Behind The Lines

Minority Outreach Problems

By Wieland Hoban
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Always in Arab areas. Neukölln, July 2021.

September 2021: general election time in Germany. It will be the first since 2005 in which Angela Merkel will not be a candidate for chancellor. (More…)

Born to Lose

By John Foster
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Allies one day, enemies the next. Kandahar, 2012.

When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table. (More…)

It’s Not a Chinese Plot

By Andreas Bloom
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Leftists do China better. Alexis Tispras (R), Beijing.

In Greek media, the dominant line on China is that Beijing is investing in the country, primarily through its flagship project, in Piraeus. (More…)

Everything is Field Recording

By Joel Schalit
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Ali Khamenei addresses striking clerics. University of Tehran, January 1979.

Women were screaming. Gunfire echoed in the distance. A British accented voice drifted in and out, periodically commenting on the upheaval. (More…)

German Anti-Anti-Semitism

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Pre-Querdenken rally flag wave. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

What do Germans mean when they speak of “fighting Antisemitism”?  (More…)

The News is Netanyahu

By Joel Schalit
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White to the Arabs. Anti-Bibi protest, Washington.

If you hate the media, it was a dream come true. The Israeli Air Force had just destroyed the offices of two of the most influential news organisations in the world. (More…)

1700 Years of German Jewish Culture

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Hannah Arendt travel advert. Berlin, March 2020.

While it’s unsurprising to see Felix Klein – who tends to accuse people of Antisemitism, including Jews – among endorsers of the 1948 Exhibition, it’s less predictable to find him interviewed in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, a magazine covering contemporary art music, founded by Robert Schumann. (More…)

The Rocky Road to Normalisation

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Jews can be Germans too. Berlin Wall mural, East Side Gallery.

The year 2021 marks 1700 years of “Jewish life” in Germany.  (More…)

White Supremacist Rhetoric

By Ari Paul
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Demagogic populist. Fox News, December 2020.

One of the most mainstream and establishment American Jewish organisations is calling for Fox News host Tucker Carlson to resign. (More…)

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