Middle East - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:18:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 “A Line in the Sand” Book Review https://jesc.eu/a-line-in-the-sand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-line-in-the-sand Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:36:53 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8339 “A Line in the Sand”: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East by James Barr Through the European Leadership Programme, every cohort of fellows engages in the long-standing Jesuit tradition of forming leaders to change the world. It is clear, even to the most casual reader of A Line in the Sand […]

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]]> Migration trends across the western route of the Mediterranean https://jesc.eu/migration-trends-across-the-western-route-of-the-mediterranean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=migration-trends-across-the-western-route-of-the-mediterranean Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:25:38 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1061 The Moroccan border with the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla Syrian people fleeing from the conflict usually arrive to Morocco from Algeria, where they did not need a visa until beginning of 2015 (Palestine Syrians need a visa since 2014). They are mostly families with children. Now that Algeria asks them for a visa, […]

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]]> A new form of anti-Semitism in Europe https://jesc.eu/a-new-form-of-anti-semitism-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-form-of-anti-semitism-in-europe Mon, 04 May 2015 11:23:08 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=952 An old spectre is haunting Europe: anti-Semitism. This year’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen left five people dead just because they were Jewish.  Jewish cemeteries have been desecrated. Synagogues and Jewish schools now have to be under armed guard. Jewish people no longer dare to wear theirkippas in public. These events led Israel’s head […]

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]]> The Peace Process as a Challenge to the EU https://jesc.eu/the-peace-process-as-a-challenge-to-the-eu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-peace-process-as-a-challenge-to-the-eu Tue, 10 May 2011 16:53:47 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=387 Not only is this issue highly complicated, in my experience it is almost unique. On other issues, people can be tentative, can admit ignorance. On this, almost everyone has a strong opinion. Conflicting views are held passionately by the parties involved, especially since the different peoples of this region have endured terrible suffering.  One can […]

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