EDITORIALS
A new website for the new CIPMO
EDITORIAL by Janiki Cingoli
After 30 years of activities, CIPMO proudly presents its new website, which mirrors the Center’s new identity and its profound transformation.
Haftar’s advance reopens Italian-French contest for Libya
COMMENTARY by Michela Mercuri
These are momentous days for Libya. After the Palermo Conference on Libya held on 12-13 November 2018, in which the foundations (albeit shaky) of a dialogue between some of the main local players had somehow been laid, balance seems to be changing again – but definitely unfavourably to Italy. What has happened and what are the actual risks for our country?
Turkey’s unknown variables in the Syrian context
COMMENTARY by Alberto Gasparetto
The Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit on Syria – held in the Russian city of Sochi, near the Black Sea, on 14th February 2019 – brought to the surface a significant commonality of interests between the three players.
Interview with Loubna Bensalah
EDITORIAL by Janiki Cingoli
In 2016, the then 20-year-old Loubna Bensalah, a young Moroccan activist famous worldwide, walked for 1000 km in Morocco to know herself and meet other Moroccan women – starting her project called “I Walk with Her”.
Jews and Arab-Palestinians in Bolzano/Bozen to Study the Experience of the German-Speaking Minority
EDITORIAL by Janiki Cingoli
A delegation of Jews and Arab Palestinians, all Israeli citizens, has visited Bolzano in the last few days to learn from the experience of Autonomy in Alto Adige/Südtirol (South Tyrol in English).
Gaza’s Pendulum
EDITORIAL by Janiki Cingoli
The resignations of Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the secular right-wing party Yisrael Beitenu – mostly supported by voters of Russian descent – epitomise how the crisis that has been dragging on in Gaza has affected Israel’s internal political balance, a crisis that started with the launch of weekly “marches for the return”, held on Fridays since 28th March 2018.
Israel and Hamas reach an agreement on ceasefire in Gaza
by Janiki Cingoli, President of the Italian Center for Peace in the Middle East (CIPMO)
According to the authoritative pan-Arab London-based daily newspaper Al-Hayat, after indirect negotiations Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement, thanks to the unremitting mediation of the Egyptian intelligence.
Gaza, the Three Men Deciding on Peace or War
EDITORIAL by Janiki Cingoli
10,000 people took part again in anti-Israel manifestations in Gaza last Friday, but the majority of the participants kept away from the border, following the instructions previously given by Hamas.