Panel
7 October, the War in Gaza and the Shadows of the Shoah and the Nakba
The events since 7 October 2023 have opened up old wounds for Jews and Palestinians. Among Jews, the massacre by Hamas awakened collective traumas of pogroms, persecution and annihilation in Europe. Palestinians see the suffering and displacement they have experienced in Gaza as a second nakba – a repetition of the flight and expulsion experienced due to the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948.
The political scholar Muriel Asseburg, the educational scholar and travel guide Uriel Kashi and the political analyst and author Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib will talk about the influence these traumas have on the present situation.
Before and after the event, the “Reflexes & Reflections Library” in the Upper Foyer invites visitors of this event to read in-depth and visit the photo exhibition “Overlaps” by Ali Ghandtschi.
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With
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib – Political Analyst
Muriel Asseburg – Political Scientist
Uriel Kashi – Educational Scholar and Travel Guide for educational tours of Israel
Chaired by
Paul Middelhoff – Journalist
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a Palestinian American political analyst and author who writes extensively on Gaza’s political and strategic affairs in U.S., Israeli, Jewish and Arab outlets, and a promoter of co-existence and peace as the only path forward between Palestinians and Israelis. He grew up in Saudi Arabia and Gaza City and had to seek asylum in the United States, where he lives now.
Muriel Asseburg is a political scholar and Senior Fellow in the Africa and Middle East Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. She has lived in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Damascus and Beirut and has spent over 20 years researching the Middle East conflict and German foreign policy in the region.
Uriel Kashi was born in Israel and grew up in Stuttgart. He studied Jewish Studies and Education in Jerusalem und Berlin. He subsequently worked as an educational consultant at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In 2007 he moved back to Israel with his family where his work included training teachers at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Since 2010 Uriel Kashi has organised educational tours throughout the country. In addition to his work as a travel guide, he also focusses on Holocaust Education and the question of rasing children after Auschwitz.