Zurich, Switzerland. Once, 20 years ago, Ben Oppenheim was a promising young author. His work Caries received the Swiss Book Prize, was made into a film, the press wrote puns, Caries was on everyone’s lips. But since then he hasn’t achieved anything. He hasn’t had much success as a screenwriter either. Outlines and ideas have … Read more
Sakia Mohammadi is nervous. In a small room high above the Afghan capital Kabul, she is sitting in front of a cup of green tea on an early summer morning. She has laid her headscarf over a chair and rolled up the sleeves of her long black robe. “This is one of the few places … Read more
In France, planned attacks on the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been foiled in several cities. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen said that, among other things, an attack on “Israeli facilities or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11 had been prevented. The plans were not directly aimed … Read more
The head of the Israeli elite reconnaissance unit 8200, Yossi Sariel, has resigned. The Israeli army announced this. In a letter to the unit’s employees, quoted by the portal “haaretz.com”, Sariel justified the step with the “personal responsibility” he bears for the reconnaissance unit’s failure on October 7 of the previous year. On that day, … Read more
On the morning of May 17, 2024, a shooting occurred near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Panic broke out around the embassy and in the surrounding streets, but the attack was over after just two minutes. No one was killed or injured. And because of the high police presence near the embassy, the suspected perpetrators … Read more
The plan was actually to celebrate the diversity of Jewish life in Hamburg’s Grindelviertel. But the “Grindelfest: Culture.Jewish.Colorful,” which was supposed to take place from September 13 to 15 in cooperation with the Kammerspiele and the Jewish community of the Hanseatic city, has now been canceled with reference to the events in Solingen. “Unfortunately, we … Read more
The plan was actually to celebrate the diversity of Jewish life in Hamburg’s Grindelviertel. But the “Grindelfest: Culture.Jewish.Colorful,” which was supposed to take place from September 13 to 15 in cooperation with the Kammerspiele and the Jewish community of the Hanseatic city, has now been canceled with reference to the events in Solingen. “Unfortunately, we … Read more
Ulm (epd). The effects of the corona pandemic have now also reached the counseling services. The Ulm/Alb-Donau Diakonie Association has recorded a significant increase in numbers, especially in debt counseling and the psychological counseling center. The capacities of the debt counseling service are completely exhausted, which is why there are already over 80 people seeking … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities for the conclusion of an agreement to release around 100 hostages held by Hamas. “Your time is running out,” said the relative of a hostage shot by the Islamist extremists at the rally in Tel Aviv. “We must not sacrifice any … Read more
One of the many bad traditions of German foreign policy is to simply carry on as before, even when the previous approach has collapsed like a house of cards. In 2022, after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” revolution and the brutal human rights violations in Iran, Annalena Baerbock announced that there could no longer be “business … Read more