What’s behind Germany’s unwavering support for Israel? | Israel War on Gaza

What’s behind Germany’s unwavering support for Israel? | Israel War on Gaza

Germany is one of the staunchest backers of Israel’s war on Gaza. Eighty years after the Holocaust, Germany is accused of being complicit in an alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza. Nicaragua wants the International Court of Justice to order Berlin to stop military exports to Israel. German lawyers have rejected…

Is Germany complicit in Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Is Germany complicit in Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Nicaragua alleges Germany violated UN Genocide Convention by supplying Israel while aware there was a risk of genocide. Nicaragua has asked the International Court of Justice to order Germany to stop supplying Israel with weapons. The case joins two others involving Israel already before the court. Nicaragua’s case is more…

Germany rejects allegation of aiding genocide in Gaza at ICJ | Israel War on Gaza News

Germany rejects allegation of aiding genocide in Gaza at ICJ | Israel War on Gaza News

German legal team tells court 98 percent of arms exports to Israel since October 7 were general equipment like vests, helmets and binoculars. Germany has denied accusations that it was aiding genocide in Gaza by selling Israel arms in a case at the top UN court brought by Nicaragua –…

German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies | Israel War on Gaza News

German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies | Israel War on Gaza News

A group of German civil servants have written to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other senior ministers calling on the government to “cease arm deliveries to the Israeli government with immediate effect”. “Israel is committing crimes in Gaza that are in clear contradiction to international law and thus to the Constitution,…

‘We Jews are just arrested; Palestinians are beaten’: Protesters in Germany | Israel War on Gaza News

‘We Jews are just arrested; Palestinians are beaten’: Protesters in Germany | Israel War on Gaza News

German-Israeli activist Iris Hefets was arrested for the first time in Berlin just a few weeks after the start of Israel’s war on Gaza last October – for holding a sign which read, “As a Jew and Israeli, stop the genocide in Gaza”. That time, the police told Hefets, a…

The Max Planck Society must end its unconditional support for Israel | Israel War on Gaza

The Max Planck Society must end its unconditional support for Israel | Israel War on Gaza

We, a diverse group of employees at the Max Planck Society (MPS), Germany’s top research institution, are writing this letter to express our disapproval of the position our employer has taken on Israel-Palestine and call for a serious change in discourse, both within the MPS and in Germany as a…

Germany legalises cannabis possession for personal use from April | Drugs News

Germany legalises cannabis possession for personal use from April | Drugs News

German laws on cannabis use now among most liberal in Europe, but medical experts warn it ‘makes you stupid’. The German parliament has approved the partial legalisation of cannabis for personal use in a landmark vote that leaves the country with some of the most liberal laws on the substance…

Far-right Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner banned from entering Germany | The Far Right News

Far-right Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner banned from entering Germany | The Far Right News

Sellner is known for his talk about ‘remigration’ at a recent meeting of nationalist populists in Europe that triggered large protests in Germany. Far-right Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner has been banned from entering Germany, days after he was deported from Switzerland. Sellner, a leader in Austria’s ultranationalist Identitarian Movement, said…

Leaders of Germany, France, Poland meet to mend rifts over Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News

Leaders of Germany, France, Poland meet to mend rifts over Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News

Can Poland’s Tusk help Scholz and Macron, who are divided over sending troops to Ukraine, find common ground? The leaders of Germany, France and Poland are meeting in Berlin to resolve differences over how to support Ukraine as Russian voters go to the polls in an election that looks set…

Will a four-day work week solve Germany’s labour shortage? | Business and Economy

Will a four-day work week solve Germany’s labour shortage? | Business and Economy

Germany, Europe’s industrial powerhouse, is struggling with a critical labour shortage. By some estimates, two million jobs across the economy are vacant, and half of the country’s companies are unable to find enough workers. Faced with this crisis, dozens of firms are testing a strategy that, on the surface, at…