Julius von Freytag-Loringhoven
Short vita
Julius heads the FNF Jerusalem office since 2020, trying to enhance innovation to foster dialogue and strengthen liberal principles. From 2012 to 2020 he ran the Moscow office of FNF, trying on improving dialogue with Russia, while advocating for individual dignity, freedom and responsibility. He has launched new programmes on bilateral dialogue, market economy, civic and human rights, promoting entrepreneurship and bringing together young change agents. He brought Fuck Up Nights to Russia and is also deputy chairman of the board of trustees of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. From 2010 to 2012 he co-founded and coordinated a a liberal dialogue forum in Brussels, while working for six years as political consultant in the surroundings of EU politics in Brussels. Julius is an officer of the reserve of German tank reconnaissance. He studied - in Brussels, Munich and Saint Petersburg - Politics, Philosophy and Economics and holds an MA in Political Strategy and Communications from the University of Kent.
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.
