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Maja Sojref | „This is not about Israelis versus Palestinians.“

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Martin von Berswordt-Wallrabe

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May 10, 2024

Shortly after the Hamas attack on 7 October, the New Israel Fund Deutschland e.V. launched aid for those affected – in Israel and in Gaza. In the podcast, Maja Sojref from the NIF talks about understanding between the different groups in the country and the organisation’s work in recent months, as well as the prospects for peaceful coexistence.
More information: https://www.nif-deutschland.de/

Podcast recording as part of the event series „We need need need to talk“, funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth as part of the federal programme „Demokratie leben!“ in cooperation with the city of Bochum, the municipal integration centre Bochum and the Kinder- und Jugendring Bochum e.V.

This publication does not represent an opinion of the BMFSFJ or the BAFzA. The authors are responsible for the content of their statements.

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