF and Defense In contrast, Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Ministry headquarters. The attack was committed on Galant, a former head of IDF Southern Command, the evening of the second day of the Ramadan fast, presented a more moderate position. “If someone and there's almost no doubt it was inspired by the believes it is possible to solve our security problem religious incitement that prevails in the Muslim with a single aggressive military action, he apparent- world, mostly among those belonging to radical ly does not have much military experience,” Galant sects. (…) the security apparatus must find the weak told the radio station. (…) With all the difficulty of point that allows Palestinians from the West Bank to reining in our natural inclination to seek revenge for enter Israel illegally and reach the heart of Tel Aviv Wednesday’s bloody attack, Galant’s levelheaded unhindered, where they could carry out their plans. stance serves Israel’s interests better. (…) reacting This will now be the main issue investigated. (…) emotionally is counterproductive. (…) That does not Ron Ben-Yishai, JED, 09.06.16 mean nothing can be done. (…) Steps need to be taken to prevent the unmonitored movement of It won’t take much for Israel's new defense min- Palestinians from the West Bank into areas with ister to set it all ablaze large Israeli population centers. Breaches in the (…) Lieberman really can be very pragmatic. He security barrier should be closed. Israelis who em- might kick all his statements and declarations out ploy Palestinians illegally should be punished. And the door with an ease reserved for utter cynics. But there needs to be more intelligence gathering, in- even relatively minor decisions like “we won’t return cluding information received through cooperation bodies” can set everything ablaze. (…) At the end with the Palestinian Authority’s security forces. (…) of Moshe Ya’alon’s term as defense minister he and The Sarona Market attack will be the first major test Eisenkot felt that they had personally body-blocked for newly appointed Defense Minister Avigdor the outbreak of a third intifada. (…) Eisenkot who 3 was then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s military sec- the past was “a promise is a promise”? (…) Netan- retary at the beginning of the second intifada, re- yahu now has no reason to reject the French peace members very well Barak’s lack of control over then- initiative. The prime minister and defense minister IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz’s army, and the can take part in the peace conference, and thus enormous power the army fielded in those days. He weaken Netanyahu’s fear of President doesn’t forget how the situation deteriorated and he Barack Obama’s vengeance. (…) Lieberman might is determined to act differently. (…) one thing is balance out Netanyahu’s moderate words with ap- clear: Even a few small consolation prizes that propriately extreme security responses. You have Lieberman hands out, just to be sure he doesn’t been warned. stray too far from his bully image which has served Uzi Baram, HAA, 01.06.16 him well, could reignite things. Raviv Drucker, HAA, 13.06.16 Snap judgement: The two faces of Liberman (…) it takes a lot to shock me, but the sheer cyni- cism of Liberman’s willingness to sell out Jerusa- 3. Erweiterte Koalition und Friedensgespräche lem’s non-haredi population for the sake of political Einen Dämpfer versetzte Israels Regierungschef expediency and petty account-settling came close. Benjamin Netanyahu all jenen, die sich über seine This is the Liberman whose shady business deal- zunächst angekündigte Bereitschaft freuten, Ver- ings here and abroad were the subject of years of handlungen auf Grundlage der Arabischen Initiative police investigation. The wheeler- dealer who zu führen. Das 2002 veröffentlichte Dokument sieht brought the hard-drinking, strip-club habitué Stas die Anerkennung Israels durch die Mitgliedsstaaten Meseznikov into the cabinet, while alienating or der Arabischen Liga vor im Gegenzug zu u.a. dem discarding more capable figures from his Knesset Abzug der israelischen Truppen aus den Palästi- list, including Yair Shamir, Danny Ayalon and Orly nensergebieten. Netanyahu widerrief indes seine Levy-Abecassis. The political leader whose appar- Zusage und machte „massive Änderungen“ an der ent tolerance of malfeasance helped foster a culture Initiative zur Vorbedingung für Verhandlungen. Kriti- of deep corruption in Yisrael Beytenu, including the ker bezweifeln, dass Netanyahu seine Verpflichtung current scandal that has entangled more than two zur Zweistaatenlösung, die er jüngst erneut beteuer- dozen of the party’s top officials in a web of bribery te, ernst meine. Der Regierungschef hatte die Sorge and fraud accusations. That this figure is now run- vor seiner erweiterten Koalition zerstreuen wollen, ning the government’s most important and sensitive der fortan die ultranationale Partei Yisrael Beiteinu ministry, one where corruption and politics- worse- angehört, angeführt vom streitbaren Avigdor Liber- then-usual can become a matter of life and death for man, der nun als Verteidigungsminister dient. this nation’s soldiers, is what has me concerned (…). Liberman, to quote Churchill’s famous remark Netanyahu's two-state comments should not be about Russia, has until now been a riddle wrapped taken lightly up in a mystery inside an enigma. (…) the real (…) Lieberman reached the prime minister’s circle Liberman is unknown to us. (…) as the dominant man who can enable Netanyahu to Calev Ben-David, JPO, 02.06.16 make statements he had shelved years ago. Clearly the statements they both made in support of a two- Herzog, don't fall for Netanyahu's 'peace' manip- state solution and about the positive elements in the ulation Arab peace plan were meant to calm Egyptian Pres- (…) In the two years that have elapsed since the ident Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and governments world- breakdown of the negotiations led by U.S. Secretary wide that were fuming over Lieberman’s appoint- of State John Kerry, Netanyahu entrenched himself ment. (…) with Lieberman presenting himself as an in the deep right and removed the idea of partition enthusiastic supporter of the two-state solution, from the agenda. But the moment he brought Avi- which Netanyahu raised in his 2009 Bar-Ilan gdor Lieberman into the government as defense speech, it allows Netanyahu to say things that might minister, the two found the divine light of reaching fall on attentive ears abroad. (…) his statements an agreement with the Palestinians and began about the two-state solution and the Arab peace preaching the two-state gospel from every possible initiative were made in public and so they should not pulpit. (…) The talk of a potential political break- be taken lightly. Will he be able to get out of them through is meant to pressure Zionist Union, or parts when next to him stands the man whose slogan in of it, to join up with Netanyahu. (…) But as usual 4 with Netanyahu, it’s hard to detect any real sub- rights groups are foreign agents, the Supreme Court stance behind the slogans. Netanyahu rejected from has no right to intervene. Justices weren’t elected the outset the only concrete political process at the and their guiding principles were never ratified by moment, the French peace initiative. (…) Netanyahu voters. This is what democracy means to these also continues to insist on Palestinian recognition of three. They also share the view that relinquishing Israel as a Jewish state, offering nothing in return. control of the West Bank in order to end the conflict Under these circumstances, Zionist Union co- with the Palestinians is absurd. (…) All this leads to leaders Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni should remain the conclusion that a profound change will not come outside the government while promising Netanyahu from within Israeli society, only from without. (…) to support movement toward a two-state solution This is why the international conference in Paris is from the opposition. Their joining the coalition would an important step forward if the United States and only bulwark Netanyahu’s rule (…). European Union treat it with the necessary gravitas. Editorial, HAA, 05.06.16 (…) Indeed, if striving for a two-state solution be- comes important enough to the Americans and We won't always have Paris Europeans, they have all the tools to take action. All (…) We're returning to an older era during which the Israelis need to realize that the occupation has a diplomats and statesmen in the West were preach- price is for the Americans to whisper in the prime ing for a forced solution. (…) The problem is that minister’s ear that if one more housing unit goes up peace is not imminent - not in Paris, not in Ramallah in the West Bank beyond the 1967 borders or if one and not in Jerusalem. Abbas wants to international- new outpost is established, American military aid will ize the conflict. The Paris conference is therefore an stop greasing the wheels of Israel’s arms makers. achievement for him. He will make Israel keep pay- Let the Israeli taxpayer try paying for research and ing the price on the international stage, but won't get development and sustaining thousands of jobs. (…) his independent state. Even if Israel was willing to No more free lunch. When the automatic American make the necessary concessions, it's doubtful he veto is lifted, Israel will be held responsible for its would've been willing to making the concessions he actions. (…) The Europeans can do their part by is required to make. When a resolution draft is for- deciding that the settlements are not part of Israel. mulated and accepted by all members of the Securi- They can support Israel’s economic and cultural ty Council, if such a resolution is reached at all, the prosperity while boycotting the settlements. This is Palestinians would be the first to object to it. (…) the only way to help us extricate ourselves from the Four Muslim states are considered major players in morass we’re mired in. the area: Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Zeev Sternhell, HAA, 03.06.16 Three of them have shared interests with Israel. These interests lie in the concern of Iran growing Peace order stronger, strained relations with the Obama admin- (…) The addition of Yisrael Beytenu (…) to the gov- istration, the threat of ISIS terrorism, and the need ernment coalition has fueled speculation in the world for an anchor of stability in the Middle East. (…) The that Israel has become more intransigent vis-a-vis renewal of peace talks might have made it easier on peace initiatives with the Palestinians. Netanyahu the leadership in Saudi, Egypt and Turkey to form, seemed to want to counter this impression by mak- strengthen or renew ties with Israel, but it's not a ing a significant diplomatic statement. The launch necessary condition. The occupation is our curse, (…) of the Paris-led international peace initiative and the curse of the Palestinians. They, like us, threatens to put pressure on Israel to make conces- cannot stomach it, but are also unable to throw it up. sions to the Palestinians. (…) Netanyahu under- (…) stands that Israel needs to position itself to deal with Nahum Barnea, JED, 03.06.16 various diplomatic initiatives in the offing. (…) One way of deflecting these initiatives is by launching Change for peace will only come from outside one of our own that avoids the pitfalls of previous Israeli society attempts to reach peace with the Palestinians. (…) (…) Avigdor Lieberman, Naftali Bennett and Benja- an accommodation needs to be reached with the min Netanyahu were meant for each other. (…) If Arab world. Once this happens, the Palestinians will the majority wishes to expel elected Knesset mem- have broad regional support for embarking on na- bers whose loyalties it feels are unsatisfactory, or if tion-building. (…) today – more than ever – Israel the majority decides that leftist NGOs or human and Sunni states such as Jordan, Egypt and Saudi 5 Arabia share a number of interests, from the battle brance and expectation, in bated breath, in war and against Islamic State to the curtailing of Iran’s he- terror and fevered dreams of peace. (…) What can gemony in the region. The (…) Palestinians will one make of such a place, whose ancient name need Arab support to overcome the internal conflicts might be translated, “city of peace,” or even “city of that make Palestinian state-building impossible right completion?” Everything about it, its ugliness and now. (…) The involvement of Egypt and Jordan (…) beauty, the crimes committed in its name and the might have a moderating impact on Palestinian love that saturates its warm stones, the gold and the society, which has in the past decade shown a pref- iron, the light and the darkness, all of it is true. On erence for Hamas over Fatah. (…) Jerusalem Day 5776, it seems too cheap and easy Editorial, JPO, 05.06.16 to sing Jerusalem’s praises. Jerusalem is too old and too beautiful for monotonous praise. (…) May- be it is enough, on Jerusalem Day, the day of our 4. Medienquerschnitt return, simply to be home. Haviv Rettig Gur, TOI, 05.06.16 Jerusalem-Tag

Jerusalem Day Ehepaar Netanyahu unter erneutem Korrupti- (…) It is ironic that Jordan has become the main onsverdacht defender of alleged Palestinian rights in Jerusalem’s Old City, whose Jewish Quarter the Jordanian Arab Probe Netanyahu's French connection Legion ethnically cleansed when it occupied the city. (…) The multiplicity of versions points to the need (…) We live in a thriving capital city whose diverse for a full criminal investigation. (…) even if the stat- population comprises every variety of religious and ute of limitations may have expired on any offense political persuasion. That we basically all get along of which Netanyahu may be suspected. (…) There is is a miracle that hints of that heavenly city. (…) a supreme public interest in going through with it Unfortunately, what should be a heavenly day has because the truth must be sought in cases that cast been marred by violence, instigated by ultra- criminal suspicion on elected officials. This public nationalist Jews (…) the parade has provoked racist interest has been accommodated in the past (…) in slogans and incitement to violence. (…) In Israel’s other cases of suspicions against politicians. The capital, the interface of the earthly and the heavenly investigation of the Netanyahu-Mimran case must moves on, sometimes veering in one direction or end with either a comprehensive public report or an another. Jerusalem’s physical and spiritual beauty is indictment. shared by Jews the world over who feel its pres- Editorial, HAA, 09.06.16 ence, perhaps no more beautifully than under the wedding canopy, where building a home in Israel begins. The wedding blessing itself acknowledges Gay-Parade in Tel Aviv that all Jewish weddings symbolically take place in Jerusalem, and reminds us never to forget it. Don’t Pinkwash the Occupation, But Don’t Editorial, JPO, 04.06.16 Whitewash Gay Pride Either (…) After speaking to some of the leaders of the Jerusalem of iron LGBT American Jewish advocacy organizations (…) (…) Jerusalem is thickly layered with the devotions I gathered that they can use all the support they can of the past. It’s impossible to walk its living, noisy get. Engaging with Israel is a tricky business for streets without these memories encroaching uncom- them, as it often challenges their alliances with other fortably on the present. (…) Pain and love are sticky; LGBT groups, most of which are firmly in the far-left they cling to a place, a smell, a word, even across progressive edge of U.S. politics, which has rapidly generations. Jerusalem has seen so much of both grown increasingly hostile towards Isra- that there is hardly a corner that doesn’t cry out from el. (…) Almost any form of identification or engage- some other time. (…) All of us Jews and Muslims ment with Israel that does not involve protest is and Christians, American visitors in their hotel bath- taboo in such circles and meets with charges of rooms, young soldiers on their sweaty patrols, all of “normalization” and “pinkwashing” - the popular term us jostling for air, hoping for comfort in this asthmat- for deliberately hiding the oppression of Palestinians ic city, this city whose generations pass in remem- behind the facade of enlightenment represented by 6 LGBT tolerance in Israel. (…) To be sure, pinkwash- At present, the only other real option is to restore a ing charges are not baseless. Israel’s defenders do sense of possibility and preserve hope for a two- often exploit the country’s tolerance for LGBT life as state outcome (…). For Israel, this means limiting its a way to paint it as a civilized humane island in a settlement activity (…) and signaling its willingness sea of intolerant barbarity. (…) Fighting against the to negotiate a different final border if Palestinians horrific treatment of homosexuals in many countries come to the table. For the Palestinians, this means is important - but should be kept separate from stopping the antinormalization campaign against praising Israel. The LGBT community in Israel de- contacts with Israelis, ending payments to families of serves better than to be used as a club in the Israeli- people who are killed in the act of stabbing Israelis, Palestinian conflict. By the same token - it is equally and ending the practice of calling such people “mar- inappropriate for American LGBT organizations who tyrs.” (…) advocate for Palestinian rights to bully LGBT Jews David Makovsky, Dennis Ross, TOI, 01.06.16 in the U.S. away from connecting with their counter- parts in Israel, and to deny that there is anything positive or uplifting about what is happening in the Fast 50 Jahre Besatzung Jewish state. (…) Oppression of Palestinians shouldn’t be ignored or glossed over - but neither Summing up the glories of the Israeli occupation should the growing ability of members of the LGBT as we enter its 50th year community in Israel to live in relative freedom and (…) The only damage the occupation caused to safety. Both should be seen and acknowledged. (...) Israel itself was to delay for many years the disinte- Allison Kaplan Sommer, HAA, 03.06.16 gration of its symbols, in the argument over the occupation and over the symbols themselves: volun- teerism, locally made goods, agriculture, melting pot Wacklige Mitte of immigrants, army, kibbutz, socialism, the rule of law, the Hebrew language. All these and more not Losing by winning: The rupture of the Israeli only failed to take root and develop but were gradu- center ally revealed to be shallow and empty. (…) The (…) One edge of the country’s political spectrum state is realizing the colonialist challenge with great does not want to stop settlement activity anywhere, force and the help of simple, atavistic symbols such and the other edge does not believe Netanyahu will as “the divine promise.” Thus we can only give ever declare an end to construction in what would thanks, praise and extol the colonial project. Even be a Palestinian state. (…) Israel’s center is not when we thought colonialism was finished and the holding, and its more assertive edges clearly disa- Arabs within us were forgotten, (…) we continued to gree on how the Palestinian issue may affect the blather on about Israelis’ high levels of satisfaction country’s future. (…) unity between center-right and and about any minute now everything will work out. center-left is unlikely to happen on Netanyahu’s This is what remains: hatred. And for that we thank watch (…). His room to maneuver on the interna- everyone who was in favor of going into that war tional stage has already shrunk dramatically since and who postponed the end. The end was over long the Herzog talks collapsed two weeks ago. (…) ago. Now is the life after death, like vampires. Without a broadened government, he will likely be Yitzhak Laor, HAA, 06.06.16 unable to demonstrate publicly that Israel’s settlement policy is being brought into line with his pro- Israel 2016: A house divided fessed desire for a two-state outcome. And without (…) Abraham Lincoln (…) made a famous campaign such an initiative, the government will be hard speech: “A house divided against itself cannot pressed to prevent international efforts to address stand. I believe this government cannot endure the Israeli-Palestinian issue. (…) Ironically, some permanently, half slave and half free. It will become (…) are ready to give the Israelis a chance to launch all one thing, or all the other. (…)” Our own Israeli an initiative (…). Egyptian president Abdul Fattah house became divided, its government “half slave al-Sisi’s remarkable statement (…) was not acci- and half free,” in that week of glorious victory in dental. Sisi was aware of the seemingly emerging June 1967. (…) This was supposed to be a strictly coalition agreement and the likelihood of an Israeli “temporary” measure, pending unspecified negotia- peace initiative, and it led him to the extraordinary tions at an unspecified future time. (…) These 49 step of publicly appealing for unity within Israel. (…) years of Israeli military rule have seen the relentless 7 advance of the settler movement, spreading in ever would be too busy to let it go and Jordan's ‎public greater numbers over the West Bank and taking up would be distracted by anti-Israel hatred once again. still more Palestinian land. Religious-Nationalist (…) Change is coming to Jordan. (…) It is about Messianism, which burst on the scene in those time the few pro-Hashemite hopeless romantics euphoric days of June 1967, is becoming ever more wake up and smell the strong ‎Jordanian coffee militant, ever more powerful and dominant. (…) The already brewing in Amman. ‎(…) Israel of 2016 is getting increasingly out of tune with Mudar Zahran, IHY, 02.06.16 the international community. (…) A year from now, Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians will be 50 years old. (…) A Jubilee was supposed to be a very special kind of year – a time when slaves and pris- oners would be freed, debts would be forgiven, and HAA = Haaretz alienated land returned to its owners. Inspired by JED = JediothAhronoth / Ynetnews this biblical verse, American Civil War soldiers sung JPO = Jerusalem Post “Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the Jubilee!” when IHY = Israel HaYom marching to set slaves free.(…) TOI = Times of Israel Adam Keller, JPO, 01.06.16 GLO = Globes

Unruhe beim jordanischen Nachbarn

What is happening in Jordan? Veröffentlicht im: Juni 2016 (…) The media are puzzled and rather clueless about what exactly is happening in my country, Verantwortlich: Jordan. (…) As these lines are being written, unrest Dr. Werner Puschra, continues in the ‎Wadi Mousa-Petra area, including Leiter der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel gun battles between the king's police and the locals, arrests, the ‎destruction of vehicles and other proper- Redaktion: ty, stone throwing, and rumors of casualties on both Susanne Knaul sides. In ‎short, there is an intifada at one of Jordan's Judith Stelmach most significant tourist sites. (…) Jordan's debt-to-

GDP ratio is above 90%. Greece's economy col- Homepage: www.fes.org.il lapsed when it hit ‎the same rate, and the Jordanian Email: [email protected] regime is not getting the help from Arab states that Greece got from the European Union. Nevertheless, the Jordanian royal family spends beyond belief and is not shy about showing off its opulent lifestyle to its starving subjects.‎ (…) There are also no signs or news of aid money coming from the ‎Gulf states. Our Arab brothers are wise; they won't give their money to an ailing regime.‎ (…) Jordan's army is independent of the king, and so is Jordan's intelligence ser- vice. Both are tightly coordinated with the U.S. Cen- tral Command. (…) Jordan's king sees firsthand signs that his angry, hungry, and hopeless ‎people could actually topple him, and with him having no control over the army now, the king ‎could face a situation like that of Egypt's 2011 revolution, which was supported by the ‎Egyptian army.‎ Afraid and helpless, Jordan's regime has turned to the oldest trick in the book: beating the Israeli ‎drum. The regime knows that if a new intifada breaks out in Isra- el, this ‎could buy it more time in power; the world 8