Quick Glance: Israel artist calls for Gaza ceasefire
- The representative of Israel at the international art fair is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.
- Ruth Patir’s video installation called (M)otherland was scheduled to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show but will remain closed for now.
- Patir stated on her website that the artist and curators are showing solidarity with the families of the hostages and the large community in Israel calling for change, rather than canceling themselves or the exhibition.
- It is believed that there are still individuals in Gaza, including 129 captives taken during the attacks led by Hamas on Israel on October 7, with 34 of them presumed dead.
Quick Glance: EU Sanctions Against Aggressive Jewish Settlers
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) plans EU sanctions against violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
- The USA has imposed visa sanctions on Jewish settlers who commit violence against Palestinian civilians.
- France also plans steps against extremist Israeli settlers and strongly condemns the violence against Palestinians.
Quick Glance: Minister chastised for remarks on voters: The Foreign Office claims that the Baerbock film was modified to mislead its content.
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has come under fire for declaring her support for Ukraine despite popular views.
- This was spurred by remarks made by Baerbock the day before at a panel discussion in Prague.
- AfD chairperson Alice Weidel demanded Baerbock resign: "Anyone who explicitly whistles about the interests of voters in Germany no longer has any business in a ministerial post," Weidel tweeted.
- Norbert Röttgen, a CDU foreign policy expert, spoke on Twitter of "bogus heroism" because the majority of Germans were willing to support Ukraine.
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Quick Glance: Iran executes a second person in connection with a wave of populist protests
- DUBAI, 12 December (Reuters) - The Islamic Republic hanged a man in public on Monday after he was convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less than a week of persons involved in anti-government rallies in Iran.
- "Majid Reza Rahnavard was hanged in public in (the holy Shi'ite city of) Mashhad this morning... He was sentenced to death for 'waging war against God' after stabbing to death two members of the security forces,"ite city of) Mashhad... He was sentenced to death for "ite city of) Mashhad this morning... He was sentenced to death for " after stabbing two members of the security forces to death, according to the judiciary's Mizan news agency.
- The US State Department criticized Iran for the death of Rahnavard on Monday.
Quick Glance: Baerbock: Strategic Reorientation of the EU's Russia Policy
- Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister, at the Prague Congress Center.
- These, she said, include increasing the EU's own defensibility, assisting Russian regime opponents, assisting Ukraine, and collaborating with global partners in protecting international law.
- Supporting Ukraine has a cost.
- Strategic communication initiatives should therefore try to demonstrate how long-term support for Ukraine improves Europe's security and why sanctions are necessary and successful.
Quick Glance: Can Putin be prosecuted for war crimes?
- Internationally, Russian President Vladimir Putin is also considered accountable for these and other atrocities.
- He is being held accountable for war crimes.
- The final concern for the prosecution is whether military and political officials, such as Putin, were aware of the soldiers' war crimes.
- This will be the most difficult question to answer.
- A change of regime in Moscow would very certainly be required.
- However, Putin should not be dismissive of an arrest warrant.
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Quick Glance: Sergej Lawrow: Nazi-Vergleich causes consternation in Israel
- Lawrow repeated the Russian war justification on the Italian television channel "Rete4" on Sunday evening, claiming that Nazis were at work in Ukraine.
- However, Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestors.
- Since the start of Russia's offensive against Ukraine, Kreml-Chairman Wladimir Putin has repeatedly stated his desire to "demilitarize" and "delegitimize" the region.
- Following the start of the Russian invasion on February 24th, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attempted to mediate between Kiew and Moskau.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has become the first German government member to travel to Ukraine since the start of the war.
Quick Glance: Baerbock: Germany will always be without Russian energy.
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Quick Glance: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demands military hardware from the West and wonders if the West is terrified of Russia.
- According to Reuters, he also inquired if they were terrified of Russia.
- Although several countries have promised to supply anti-armour and anti-aircraft missiles as well as small arms, Zelensky has stated that he requires planes, tanks, and anti-ship systems.
- The president stated in a late-night video message, "That is what our partners have, that is what is just gathering dust there."
- Ukraine need only 1% of NATO's aircraft and 1% of its tanks and would not request more, according to Zelensky.
Quick Glance: Strack-Zimmermann: Scholz Could Have "Misfired" Title: Heavy Weapons for Ukraine: Strack-Zimmermann: Scholz Could Have "Misfired"
- So far, Chancellor Scholz has remained silent on the issue of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine.
- Andrij Melnyk, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, is pushing for the delivery of heavy weapons to his country.
- However, he stated that Scholz may have "jammed his gun" on the delivery of heavy weapons, to put it mildly, because he has differing views on the subject within his party.
- As a result, Strack-Zimmermann proposed that Ukraine be supplied with Russian-Soviet armaments from the stores of Eastern European NATO allies with whom its soldiers are familiar.
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