Julius von Freytag-Loringhoven
Short vita
Julius von Freytag-Loringhoven heads the work in the Baltic States with the Foundation's office in Vilnius since October 2024. Before he was Spokesperson and Head of Communications of the foundation from 2023 to 2024. From 2020 to 2023, he led the foundation's Jerusalem office for Israel and the Palestinian territories. From 2012 to 2020, he led the foundation's Moscow office (Russia and Central Asia) in the fight for individual dignity and freedom. He has developed countles programs for foreign and security policy, civil and human rights, as well as market economy and entrepreneurship. He brought Fuck Up Nights to Russia, and helped the foundation of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. From 2010 to 2012 he was co-founder and coordinator of the Forum of Liberal Ideas of the Free Democratic Party in Brussels - from 2008 to 2012 he worked as a political advisor in the area of EU politics in Brussels. Before completing his MA in Political Strategy and Communications at the University of Kent, he studied in St. Petersburg, Munich and Brussels.
Contributions
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"We are witnessing the birth of a new liberal camp in Israel"
On 18 June 2023 an important event marked the 75th birthday of Israel and the 40th birthday of the FNF office in Jerusalem, celebrating "40 years of liberal dialogue". Over 100 liberal partners and friends from Israel and the Palestinian territories gathered at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation to listen to the speeches of Tzipi Livni, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Deputy-Chair of FNF and former German Minister of Justice, and Steffen Seibert, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Israel.
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Israel's Bennett-Lapid Government is a Victory for Democracy
The new and most ideologically diverse government in the history of Israel does not raise high expectations. It seems neither Left nor Right expect paradise from a coalition built on so much compromise. Yet to the polarized political climate of recent years, this is revolutionary. Only a month ago Israel faced one of the worst eruptions of communal violence in years.
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The Illusion of Peace without the Palestinians Is Fading
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the Islamic Jihad so far holds after more than 4,000 rockets at Israel, with 12 dead, according to Israeli sources, and Israeli air strikes on more than 800 targets in the Gaza Strip, with more than 240 dead, according to Palestinian sources. Military experts believe that Israel achieved in one week as many tactical objectives in Gaza with targeted air strikes, as it did in seven weeks of a costly ground offensive in 2014.
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Elections in Israel: End time for „King Bibi“
A week before elections, Israeli views on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain divided. A repeated stalemate could result in a fifth elections within two years. Nevertheless, the end of Netanyahu's time in power is near - while a liberal center is stabilizing under Yesh Atid. Analysis by our Israel expert Julius von Freytag-Loringhoven.
