BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Iran to exercise restraint after Israel’s attack to avoid further escalation in the region. In a statement posted on social media, Scholz said the Israeli government has informed Berlin that it carried out “precise and targeted” strikes on Iran’s military facilities. “They have tr...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has started to increase its military exports to Israel, official figures reveal. The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the government has approved exports of military equipment and weapons worth €94 million ($101.5 million) to Israel in the last three months. The figures were released in response to a parli...
BERLIN (AA) – If Donald Trump is re-elected, his four-year term could cost Germany up to €180 billion (approximately $194.2 billion) in a “trade war,” German Economic Institute (IW) said in a report released on Thursday. According to the report, Trump’s pledge to increase tariffs to reduce the US trade deficit could cause sig...
BERLIN (AA) – A majority of Germans oppose providing military support to Israel, despite the government’s recent decision to resume weapons supplies, according to a new poll. The survey revealed that 60% of respondents oppose supplying arms to Israel, as the Netanyahu government intensifies its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, heightening concerns...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has deplored the high number of civilian casualties in northern Gaza as Israel relentlessly continues its war on the Palestinian region. “Corresponding reports of civilian deaths [in northern Gaza] are horrific,” deputy Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said at a press briefing in Berlin. “You also know...
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 […]
