Berliner Morgenpost: Recognizing Palestine as a state: Is there any point at all?
"The recognition of Palestine is currently a purely political signal that will further isolate Israel politically," Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director at the Berlin-based think tank Counter Extremism Project, told our editorial team. "The recognition of Palestine is currently also about the Palestinian Authority gaining full membership of the United Nations - beyond its current observer status." However, only the UN Security Council can make a final decision on this. A vote to this effect is likely to fail due to a veto by the USA.
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.