‘It’s gonna be great fun!’ Politics in the age of post-truth
If you’ve ever wondered what post-postmodernism might look like, 2016 gives you a pretty damn good idea.
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What Europe Has to Learn from Israel about Security
Containing terror with security measures only goes so far.
An article with the same title as this one was published in the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s English-language daily a day after the terrorist attacks in Brussels. The author, Yossi Melman, describes the attacks as “the result of years of negligence” and “a colossal security and intelligence failure.” According to Melman, Europe missed the opportunity to profit from Israel’s security-related know-how. The author is both right and wrong.
An Attack on the Rule of Law
The destructive power of terrorism lies in its capacity to blow up a hole in the fabric that keeps society together. But today’s attacks in Brussels were also, if not primarily, an attempt to jeopardize the rule of law.
Brothers and Others: Junction 48 Shows Israel-Palestine at a Crossroads
- Film , Slow News Europe , Dialogue , Arts
Udi Aloni’s new feature film, the winner of this year’s Berlinale Panorama Audience Award, is one of two Israeli films at the festival having the word “junction” in their title. Can one see this as a sign that Israel is standing at an important crossroads in its history? Katoikos.eu spoke to the director and the Palestinian leading actor, Samar Qupty.
Europe, She Loves: A Portrait of the Bored-Of-It-All Generation
- Film , Slow News Europe , Work , Arts
“May you live in interesting times,” says a Chinese curse. Yet, reaching adulthood in “interesting times” might be an even grimmer fate. Jan Gassmann’s documentary Europe, She Loves pays a tribute to European youth’s lost years.
Berlinale Fights Back: A Cinematic Offensive on Global Unhappiness
- Slow News Europe , Film , Arts
Berlin International Film Festival kicks-off on Thursday, February 11 and will continue for ten days. Katoikos.eu will be there to cover new cinematographic developments from a pan-European perspective.
Meta-Nation for Dummies
New-comers could profit from an informative crash course on their hosts’ norms and values. But the question, “What does it mean to live in a multi-ethnic society, in a meta-nation?” is one that hosts themselves should not put the aside for too.
Bombing Ideas: Europe’s and ISIL’s Radical Solutions
It’s easy to dismiss the increasing drumroll of war in London and Berlin as the panic-fueled reaction of madmen who happen to be in power. Yet, the truth might be even more disturbing.
Labelling Israeli Settlement Products: Economic vs. Symbolic Pressure
Benjamin Netanyahu might be right— the European Union indeed “singles out” Israel by its recent labelling guidelines. But maybe not exactly the way he thinks.
Bibi’s Ghosts are Europe’s Too
On Netanyahu’s use of history to deny the Israeli-Palestinian conflict its political status and history’s consequences for the European Union’s involvement in the region
If it hasn’t been clear already that the Israeli government often exploits the Shoah for political purposes, Netanyahu’s recent speech at the 37th World Zionist Congress provided additional first-hand evidence.
