DUBAI – AFP German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said her country expected Israel to adapt its military action in order to alleviate civilian suffering and to allow more humanitarian aid. “Things cannot go on as they are now” and “no one can remain indifferent when thousands of children are killed,” she s...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany on Wednesday said that the EU member states will discuss possible sanctions on Israeli settlers. The German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Berlin that the issue will be discussed during an EU foreign ministers meeting next week. “We welcome that the US has adopted a clear stance, as […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s chancellor has called on newly industrialized countries like China and India to support a newly founded climate fund for the world’s most vulnerable countries. Addressing the UN climate summit in Dubai, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said climate change remains the world’s biggest challenge, and countries should step up t...
BERLIN (AA) – The West German city of Bochum has suspended an award ceremony for German-British author Sharon Dodua Otoo because of her links to a group supporting a boycott of Israel. “At its meeting on November 10th, the eight-member jury voted for Sharon Dodua Otoo as the winner. It has recently become known that […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s former President Christian Wulff has warned of growing anti-Muslim and Ialamophobic sentiments in the country, calling for a stronger stance against the xenophobic and racist propaganda of right-wing extremists. “Some still blame Muslims for completely different problems that have nothing to do with Muslims,” Wulf...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that if Türkiye and Germany jointly achieve a humanitarian cease-fire in the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza, the region can be rescued from the ring of fire. Speaking at the joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Erdogan said 13,000 Palestinians ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has rejected growing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and reaffirmed its support for Israel’s strikes which have claimed more than 11,100 lives, many of them children. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed doubts about a cease-fire, arguing that it was not clear how this could be negotiated, how it could [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Muslim community has been facing growing attacks since the start of the war against Palestine, a Berlin-based non-governmental human rights organization has reported. “In recent weeks we have seen an increase in anti-Muslim racism. We currently have three documented anti-Muslim incidents per day. This applies to t...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has expressed concern over mounting anti-Muslim racism in the country since the start of the attacks on Gaza on October 7. Any attacks on Muslims in Germany, for religious or other reasons, are “absolutely unacceptable,” government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said at a news conference in Berlin. “The nearly 5 million Mus...
BERLIN (AA) – Israel has criticized Germany for not rejecting a UN resolution which called for an urgent humanitarian truce in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Berlin, Ron Prosor, said Germany’s decision last week to abstain in the UN General Assembly vote was “more than disappointing” for his country. “Friday’s abstention is morally w...
