In the organizer's words:
ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, HAMAS CARRIED OUT AN UNPRECEDENTED MASSACRE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
During the largest mass murder of Jews since the Shoah, thousands of civilians, women, children, babies, young people and the sick were planned and systematically raped, tortured, butchered and burned alive in their homes and on a festival site.
Around 250 people, including women, children, babies, the elderly and infirm, were taken to the Gaza Strip and tortured under inhumane conditions for up to two years.
The brutal attack was followed by an Israeli military response to destroy
destruction of Hamas and to free the hostages. Despite the actions on 7.
October 7 and the devastating consequences of the war, Hamas is - also in
Germany - is partly regarded as a legitimate liberation movement and the terror is
legitimized as "anti-colonial resistance".
What is Hamas?
Who are its members?
What drives them?
Who are its financiers and supporters?
What danger does Hamas pose in Germany?
These and other topics will be explored by the speaker Dr. Matthias Küntzel.
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DR. KÜNTZEL IS A POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND HISTORIAN SPECIALIZING IN
SPECIALIZING IN ANTISEMITISM AND ISLAMISM.
In 2011, the American Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored his commitment
against anti-Semitism with the Paul Ehrlich - Günther Schwerin
Human Rights Award.
In 2022, the German-Israeli Society in Hanover honored him with the
Theodor Lessing Prize for enlightened thought and action.
He is a member of the German Council on Foreign Relations, the Association of German Historians, the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) and is a Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.
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Afterwards, Dr. Küntzel will answer your questions and there will be an
opportunity for discussion.
Free admission.
Prior registration is not required.
Tuesday, 05.05.2026, 7 p.m.
University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1, Main Building
Lecture hall XVIII, first floor
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