Disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who unlawfully suspended Parliament, restricted the right to protest, and lied to MPs, has been appointed to the advisory board of the International Democracy Union, the global centre-right group for “freedom and democracy”.
The International Democracy Union (IDU) is an international alliance of centre-right political parties based in Munich, Germany.
It is chaired by Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada. The decision has been met with baffled outrage on social media. ...
There's so many things Germans should be ashamed about you're going to need to be more specific.
Well, Ursula had been also a bit overachieving with her Faux-Pas of unconditional support for Israel (coming from engraved German reflexes...) and had to be brought back in line by Josep Borrell
There's so many things Germans should be ashamed about you're going to need to be more specific.
Well, Ursula had been also a bit overachieving with her Faux-Pas of unconditional support for Israel (coming from engraved German reflexes...) and had to be brought back in line by Josep Borrell
Post by Flying Monkeys on Oct 18, 2023 17:37:36 GMT
And so you should. You probably still think bringing one million people from uncivilised, violent cultures that despise our values into Europe was a good idea.
Well, Ursula had been also a bit overachieving with her Faux-Pas of unconditional support for Israel (coming from engraved German reflexes...) and had to be brought back in line by Josep Borrell
Germany certainly is totally behind Israel …. Scholz made that abundantly clear.
Quite right too. What do you think of that, nobbi?
”Germany has only one place … beside Israel”.
You owe it to them imo.
Look.
I'm living at a very special place that hosting both Christian and Jewish UNESCO heritage. I know of centuries of both religions living peaceful together and of pogroms in the middle age long before Nazi atrocities in my town. I know people who have visited Israel just 12 days ago and I know people who care about Muslim refugees. I know people who help researching Jewish family histories for installing Stolpersteine in front of their former Geschäfte in our high street. And I knew old people who tried to hide Jewish families in the early 1940ies.
And I know that we have enforced protection of both the synagogue and the Jewish people living in our town. That is the very least we owe the Jews living here.
And we are also at least partly responsible for Israel's security.
But IMHO all of that does not mean Un-conditional support. We also have the right to clear our throat once in a while when Israel gets on the wrong track democracywise. And Israel also has to think about not triggering unnecessarily a general conflict between the Jewish and the Muslim world as we are also directly affected.
And we do not see every demonstration for Palestina as per se antisemitic.
And we are also at least partly responsible for Israel's security.
But IMHO all of that does not mean Un-conditional support. We also have the right to clear our throat once in a while when Israel gets on the wrong track democracywise.
A snippet from a more complex history of an insider
On November 13, 2006, I spoke at Columbia University’s school of international affairs. The topic was Iran’s nuclear program. I opened my remarks by addressing what I called “the elephant in the room: Israel.” Israel, I said, was a close ally of the United States, and if push came to shove, and Israel and Iran came to blows, then Israel’s “legitimate national security concerns” are ours and could even bring war.
But my support was not unconditional — unlike the Clinton administration, I could not be easily moved. “Israel,” I said, “is drunk with hubris, arrogance, and power. I operate off the old saying, ‘friends don’t let friends drive drunk.’ Therefore, as a friend of Israel, I believe we have a responsibility to take the keys out of the ignition and stop the bus they are driving, because otherwise it is heading straight for a cliff.”
Note: I do not claim that everything he writes is correct, but he surely knows some details more than the average guy.
Quite right too. What do you think of that, nobbi?
”Germany has only one place … beside Israel”.
You owe it to them imo.
Look.
I'm living at a very special place that hosting both Christian and Jewish UNESCO heritage. I know of centuries of both religions living peaceful together and of pogroms in the middle age long before Nazi atrocities in my town. I know people who have visited Israel just 12 days ago and I know people who care about Muslim refugees. I know people who help researching Jewish family histories for installing Stolpersteine in front of their former Geschäfte in our high street. And I knew old people who tried to hide Jewish families in the early 1940ies.
And I know that we have enforced protection of both the synagogue and the Jewish people living in our town. That is the very least we owe the Jews living here.
And we are also at least partly responsible for Israel's security.
But IMHO all of that does not mean Un-conditional support. We also have the right to clear our throat once in a while when Israel gets on the wrong track democracywise. And Israel also has to think about not triggering unnecessarily a general conflict between the Jewish and the Muslim world as we are also directly affected.
And we do not see every demonstration for Palestina as per se antisemitic.
This specific moment in time is sadly not allowing for nuance though. The view very clearly being pushed is that you are either for or against one of the combatants and being a humanitarian means that you are included in one side, rather than being able to see the bigger picture.
I'm living at a very special place that hosting both Christian and Jewish UNESCO heritage. I know of centuries of both religions living peaceful together and of pogroms in the middle age long before Nazi atrocities in my town. I know people who have visited Israel just 12 days ago and I know people who care about Muslim refugees. I know people who help researching Jewish family histories for installing Stolpersteine in front of their former Geschäfte in our high street. And I knew old people who tried to hide Jewish families in the early 1940ies.
And I know that we have enforced protection of both the synagogue and the Jewish people living in our town. That is the very least we owe the Jews living here.
And we are also at least partly responsible for Israel's security.
But IMHO all of that does not mean Un-conditional support. We also have the right to clear our throat once in a while when Israel gets on the wrong track democracywise. And Israel also has to think about not triggering unnecessarily a general conflict between the Jewish and the Muslim world as we are also directly affected.
And we do not see every demonstration for Palestina as per se antisemitic.
This specific moment in time is sadly not allowing for nuance though. The view very clearly being pushed is that you are either for or against one of the combatants and being a humanitarian means that you are included in one side, rather than being able to see the bigger picture.
Both Germans and Britons had their stakes in the situation of today, so it is absolutely crucial for us to choose wise words instead of stirring up the heat.