The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Global Politics Summer School Jordan, which will take place in Amman from August 18th-29th, 2019 on the topic of "Jordan, Lebanon and the EU: What are their sources of stability in an unruly world?"

70 high ranking participants have attended the opening of the Paris Conference on Peace in the Middle East, initiated by French president Francois Hollande. It aims to restart the peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians based on the two-state solution. Israel has declined to participate in the meeting. The Palestinians, who were expected to be present, have postponed their participation to a later stage. What are the Palestinian expectations from the conference in Paris? Sami Abdel-Shafi, who writes from the besieged and marginalized Gaza strip, gives his opinion.