JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A South African activist lambasted Germany’s ambassador at a conference because of Berlin’s support for Israel. Zackie Achmat criticized Andreas Peschke who was included as a panelist at the 6th International Social Justice Conference at Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Social Justice. “Sir, have you no shame. You...
BERLIN (AA) – After more than a year of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel should “seek a path to peace.” The statement comes in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, which according to Biden, could provide an opportunity to bring a long-awaited peace to devastated [&hell...
BERLIN (AA) – A German warship shot down a drone off the coast of Lebanon, military sources said. The German corvette Ludwigshafen am Rhein, which was deployed as part of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, shot down the unidentified aerial vehicle. A military spokesperson told German press agency DPA that an unmanned aerial vehicl...
BERLIN (AA) – The images emerging from Gaza showing burned children and civilians after Israeli airstrikes are “horrendous,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer has said. He made the remarks in response to a question about Israeli military’s airstrike in the early hours of the day, targeting tents of displaced Palestinian...
GENEVA (AA) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that Germany will continue to supply arms to Israel, which continues air and ground attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. During the German Bundestag debate on the events of October 7, 2023, Scholz said: “We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons. … We have made decisions […]
LONDON (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in an advisory opinion in July that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end as soon as possible and that third countries must do nothing to aid or assist that occupation. Norway’s $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares […]
The US and Germany remain the final significant arms suppliers to Israel. This comes as international pressure mounts for a halt in military sales due to Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 40,000 Palestinians and led to accusations that it is committing genocide at the International Court of Justice. One study in the […]...
Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals back to Afghanistan. This is the country’s first deportation flight since the Taliban re-took control of the country in 2021. The deportees were previously convicted of crimes and residing illegally in Germany. They were sent home following a fatal knife attack in the city of Solingen on August ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s far right party has won a state election for the first time since World War II, preliminary official results show. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party managed to win 32.8% of the vote in the state of Thuringia, while the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) came in second with 23.6%. The [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
