Thursday, October 12, 2023

What The Chancellor (Scholz) Said This AM

 About an hour ago....at the Bundestag opening, Scholz gave his speech, and said two things over the Palestine/Israel war.

First, pretty blunt words on Iran, and their involvement.  (More than the usual criticism)

Second, there's going to be a ban on support to Hamas or Hamas-related charity.  To be honest....I doubt if any German public/government funding was going to Hamas itself.  Maybe some charity fund exists....connected to Hamas....which might be frozen at this point.

Hype in the public sector?  There's a fair amount of Arab/Turk support for the Palestine position, and the Germans are trying to 'tone-it' down.  With most Germans?  I'd say reaction is pretty negative on the surprise attack, and indiscriminate killing.  I'm not saying everyone is pro-Israel but most consider it pretty shocking. It's taken over the public forum chatter, and will continue for at least several weeks.  

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