In the city of its birth, Jews reject Zionism

Jewish groups gather for First Anti-Zionist Congress

Eight-month-old German party could be political kingmaker

Germany’s next battle with the far-right

After decades on the low-down, Germany is campaigning for army recruits

Germany shuts down Palestinian conference and censors academics

A rare public space at Beirut’s first skate park

Can ‘lawfare’ stop the war in Gaza?

Germany struggles to balance freedom of speech with its Staatsräson

In Germany, ‘never again’ is now

Israel’s ICJ trial is calling up Germany’s dark history — and it’s not the Holocaust

How Hezbollah developed a powerful military and political prowess in Lebanon

New Palestinian leadership struggles to see beyond tomorrow during war

Israelis from border areas displaced and living in Jerusalem

Families of Gaza hostages step up protests

Israeli settlers are gearing up for a return to Gaza

Christmas is canceled in Bethlehem

Examining the UN’s peacekeeping role at the Israel-Lebanon border

Families in southern Lebanon on border with Israel relocate as rocket exchanges continue across the border

Hezbollah leader praises Oct. 7 Hamas attacks but falls short of declaring war

How Hezbollah developed a powerful military and political prowess in Lebanon

Aid trucks poised to cross Rafah border from Egypt to Gaza to provide relief to millions trapped

Protests across Middle East in response to hospital explosion

Palestinian refugees outside Israel remember 1948

In Lebanon, mixed opinions about getting involved in Israel-Hamas war

German proposal overhauls immigration law to attract skilled workers

Germans react to changing military spending

Germany mine protests

What are the Russians up to in Serbia?

This Iraqi man wants to preserve Mosul’s Jewish history

Some secular Jews are learning Yiddish to reconnect with Jewish identity 

How do you ‘Love Me Kosher’? Ask this museum. 

How Vienna transformed massive Nazi relicts into useful public space

Weaning off Russian gas, EU turns to other sources that also raise questions 

Iraqi Kurds are wary as US withdraws from Afghanistan

Kurdish authorities in Iraq are still wary of ISIS influence

Mosul’s Jewish past

Christians struggle to keep Iraqi homeland

A quest for justice one year after Beirut port explosion

Lebanon’s citizens struggle to recover one year after port explosion 

Iraqis are fleeing to Europe via Belarus

Lebanon’s army is struggling to feed its soldiers during financial crisis 

Medical professionals leaving Lebanon amid the pandemic and financial crisis

Lebanon imploding 

Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Israelis answer ‘battle cry’ to return to anti-government protests

Amid war and large-scale displacement in Gaza, Israeli settlers plan their return

Christmas is canceled in Bethlehem

Kurds grapple with US troop drawdown in Iraq

In the wake of ISIS, Kurdish authorities are controlling religious messaging

Signs of a forgotten Jewish past in Mosul

One of Iraq’s oldest Christian communities struggles with religious diversity