Short vita
I am the Head of the Jerusalem Office since September 2023. After my studies in Maastricht and Berlin, I worked at the German Chancellery in Berlin in the directorate for European affairs. Between 2010-2019, I served in different positions at the European Parliament before joining the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in 2019. During the last years, I was responsible for Lebanon and Syria in the Beirut office of the Foundation.
Freedom and liberalism are dear to my heart. Tolerance is and remains the basis for a free society. True freedom only exists where everyone is free to develop their talents to the fullest and where people are free from fear and repression. Therefore, we should always live up to the quote of the English author Evelyn Beatric Hall who famously said: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it“.
Contributions
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“I Believe That Our Responsibility is to Keep the Road for Peace Open”
Tzipi Livni, former Vice Prime Minister of Israel, is one of the fiercest critics against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform. As a proponent of liberal democracy and a two-state solution, she stresses the importance of protecting civil liberties and social justice. In an interview with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, she talks about the challenges that the nationalist trend and religious parties pose for a pluralistic society.
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Earthquake disaster in Turkey and northern Syria
The earthquakes in the Turkish-Syrian border region were the most severe in more than 20 years. On the Syrian side in particular, the extent of the terrible earthquake has not yet been fully grasped. What is clear, however, is that the people there are still waiting in vain for help. One reason for the difficult situation for the international aid community is the Syrian regime of Assad. How Germany and the West can help without supporting the Assad regime.
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One year after the disastrous explosion
August 4th marks the commemoration of the catastrophic Beirut blast, which killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000, and destroyed large parts of city. Many people have not been able to come to terms to what has happened. This comes as no surprise since for many, everyday life has become a never-ending nightmare: the lack of medicine, the long queues in front of gas stations, or the collapse of
