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Dr. Amany Abdelrazek, Adjunct Lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin; Board member of Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought
Dr. Christian Achrainer, Roskilde University (RUC)
Mariam Ahmed, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging Expert; M.A. Middle Eastern Studies
Danny Albaaj, Vice President for Advocacy and PR, Syrian Forum USA
Aljoscha Albrecht, Political scientist
Layla Al-Zubaidi, Anthropologist and Islam scientist
Prof. Dr. Kai Ambos, Professor for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law, International Criminal Law and International Law, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Nele Anders, Senior Advocacy Office for Middle East Peace, ECFR
Dr. phil. habil. Arne Andersen, Historian
Dr. Muriel Asseburg, Senior Fellow, Research Division Africa and Middle East, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Gertraud Auer Borea, Senior advisor for international dialogue
Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr, University of Salzburg
Dr. Kilian Bälz, Lawyer, Berlin
Dr. André Bank, GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
Manon Barthod, MENA advisor to the former President of th European Council (2021-2024)
Julia Bartmann, Political scientist
Prof. Dr. Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brown University
Amb. Ilan Baruch, Policy Working Group (PWG) – Israel
Dr. Gershon Baskin, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation; Co-Head, Alliance for Two States
Bauke Baumann, Political scientist
Prof. Dr. Martin Beck, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr; GIGA Associate
Prof. Dr. Lale Behzadi, Arabic Scholar
Dr. Felix Berenskötter, King’s College London
Prof. Dr. Lutz Berger, Department of Oriental Studies, Kiel University
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bierschenk, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Sophie Borel, Senior peace, stability and conflict prevention expert
Dr. Josep Borrell, fmr. High Representative of the EU for Foreign and Security Policy; fmr. Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs; President of the Barcelona Center for International Relations CIDOB
Kristian Brakel, Political Analyst
Dr. Philipp Bruckmayr, Scholar of Islamic Studies, University of Bamberg
Prof. em. José Brunner, Professor emeritus, Buchmann Faculty of Law und Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University
PD Dr. Rainer Brunner, Islamic Scholar, CNRS Paris
Dr. Manfred Budzinski, Social Scientist
Dr. Matthes Buhbe, Economist and political analyst
Prof. Dr. Doris Bühler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal
Avraham Burg, fmr. Speaker of the Knesset
Hikmat Bushnaq-Josting, Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought
Thomas Claes, Historian and Scholar of Islamic Studies
Christian Clages, Ambassador (ret.)
Helen Clark, Member of The Elders; fmr. Prime Minister of New Zealand; fmr. Head of the UN Development Programme
Tsafrir Cohen, Executive Director, medico international, Frankfurt am Main
Sebastian Damm, Legal scholar and historian
Dr. Hans Dembowski, Journalist and development sociologist
Dr. Eitan Diamond, Manager and Senior Legal Expert, Israel & Palestine, Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre
Prof. Dr. Janina Dill, University of Oxford
Christoph Dinkelaker, Political and Islam scientist
Bernd Dunnzlaff, Ministerial Counsellor (ret.)
Dr. Asiem El Difraoui, Director of Jasmine Conseils; Initiative „Media Literacy for the Mediterranean“
Schams El Ghoneimi, fmr. Foreign Policy / MENA Advisor, European Parliament
Dr. Dörthe Engelcke, Acting Head of the Centre of Expertise for the Law of Arab and Islamic Countries, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Dina Fakousa, Senior MENA Analyst and Consultant
Andrew Feinstein, fmr. Member of the South African National Assembly
Deborah Feldman, Author and publicist
Dr. Irene Fellmann, Middle East scholar
Nimrod Flaschenberg, Israelis for Peace, Berlin
Christina Förch, Political scientist, journalist, founding member of Fighters for Peace Lebanon, Beirut
Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Humboldt University of Berlin; German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)
Prof. Dr. Patrick Franke, Islamic Scholar, University Bamberg
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag, Director, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Benedikt Fries, Social worker
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Friese, Cultural scholar
Marc Frings, Secretary-General, Central Committee of German Catholics
Dr. Christiane Fröhlich, GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg
Dr. rer. pol. Steffi Gentner, Head of Programs and Cooperation, humedica International Aid
Daniel Gerlach, Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East magazine zenith
Andrew Gilmour, fmr. Executive Director, Berghof Foundation; fmr. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
Prof. Amos Goldberg, Professor of International Relations
Dr. Ori Goldberg, Independent political analyst
Robert Grabosch, Lawyer and Human Rights Expert
Dr. Bettina Gräf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dr. Jannis Grimm, Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Ariela Groß, MA Middle Eastern Studies
Hansjörg Haber, ambassador (ret.)
Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez, Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Erfurt
Mariam Hamad, International Development and Humanitarian Policy Expert
Adham Hamed, University of Vienna; Austrian Centre for Peace
Christian Hanelt, Expert in European and Middle East affairs
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch, Institute for Communication and Media Science, LMU Munich
Prof. Dr. Cilja Harders, Free University Berlin
Dr. Sonja Hegasy, Senior researcher
Dr. Marie-Christine Heinze, Islam scientist
Kristin Helberg, Journalist and political scientist
Sarah Ch. Henkel, political scientist
Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt, Islamic Studies Scholar and Arabist
Sophia Hiss, Hertie School of Governance Berlin
Dr. Anja Hoffmann, Political scientist
Shai Hoffmann, Social entrepreneur, activist and moderator
Prof. Dr. Sophia Hoffmann, University of Erfurt
Dr. Sabine Hofmann, Scholar of West Asian Studies
Jürgen Hogrefe, Publicist
Philip Holzapfel, fmr. MENA advisor to EU High Representative Dr. Josep Borrell
Dr. Daniela Huber, Roma Tre University
Simon Ilse, International lawyer
Dr. Dalal Iriqat, Associate Professor, Arab American University Palestine
Dr. Alma Itzhaky, Israelis for Peace, Berlin
Dr. Sabine Jaberg, Peace researcher and co-chair of the Working Group on Critical Peace Research
Dr. David Jalilvand, Political scientist
Prof. Dr. Uffa Jensen, Centre for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University of Berlin
Hina Jilani, Member of The Elders; pioneering lawyer and pro-democracy campaigner
Cora Josting, Chairwoman, Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought
Prof. Dr. Annette Jünemann, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplony, Arabic and Islamic Studies, LMU Munich
Kristina Kausch, Political scientist
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Kienle, Sciences Po Paris
Prof. Dr. Katharina Kilian-Yasin, Professor International Business for Engineers, Pforzheim University; Intercultural consultant for Arab countries
Heinrich Klassen, Cultural Diplomacy, Orchestra Musician and Oboist
Prof. em. Menachem Klein, Professor emeritus Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Florian Kohstall, Center for International Cooperation,Free University Berlin
Dr. Olaf Köndgen, Scholar of Islamic Studies
Martin Konecny, European Middle East Project (EuMEP)
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Korn, Bamberg University
Kirsten Krampe, Political and Islam scientist
Prof em. Gert Krell, Institute of Political Science, Goethe-University Frankfurt on Main
Lena Kronenberg,
Dr. Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, fmr. EU Representative in Cuba, South Sudan, Mozambique and Palestine
Dr. Wolfram Lacher, Senior Associate, Research Division Africa and Middle East, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Munir Lada’a, Political scientist and historian; German-Palestinian
Georgia Langton, Hertie School of Governance Berlin
Prof. Dr. Elad Lapidot, Professor for Hebraic Studies, University of Lille
Dr. Wolfgang Lemke, Middle East scholar, fmr. Head Librarian of the Oriental Institutes of the German Oriental Society in Beirut and Istanbul (now part of the Max Weber Foundation)
Dr. Alon Liel, Policy Working Group (PWG), Israel
Dr. Michael Lüders, Publicist and political scientist
Björn Luley, Former Director of the Goetheinstitute Damascus, Syria
Ahmed-Anders Lundgren-Bekov, fmr. Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste e.V.
Dr. Mohmad Waseem Malla, Editorial Director, Middle East Outlook
Prof. Dr. Itamar Mann, Lawyer
Saskia Marsh, Almizan Advisors; conflict resolution & Middle East expert
Dr. Daniel Marwiecki, University of Hong Kong
Dr. Bettina Marx, Journalist and author
Daniel McCormack, Social scientist
Eva Menasse, Author and publicist
Barbara Mittelhammer, Independent political analyst
Dirk Moses, Spitzer Professor of International Relations at the City College of New York
Carola Müller-Holtkemper, Ambassador (ret.)
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman, Director, Einstein Forum
Dr. Jan Christoph Nemitz,
Achinoam Nini, Singer and peace activist
Ulrich Nitschke, Chair, Partnerschaftsverein Bonn-Ramallah e.V.
Neda Noraie-Kia, Political scientist
Dr. Eliyahu Osheroff, Regional Thinking Forum
pax christi Diözesanverband Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Dr. Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Tim Petschulat, Expert on democratic governance
Dr. Hanna Pfeifer, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
Julia Pickhardt, Research Assistant Centre on Conflict, Peacebuilding and Development, Graduate Institute Geneva (IHEID)
Dr. Jochen Pleines, President of the German-Jordanian Association
Sophie Pornschlegel, Maastricht University
Peter Prügel, Ambassador (ret.)
Dr. David Ranan, Political scientist and Author
Prof. Dr. Hans-Richard Reuter, University of Münster
Mary Robinson, Member (and former Chair) of The Elders; first woman President of Ireland; fmr. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Beate Roggenbruck , Member of the Working Group on Peace Logic of the Platform for Civil Conflict Transformation
Alon Sahar, Analyst, Filmmaker and Chief editor of Staatsräson Monitor
Dr. Salam Said, Economist
Dr. Ilyas Saliba, Associate Fellow, Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient Bonn
Juan Manuel Santos, Chair of The Elders; fmr. President of Colombia; Nobel Peace Laureate
Dr. Mithu Sanyal, Author, journalist and cultural scientist
Dr. Bente Scheller, Political scientist and publicist
Ingo Schendel, Expert in MENA affairs
Dr. Manuel Schiffler, KfW Development Bank, Middle East Department, and Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies (Middle East) at Goethe University Frankfur
Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlumberger, Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidinger, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr; University of Vienna
Dr. Moritz Schmoll, Assistant Professor in Political Science, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Marcus Schneider, Political scientist
Dr. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Centre for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University of Berlin
Dr. Alexander Schwarz, International Law Expert
Melanie Schweizer,
Daniel Seidemann, Terrestrial Jerusalem
Alexandra Senfft, Author and journalist
Prof. em. Dr. Eva Senghaas-Knobloch,
Katja Setzkorn, Anthropologist
Muhammad Shehada, Palestinian writer and analyst from Gaza; Visiting Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations
PD Dr. Manfred Sing, Leibniz-Institute for European History, Mainz, und University Basel
Dr. Sebastian Sons, Political and Islam scientist
Prof. Stefan Sperl, Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS
Marius Stark, Middle East Commission of pax christi, German Section
Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger, Professor for International Law, European Law and Public Law; Director of the Center for International Studies, Technical University Dresden
Christian Sterzing, Author and publicist; fmr. Member of the German Bundestag
Dr. Friederike Stolleis, Ethnologist and Islam scientist
Simone Susskind, Founder Actions in the Mediterranean; Former Federal Senator, Former Member of the Brussels Regional Parliament; Doctor Honoris Causa from Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tobias Thiel, Expert on Middle East and Africa
Prof. Dr. Hanan Toukan, Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, Bard College Berlin
Stephane Valter, Professor for Arabistic
Prof. Dr. Ruggero Vimercati Sanseverino, University Tübingen
Marion Volkmann-Brandau, Human rights expert
Achim Vogt, Political scientist
Dr. Gabriele vom Bruck, Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London; PhD, London School of Economics; Currently Emerita
Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard, Board of Trustees of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Hanna Voß, Political scientist and journalist
Alexander Weber, Humboldt University of Berlin
Dr. Irene Weipert, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Prof. em. Matthias Weiter, Humboldt University of Berlin
Dr. Isabelle Werenfels, Senior Fellow, Research Division Africa and Middle East, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Charlotte Wiedemann, Journalist and author
Prof. Dr. Peter Wien, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Dr. René Wildangel, Historian, Author and Middle East Analyst, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz, GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg
Dr. Anna Würth, Islam scientist
Prof. Dr. Lothar Zechlin, University Rector and Professor of Public Law (ret.), University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Anja Zorob, Islam scientist
Bündnis für Gerechtigkeit zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern e.V.
as well as 49 additional non-public endorsements