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Dr. Peter Lintl

Research Division:

Africa and Middle East Deputy Head of Research Division

peter.lintl@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

North Africa and Middle East

Israel
Middle East conflict
Political systems

Focus

The Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel, German-Israeli Relations, Israeli Domestic Politics, Political Orthodoxy, State and Religion

Short Curriculum vitae

Since 06/2025 Deputy Head (ad interim), Africa and Middle East Division

Since 2023 Associate, Africa and Middle East Division

2016-2022 Head of the project »Israel and its regional and global conflicts: Domestic developments, security issues and foreign affairs« (completed)

2012-2016 Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Middle East Politics and Society at the Institute of Political Science/University Erlangen-Nuremberg

2009-2010 Research Stay at the University of Tel Aviv

2009-2012 PhD Scholarship awarded by the Gerda-Henkel-Foundation

2001-2008 Political Science, History and Philosophy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Haifa

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SWP Publications

- Muriel Asseburg
- Peter Lintl
Israel’s Radical Government
- German
Dismantling the Separation of Powers, Takeover of the State Apparatus, and Accelerated Annexation

SWP Comment 2025/C 18, 22.04.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C18
- Peter Lintl
Israel’s Anti-liberal Coalition
- German
The new government is seeking fundamental changes in the political system and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

SWP Comment 2023/C 05, 27.01.2023, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C05
- Lidia Averbukh
- Peter Lintl
Israel: Half a Year under the Bennett Government
- German
SWP Comment 2022/C 04, 21.01.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C04
- Peter Lintl
The Haredim as a Challenge for the Jewish State
- German
The Culture War over Israel’s Identity

SWP Research Paper 2020/RP 14, 09.12.2020, 38 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020RP14
- Muriel Asseburg
- Peter Lintl
Annexations in the West Bank: Europeans need to punch their weight
- German
Last week, EU foreign ministers emphasised that the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one of the Union’s strategic interests and that they discourage possible steps towards annexations. In this vein, the EU and its Member States should send a clear signal, Muriel Asseburg and Peter Lintl argue.

Point of View, 20.05.2020
- Peter Lintl
- Stefan Wolfrum
Israel’s Nation-State Law
- German
Netanyahu Government Lays the Foundations for a Majoritarian System

SWP Comment 2018/C 41, 10.10.2018, 7 Pages

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External publications

- Peter Lintl
Germany at a Crossroads - on German-Israeli relations

Against the backdrop of recent events, INSS researcher Dr. Remi Daniel, invited Dr. Peter Lintl for a special discussion: How has the German government and society reacted to the events of October 7th and the ongoing war in Gaza so far?

INSS podcast, 02.12.2024
- Peter Lintl
Haredi Parties and Israeli Democracy

in: P.R. Kumaraswamy (eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Israel, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021
- Peter Lintl
The Road to Israel's Elections: What Is at Stake

in: ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies, April 2019 (online)
- Peter Lintl
Israel on its Way to a Majoritarian System? The Current Government´s Fight against principles of Liberal Democracy, the “Constitutional Revolution” and the Supreme Court

in: Israeli European Policy Network: Challenges to/from the International (Legal) Order: Israeli and European Perspectives", Berlin, May 23, 2018.
- Allison Williams
Policy Divide: Berlin condemns Trump’s Jerusalem decision

German leaders called the United States’ move in the Middle East incendiary and are not likely to follow suit. But Trump’s decision may have a bigger impact on US-German ties than on Berlin’s relationship with Israel.

in: Handelsblatt.com, 12.07.2017 (online)
- Peter Lintl
Understanding coalition formation in Israel

Party positions and cleavages in light of the 2015 elections

in: Orient. German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle East, 56/3, 2015, pp. 27-35

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Areas of Expertise

Short Curriculum vitae

Understanding coalition formation in Israel