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EU Dialogue with Islamists

Hamas and Hizbullah Key to Mideast Peace?

In mid-April, the EU Foreign Ministers decided to resume dialogue relations with Islamist organizations. Rightly so, argues Islam expert Michael Lüders, stressing it would be shortsighted to view Hamas and Hizbullah only as terrorist organizations.
Commentary Amr Hamzawy

The West Must Now Speak with Islamists

Egyptian political scientist Amr Hamzawy argues that critical dialogue with Islamists would allow influence to be exerted on the most dynamic political groups in the Arab world, whose members have partly become religious democrats.
The International Association of Muslim Scholars

Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Foundation of a "Global Muslim Authority"

The International Association of Muslim Scholars aims to be an alternative to the global network of radical Islamists. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, often referred to as the most influential contemporary Sunni scholar, is one of the founders. Bettina Gräf reports
Anti-war Demonstrations in Israel

Fighting the Cynicism of Escalation

In Israel, opponents of the military campaign in the Gaza Strip are starting to make their protest heard. The era of the old guard of the 'Peace Now' movement would appear to have come to an end; a new generation of activists is rising up to take their place. Joseph Croitoru reports
Mideast Crisis

Gaza Invasion Won't Solve Mideast Problems

Peter Philipp writes that Israel's ground offensive in Gaza is shocking despite all the warning signs in the past days and warns the West against backing Israel in a falsely understood show of solidarity
Gaza Violence

The World Can't Afford to Sit Back and Watch

Hamas and Israel are making the same old mistakes all over again because the latest attacks won't solve anything. The world has to finally get involved in the Middle East conflict, Peter Philipp says
Extremist Groups in Lebanon

Strategy of Destabilisation

The bloody standoff at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp has its roots in the historical conflict between the Palestinian groups in Lebanon, reports Bernhard Hillenkamp from Beirut
Refugees in Lebanon

Fear Travels with Them

The cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel has launched a wave of refugees returning to their homes, but the problem of the displacement of many Lebanese still remains unresolved. By Anne Françoise Weber
An International Force for Lebanon?

No Sustainable Stabilisation Without a Political Conflict Settlement

A stabilisation force only makes sense under certain conditions. For a start, all regional actors and their legitimate interests will have to be taken seriously, writes Muriel Asseburg in her analysis
In the Aftermath of the Lebanon War

The Big Loser: Democracy

Following three years of unprecedented political dynamism and debates regarding the prospects for democratic transformation in the Arab world, the Arab-Israeli conflict returned to the forefront.