Billede af en anden trype drone.
af Michelle Rasmussen og Carl Osgood

Følgende artikel blev udgivet i Executive Intelligence Reviews Daily Alert (eir.news) for at orientere internationale læsere om situationen i Danmark:

KØBENHAVN 25. september 2025 (EIRNS) — 48 timer efter at droneaktivitet lukkede Københavns lufthavn i fire timer, blev der rapporteret om yderligere droneaktivitet natten mellem 24. og 25. september nær Aalborg Lufthavn i det nordlige Danmark (lukket i fem timer), som omfatter en militær afdeling, samt tre andre lufthavne i landet [inkl. Esbjerg, Sønderborg], oplyste politiet i morges. En af de andre lufthavne var militærbasen i Skrydstrup, hvor de danske F-35- og F-16-fly er placeret, og der var også droner over en anden militærinstallation [Jydske Dragonregiment i Holstebro]. Der var observationer af blinkende lys over to andre lufthavne [Billund og Rønne], men det blev ikke bekræftet, at der var droner.

Forsvars- og justitsministrene kaldte det et hybridangreb på kritisk infrastruktur, og medierne kalder begivenhederne for den største sikkerhedskrise i årtier. Den nationale operationsstab er sat i beredskab 24 timer i døgnet. Politiet hævede trusselsniveauet for hele landet. Regeringens sikkerhedsudvalg – bestående af statsministeren og forsvars-, udenrigs-, justits- og beredskabsministrene – mødtes den 25. september, og de politiske partiledere blev orienteret.

Norge konfiskerede en af de droner, der fløj over Oslo lufthavn. Danmark skød ingen af dronerne ned af frygt for befolkningens sikkerhed, men forsøger nu at anskaffe specialudstyr til at neutralisere dem.

Forsvarsminister Troels Lund Poulsen sagde, at »Om det er Rusland, er der ikke belæg for at sige.« Regeringen har kontaktet NATO og vil senere i dag beslutte, om de vil påberåbe sig NATO-traktatens artikel 4. Statsminister Mette Frederiksen, der sagde, at hun ikke kunne udelukke, at Rusland stod bag dronerne, har talt med NATO’s generalsekretær Mark Rutte. Den tyske forsvarsminister Pretorius gav den russiske præsident Putin skylden for den danske droneaktivitet.

Den russiske ambassade udsendte en erklæring, hvor den benægtede ansvaret for dronerne og erklærede, at det er en iscenesat provokation, der vil blive brugt som en undskyldning for at optrappe spændingerne, forlænge krigen i Ukraine og sprede den til andre lande.

Nogle danske medier forbinder begivenhederne med den danske regerings meddelelse om, at Danmark vil være det første NATO-land, der er vært for ukrainsk våbenproduktion. Det ukrainske firma Fire Point vil producere fast raketbrændstof til ukrainske missiler på en ny fabrik i Skrydstrup, hvor militærbasen er beliggende. Og den 17. september meddelte statsminister Mette Frederiksen, at Danmark vil købe langdistancepræcisionsmissiler, der kan ramme mål i Rusland.

Flere EU-lande mødes i morgen for at drøfte etableringen af en »dronemur«. I næste uge mødes stats- og regeringscheferne for alle 27 EU-lande i København, hvilket kræver store sikkerhedsforanstaltninger, hvor spørgsmålet også vil blive drøftet.

Billede: Fotos af Ryan Beirne 

The original English version is found after the Danish translation.

19. september 2025 (EIRNS) – People’s Daily, den største statsstyrede kinesiske avis, offentliggjorde den 19. september et læserbrev fra Tom Gillesberg, formand for Schiller Instituttet i Danmark, om Xi Jinpings Global Governance Initiative. Titlen var »Kinas Global Governance Initiative – en vej til stabilitet og samarbejde«.

Brevet, som var redigeret af People’s Daily fremhævede Helga Zepp-LaRouches ti principper for en ny international sikkerheds- og udviklingsarkitektur:

Gillesberg præsenterede GGI som en vigtig fortsættelse af den dialog, der skal bringe orden i verden efter den igangværende nedbrydning af den unipolære orden, med en kort præsentation og diskussion af GGI’s fem nøgleprincipper. Han inkluderede også sine refleksioner over, hvordan GGI ser ud fra et dansk perspektiv.

Brevet, som det blev offentliggjort, sluttede med: 

“Løsningen ligger i at vende tilbage til principperne om suverænitet og samarbejde – ikke kun blandt vestlige nationer, men i et ægte samarbejde med resten af verden. Denne vision er i overensstemmelse med den multipolære verdensorden, der er skitseret i GGI’s fem principper.

Redaktørerne af People’s Daily forkortede og redigerede brevet, blandt andet ved at udelade den polemiske indledning, der afslørede den unipolære elites ødelæggelse af alle retsprincipper, som det fremgår af Israels krig mod Gaza, angrebet på Qatar, Europas manglende suverænitet i forbindelse med accepten af den nylige handelsaftale og de ulovlige angreb på venezuelanske skibe.

Her er den forkortet og redigeret version på People’s Daily’s hjemmeside den 19. september 2025.

Her er den danske oversættelse af Tom Gillesbergs fulde oprindelige artikel:

Kinas Global Governance Initiative:
Et sæt principper, der kan redde verden fra at synke ned i permanent kaos og krig

Af Tom Gillesberg, [formand for Schiller Instituttet i Danmark]

KØBENHAVN, 13. september 2025 – Hver dag kommer der nye utrolige historier, der viser en verden, der ikke længere fungerer efter nogen retsprincipper.

I næsten to år har verden været vidne til, at Israel har begået folkemord på den palæstinensiske befolkning i Gaza foran rullende kameraer, på trods af protester fra langt størstedelen af verdens nationer, og alle forsøg på at få FN’s Sikkerhedsråd til at gribe ind er blevet standset af USA’s veto. Ledere af store europæiske nationer har afskaffet enhver form for uafhængig politik og national suverænitet og har slavisk fulgt USA’s anvisninger.

Dette blev for nylig demonstreret, da EU opgav kampen mod USA’s ensidige told på EU-eksport, og tv-billeder viste EU-ledere siddende foran den amerikanske præsident som små skolebørn, der ventede på at høre, hvilken ny form for straf og selvskade de skulle udføre for at forblive venner med USA.

Den amerikanske præsident offentliggjorde stolt en video på sin sociale medieplatform, hvor det amerikanske militær tilintetgjorde en venezuelansk civil speedbåd i internationalt farvand med 11 personer om bord, uden noget juridisk grundlag i hverken amerikansk eller international lovgivning. Dette blev efterfulgt af trusler om en kommende undertvingelse af selve nationen Venezuela.

Derefter var verden vidne til et israelsk angreb på den suveræne nation Qatar, med den formodede hensigt at myrde en delegation af Hamas-fredsforhandlere, der var ankommet for at drøfte et amerikansk fredsforslag. For de fleste mennesker var det en deja-vu fra Israels halshugningsangreb på Iran den 13. juni, hvor man forsøgte at dræbe Irans politiske og militære ledelse, hvilket førte til den såkaldte 12-dages krig.

Dette angreb fandt sted, mens Iran var ved at forberede sig på at sende en fredsdelegation på amerikansk opfordring for at forhandle om Irans atomprogram.

I den seneste periode har vi også set voldelige protester med udenlandsk indblanding i Serbien, Indonesien, Nepal og andre steder. Det ser ud til, at magtfulde kræfter forsøger at udrydde ethvert princip om international lov og orden og erstatte det med jungleloven.

Disse begivenheder foregår ikke i et vakuum. De kommer på et tidspunkt, hvor vi ser en hurtig fremkomst af rammerne for en ny verdensorden. På det nylige topmøde i Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) i Tianjin var der en diskussion om, hvordan man yderligere kan udvide det succesrige sikkerhedssamarbejde mellem medlemslandene gennem de seneste 25 år, som i vid udstrækning er gået ubemærket hen i den vestlige verden. Landene drøftede mere økonomisk og udviklingsmæssigt samarbejde for at hjælpe verden med at overgå fra en kollapserende, USA-ledet unipolær verden til en dynamisk multipolær verden, der kan imødekomme alle verdens nationers behov og ikke kun forkæle interesserne hos nogle få udvalgte. Dette går hånd i hånd med den hurtige vækst i BRICS-organisationen, som ud over sine asiatiske medlemmer og partnere omfatter et stigende antal nationer i Afrika og Sydamerika.

Hvis denne historiske politiske og økonomiske overgang fra de sidste 500 års kolonistyre til en verden med lige rettigheder for alle nationer skal finde sted uden at verden ender i selvdestruktion gennem konfrontation og i sidste ende med atomkrig, har vi brug for en åben og inkluderende diskussion af de vejledende principper for denne nye verdensorden, der er ved at opstå. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, grundlæggeren af Schiller Instituttet og en vigtig stemme i stræben efter fred og en ny retfærdig verdensøkonomisk orden i det sidste halve århundrede, præsenterede ti principper for en ny international sikkerheds- og udviklingsarkitektur i 2022 for at igangsætte en international diskussion blandt forskere og regeringer med det formål. I overensstemmelse med denne vision er det Schiller Instituttets vurdering, at den kinesiske præsident Xi Jinpings præsentation af Global Governance Initiative, GGI, på SCO-topmødet i Tianjin er en yderst vigtig udvikling.

Det første af de fem principper i GGI, som den kinesiske præsident præsenterede, er et fortsat tilsagn om lighed mellem suveræne stater – et nøgleprincip bag oprettelsen af FN, som for nylig er kommet under stadig større angreb på grund af handlinger fra USA, både skjult og åbenlyst, både alene og ofte med medvirken fra sine nære allierede.

Som dansker, der for nylig er blevet stadig mere frustreret og fornærmet over underkastelsen af dansk suverænitet og historiske principper under de stadigt skiftende krav fra de imperiale herskere i USA eller EU, med medvirken fra den danske regering og vores herskende elite, håber jeg, at dette kan være en vej for Danmark og andre nationer til at genvinde deres nationale suverænitet.

I lyset af, at Kina nu er verdens største økonomiske magt (målt i købekraftsparitet) og en formidabel magt, ser mange Kina som en potentiel udfordrer til at overtage USA’s rolle som det, mange betragter som den unipolære magt, der har ledet verden siden Sovjetunionens opløsning i slutningen af 1991. Men ved at forblive tro mod princippet om lighed mellem suveræne stater afstår Kina fra ethvert krav på en sådan rolle og tilslutter sig i stedet en verdensorden, hvor selv en nation som Danmark, der med kun 6 millioner indbyggere er mindre end mange kinesiske byer, har de samme suveræne rettigheder som en civilisationsnation som Kina, på trods af forskellen i befolkningsstørrelse, økonomisk magt og historiske bidrag til menneskeheden.

GGI’s andet tiltag er at forblive tro mod den internationale retsstat. Dette betyder igen, at ingen nation, uanset hvor magtfuld den er i forhold til andre, kan sætte sig over dem og ophæve deres rettigheder. Ligesom vi i Danmark er stolte af, at vi alle er lige for loven, alle skal overholde den, og alle er beskyttet af den, gælder dette også for relationerne mellem nationer.

Som nævnt ovenfor er dette i stigende grad blevet et glemt princip siden Sovjetunionens opløsning og fremkomsten af det »unipolære øjeblik«, hvor USA blev betragtet som den eneste tilbageværende supermagt og dermed som den »uundværlige magt«, der herskede over alle andre. Denne opfattelse har ført til hovmod og en stigende selvberigelse blandt den vestlige elite på bekostning af alle andre.

Kinas utrolige økonomiske udvikling i løbet af det sidste halve århundrede, der har løftet mere end 850 millioner mennesker ud af ekstrem fattigdom og genoprettet Kina som en stolt, magtfuld og dygtig nation, den tilsvarende økonomiske og politiske styrkelse af Rusland i løbet af det sidste kvarte århundrede og den alt for lidt omtalte fremgang blandt mange andre nationer i det Globale Flertal, mens USA og dets europæiske og asiatiske allierede har været i stagnation eller tilbagegang, har bragt USA til et punkt, hvor det unipolære verdensbillede er blevet en åbenlys absurditet, som må erstattes af en ny multipolær verdensorden. Dette betyder, at man må opgive forestillingen om, at nogen nation, selv USA eller dets allierede Israel, kan stå over loven med selvpåtaget straffrihed.

Det tredje punkt i GGI, at forblive engageret i multilateralisme, er en direkte bekræftelse af Kinas manglende interesse i at overtage positionen som verdens hersker. Dette er en klog handling fra Kinas side, da historien viser, for eksempel i løbet af de sidste 40 år, at det ikke ender godt for hverken den dominerende nation eller de dominerede nationer at have en imperial hegemon.

USA’s rolle som stormagt har ført til en hurtig forringelse af både den økonomiske, juridiske og moralske orden i USA selv, i en sådan grad at den amerikanske befolkning, hvoraf størstedelen tidligere kunne regne med et stadig mere velstående og godt liv, i dag oplever det modsatte.

Multilateralisme er ikke kun en kontrolmekanisme mod fremtidige forsøg på at blive verdenshegemon, men også nøglen til at sikre, at alle verdens mange forskellige kulturer og traditioner kan leve side om side i samarbejde og harmoni.

Det fjerde punkt i GGI, at forblive tro mod den menneskecentrerede tilgang, er meget betryggende for mig som dansker i lyset af vores danske kulturelle tradition for at sikre, at systemets interesser ikke kan sættes over befolkningens interesser – at »himlens mandat« er en forpligtelse for de mennesker eller det system, der på et givet tidspunkt har magten, til altid at handle på en måde, der fremmer det almene vel for nuværende og fremtidige generationer. Når man er i tvivl, skal man altid sætte menneskerne og deres velbefindende først – og helt klart langt over økonomiske og relaterede interesser – blandt andet ved at foretage de nødvendige langsigtede investeringer for at sikre et endnu bedre og lykkeligere liv i fremtiden. Men dette punkt kan også betyde, at den bedste måde at sikre en fredelig og velstående verden på er at have en voksende verdensomspændende dialog og interaktion mellem mennesker, og dette bør fremmes af alle nationer. Det, man ikke kender og forstår, kan ofte opfattes som en farlig trussel, mens det, man bliver bekendt med, er noget, man kan komme til at acceptere og endda værdsætte.

Det femte punkt i GGI, at forblive engageret i reelle resultater, kunne være stemmen fra en kinesisk leder, der har overvåget dybtgående forandringer til det bedre i sit eget land gennem mange årtier, og som erkender, at det ikke betyder noget at sige smukke ord, som det ofte er tilfældet på internationale konferencer, hvis det ikke fører til praktiske resultater. Det er ganske vist ofte sådan, at virkeligheden viser sig at være anderledes end forventet i diskussions- og planlægningsfasen, men det bliver kun et problem, hvis man ikke følger nøje op på de projekter, der iværksættes. Af denne grund er det altid vigtigt, mens man har et slutmål for øje, der måske ligger mange år ude i fremtiden, at frigive finansiering og ressourcer gradvist, så projektet kan ændres og forbedres i takt med, at omstændighederne, men også forståelsen af de igangværende processer, øges.

USA og dets vestlige allierede, både i Europa, Asien og Mellemøsten, befinder sig i en stadig mere desperat økonomisk og politisk situation, efterhånden som den fulde vægt af de stadig mere fejlbehæftede politikker fra de sidste mere end 40 år kommer til udtryk.

Den franske regering faldt mandag, den britiske regering har ikke gode udsigter til at overleve længe, og det traditionelle økonomiske kraftcenter Tyskland befinder sig i en dyb depression. Er der en fremtid for disse engang så stolte europæiske nationer? Også USA er truet af stadig dybere splittelse og utilfredshed, mens landets gæld fortsætter med at vokse til næsten astronomiske niveauer, ligesom det er tilfældet for så mange af dets europæiske vasaler.

En løsning på alt dette kan kun findes ved at vende tilbage til principperne om suverænitet og samarbejde, ikke kun blandt de vestlige nationer selv, men i samarbejde med resten af verden, baseret på en ny multipolær verden, styret af en række principper, såsom Global Governance Initiative, som Xi Jinping foreslog på SCO-topmødet. Schiller-instituttet gør alt, hvad det kan, for at få USA og Europa til at samarbejde med det globale Syd til gavn for alle. Lad alle vores nationer deltage i denne dialog, som den kinesiske præsident har eksemplificeret med GGI, så vi kan finde en måde at leve og udvikle os sammen på, i en fælles skæbne for hele menneskeheden.

Tom Gillesberg er formand for Schiller-instituttet i Danmark og har i de sidste to årtier været en hyppig uafhængig kandidat til såvel Folketinget som regionalvalg og kommunalvalg.
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English:

People’s Daily Prints Gillesberg Letter on Global Governance Initiative and Zepp-LaRouche Ten Principles

Sept. 19, 2025 (EIRNS)—People’s Daily, the major official state-controlled Chinese newspaper, published a letter to the editor from Tom Gillesberg, President of the Schiller Institute in Denmark, about Xi Jinping’s Global Governance Initiative, on Sept. 19. The title was “China’s Global Governance Initiative A Path to Stability and Cooperation.”

The letter as published highlighted Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s Ten Principles for a New International Security and Development Architecture:

“To prevent this historic political and economic transition from descending into chaos or nuclear war, there is an urgent need for open and inclusive discussions about the guiding principles of the emerging new world order. In 2022, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute and a longtime advocate for peace and a New Just World Economic Order, presented the ‘Ten Principles for a New International Security and Development Architecture.’ These principles aim to spark an international dialogue among scholars and governments. Aligned with this vision, the Schiller Institute regards Chinese President Xi Jinping’s highlighted five principles of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the SCO summit in Tianjin as a highly significant development.”

Gillesberg presented the GGI as an important continuation of that dialogue to bring order into the world after the ongoing demise of the unipolar order, with a short presentation and discussion of the five key principles of the GGI. He also included his reflections of how the GGI looks from a Danish perspective.

The letter as published concluded: “Solutions lie in returning to principles of sovereignty and cooperation—not only among Western nations but in genuine collaboration with the rest of the world. This vision aligns with the multipolar world order outlined by the five principles of the GGI.

“Let all nations engage in this dialogue exemplified by the GGI so that humanity may find a shared path toward peaceful coexistence and collective development.”

The People’s Daily editors shortened and edited the letter, among other things leaving out the polemical introduction, exposing the destruction of any principles of law by the unipolar elite, as shown in the case of the Israeli war against Gaza, and attack on Qatar, the European lack of sovereignty in accepting the recent trade deal, and the illegal attacks on Venezuelan ships.

Here is Tom Gillesberg’s full original English version:

China’s Global Governance Initiative: A set of principles to rescue the world from a collapse into permanent chaos and war

By Tom Gillesberg

COPENHAGEN, September 13, 2025 — Every day brings new incredible stories exposing a world that is no longer operating under any principles of law. For almost two years, the world has witnessed Israel perpetrating a genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza in front of rolling cameras, despite protests from the vast majority of the world’s nations, and all attempts to have the UN Security Council intervene have been vetoed by the United States. Leaders of major European nations have abrogated any semblance of independent policy and national sovereignty, and have obediently followed U.S. directions.

This was recently displayed when the EU gave up on fighting against one-sided U.S. tariffs on EU exports, with TV pictures showing EU leaders sitting in front of the U.S. president like small schoolboys waiting to hear what new kind of punishment and self-harm they were expected to perform in order to remain friends with the U.S.

The U.S. president proudly posted a video on his social media platform of the U.S. military obliterating a Venezuelan civilian speed boat in international waters with 11 people on board, without any legal foundation in either U.S. or international law. This was followed by threats of a coming subjugation of the nation of Venezuela itself.
After that, the world witnessed an Israeli attack on the sovereign nation of Qatar, with the supposed intention of assassinating a delegation of Hamas peace negotiators arriving to discuss an American peace proposal. A deja-vu for most people of the Israeli June 13 decapitation attack on Iran, which attempted to kill Iran’s political and military leadership, leading to the so-called 12-days war. That attack was made as Iran was preparing to send a peace delegation, on American invitation, to negotiate Iran’s nuclear program.
In the recent period, we have also seen violent protests with foreign involvement in Serbia, Indonesia, Nepal and other places. It seems that powerful forces are trying to eradicate any principle of international law and order, and replace it with the law of the jungle.

These events do not exist in a vacuum. They come at a time when we see the fast emergence of the framework of a new world order. At the recent summit of the Shanghai Corporation Organization in Tianjin, there was a discussion about how to further expand the successful security collaboration of the member countries through the last 25 years, which has largely gone unnoticed in the Western world. The countries discussed more economic and development collaboration to aid the transition of the world from a collapsing U.S.-led unipolar world, to a dynamic multipolar world that can suit the needs of all the world’s nations, and not just pamper to the interests of a selected few. This is in tandem with the rapid growth of the BRICS organization, which, besides its Asian members and partners, includes an increasing number of nations in Africa and South America.

If this historic political and economic transition away from the dictates of the last 500-year’s colonial rule to a world of equal rights for all nations is to take place without the world descending into self-annihilation through confrontation, and ultimately thermonuclear war, we need an open and inclusive discussion of the guiding principles of this new world order that is coming into being. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder of the Schiller Institute, and an important voice in the quest for peace and a New Just World Economic Order for the last half century, presented Ten Principles for a New International Security and Development Architecture [https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/11/30/ten-principles-of-a-new-international-security-and-development-architecture/] in 2022, to spark an international discussion among scholars and governments to that end. Harmonizing with that vision, the Schiller Institute’s evaluation is that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presentation of the Global Governance Initiative, GGI, at the SCO summit in Tianjin, is an extremely important development.

The first of the five principles of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) presented by the Chinese president is a continued commitment to sovereign equality – a key principle behind the founding of the United Nations, which has recently come under increasing attack due to actions by the U.S., both covertly and in open sight, the U.S., both alone and often with the complicity of its close allies. As a Dane who has recently been evermore frustrated and offended by the subjugation of Danish sovereignty and historical principles to the ever-changing demands of the U.S. or EU imperial masters, with the complicity of the Danish government and our ruling elite, I hope this could be a pathway for Denmark and other nations to regain their national sovereignty.
In light of the fact that China is now the world’s biggest economic power( measured by Purchasing Power Parity), and a formidable power, many see China as a potential challenger to take over the U.S. role as what many view as the unipolar power leading the world since the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. Yet, by China staying committed to sovereign equality, China renounces on any claim to such a role, and instead adheres to a world order where even the nation of Denmark, which with only 6 million people is smaller than many Chinese cities, has the same sovereign rights as a civilizational nation as China, despite the difference in population size, economic might, and historical contributions to mankind.

The second proposal of the GGI is to stay committed to the international rule of law. This again means that no nation, no matter how powerful it is in relation to others, can set itself above them and cancel their rights. Just as we in Denmark are proud of the fact that we all are equal under the law, all have to abide by it, and all are being protected by it, this also applies for relations among nations. As mentioned above, this has increasingly been a forgotten principle since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the birth of the “Unipolar Moment,” where the U.S. was viewed as the only superpower left, therefore being the “indispensable power” reigning over and above everybody else. This perception has led to hubris and an increasing self-enrichment by the Western elite to the detriment of everybody else.

China’s incredible economic development over the last half century that has lifted more than 850 million people out of abject poverty, and restored China as a proud, powerful and capable nation, the similar economic and political strengthening of Russia over the last quarter century, and the much too little talked about progress among many other nations of the Global Majority, while the U.S. and its European and Asian allies have been stagnating or regressing, have brought the U.S. to a point where the unipolar worldview has become an evident absurdity, which must be replaced by a new multipolar world order. This means giving up the notion that any nation, even the U.S. or its ally Israel, can stand above the law with self-imbued impunity.

The third point of GGI, staying committed to multilateralism, is a direct affirmation of the Chinese noninterest in taking over the position as the world hegemon. This is a wise action by China, since history shows, for instance during the past 40 years, that having an imperial hegemon does not end well for either the nation dominating, or those being dominated. The U.S. role as a hegemon has led to a rapid degrading of both the economic, legal and moral order in the U.S. itself, to a degree that the U.S. population, the majority of which could earlier count on an increasingly prosperous and good life, experiences quite the opposite today. Multilateralism is not only a check against future attempts to become a world hegemon, but it is also the key to making sure that all the world’s many different cultures and traditions can live on side by side in collaboration and harmony.

The fourth point of GGI, staying committed to the people-centered approach, is very comforting for me as a Dane in light of our Danish cultural tradition of making sure that the interest of the system cannot be set above the interest of the people – that “the mandate of heaven” is an obligation of those people or that system that at any given time holds power, to always act in a way to promote the good of the present and future generations. When in doubt, always put the people and their well-being first – and definitely way above the financial and related interests – including by making the necessary long-term investments to secure an even better and happier life in the future. But this point could also mean that the best way to secure a peaceful and prosperous world is to have a growing worldwide people-to-people dialogue and interaction, and this should be promoted by all nations. That which you do not know and understand can often be perceived as a dangerous threat, whereas that which you become acquainted with is something you can come to accept and even cherish.

The fifth point of the GGI, staying committed to real results, might be the voice of a Chinese leader who has overseen profound changes for the better in his own country over many decades, acknowledging that just saying beautiful words, as is often the case at international conferences, means nothing if it does not lead to practical results. Granted, it is often the case that reality turns out to be different than anticipated at the discussion and planning stage, but that only becomes a problem if you don’t follow up very closely on the projects being launched. For this reason, it is always important, while having an end goal in sight that might be located many years ahead in the future, to release funding and resources incrementally, so that the project could be changed and improved as the circumstances, but also the understanding of the ongoing processes, increase.

The U.S. and its western allies, both those in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, are in ever more desperate financial and political straights, as the full weight of the increasingly flawed policies of the last more than 40 years plays out. The French government fell on Monday, the British government does not have good prospects for surviving for long, and the traditional economic powerhouse of Germany is in a deep depression. Will there be a future for these once proud European nations? The U.S., as well, is threatened by ever deeper division and discontent, while its debt keeps growing to almost astronomical levels, like so many of its European vassals.

A solution to all this can only be found by reverting to the principles of sovereignty and collaboration, not just among the Western nations themselves, but in collaboration with rest of the world, based on a new multipolar world, guided by a set of principles such as the Global Governance Initiative proposed by Xi Jinping at the SCO summit. The Schiller Institute is doing everything in its power to get the U.S. and Europe to cooperate with the Global South to the benefit of all. Let all of our nations engage in this dialogue exemplified by the GGI presented by the Chinese president, so that we may find a way of living and developing together, in a shared destiny for all mankind.

Tom Gillesberg is the President of the Schiller Institute in Denmark, and has been a frequent independent candidate for Parliament and municipal offices during the last two decades.

EU-landene uenige om skærpede sanktioner mod Israel under mødet i København

af Michelle Rasmussen, EIR
KØBENHAVN, 30. august 2025 (EIRNS) – I dag afholdt de 27 udenrigsministre i Den Europæiske Union et uformelt møde i København. I morges, før mødet, erklærede den danske statsminister Mette Frederiksen, at Danmark agter at bruge sit EU-formandskab til at samle støtte til at suspendere associeringsaftalen med Israel. I en kommentar til DR nyheder sagde hun:

– Den israelske regering lever ikke op til sit ansvar. Og vi må desværre konstatere, at vi ikke ser tegn på, at den israelske regering er klar til at ændre kurs. Kritikken er prellet af.

– Derfor må vi nu øge presset markant. Og forberede os på at straffe Israel økonomisk. Danmark stiller sig med EU-formandskabet i spidsen for at samle opbakning til at suspendere den del af EU’s associeringsaftale med Israel, der vedrører handel, indtil den israelske regering markant ændrer adfærd.

– Det er et alvorligt skridt at tage. Men situationen tilsiger det.

– Vi er bevidste om, at det kan blive svært at sikre den nødvendige opbakning. Men det afholder os ikke fra at gøre, hvad vi kan

Udenrigsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen fordømte også Israel for at have forårsaget en humanitær katastrofe og opfordrede til hårdere foranstaltninger.

Det vigtigste budskab fra mødet er dog, at der ikke blev opnået enighed om at træffe sådanne foranstaltninger. EU-medlemslandene er splittede i dette spørgsmål, hvor blandt andet Spanien, Danmark, Holland, Sverige og Irland opfordrer til hårdere foranstaltninger, mens Tyskland, Østrig, Ungarn og Italien ifølge DR Nyheder blokerer for dette. Den tyske udenrigsminister Johann Wadephul sagde i et interview med DR, at Tyskland af historiske årsager ikke ville være det første, men snarere det sidste land, der ville give sit samtykke.

Det eneste, de 27 udenrigsministre blev enige om, var at protestere mod USA’s intention om ikke at give visum til Den Palæstinensiske Myndighed (Palestinians Authority) til at deltage i FN’s Generalforsamling i New York City.

Den danske udenrigsminister søger at suspendere EU’s handelsaftale med Israel

KØBENHAVN, 31. august 2025 (EIRNS) – Forud for det uformelle møde mellem de 27 EU-udenrigsministre i København den 30. august talte den danske udenrigsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen til journalisterne om at være vidne til “en humanitær katastrofe af helt vilde dimensioner. Det skal stoppe. Vi har talt lidt til [Israels] døve ører, og derfor er tiden kommet til, at vi nu sætte handling bag,” herunder at sanktionere ministre, der støtter ulovlige bosættelser, Horizon-delen af handelsaftalen mellem EU og Israel, og nu at suspendere aftalen som helhed. Han opfordrede også til at genåbne den medicinske korridor fra Gaza til Østjerusalem for at behandle hårdt sårede patienter der.

Under pressekonferencen efter mødet talte Lars Løkke om “den humanitære katastrofe i Gaza. Den daglige grusomme vold fortsætter, og så sent som i sidste uge erklærede FN hungersnød i Gaza. Israels handlinger går langt ud over selvforsvar, og vi har gentagne gange opfordret Israel til at stoppe krigen og ændre kurs. I dag har jeg opfordret EU-medlemslandene til at øge presset på Israel for at ændre kurs, og jeg tror, at vi alle deler bekymringen over den humanitære situation, og at vi alle ønsker, at krigen i Gaza slutter, og at gidslerne bliver frigivet. Som en måde at øge presset støtter Danmark

suspensionen af handelskapitlet i associeringsaftalen med Israel. Vi vil fortsætte med at arbejde for at sikre den nødvendige støtte blandt EU-landene til at gøre dette… Vi må omsætte ord til handling.”

Men som rapporteret i går var medlemslandene uenige om dette forslag og andre foranstaltninger for at lægge pres på Israel. Under spørgetiden spurgte det tyske nyhedsmedie Deutsche Welle om, hvordan man skulle reagere på beskyldningen om, at foranstaltninger mod Israel vil hjælpe Hamas. Lars Løkke sagde, at hvis vi lægger pres på Israel, styrker vi ikke Hamas. Israel underminerer to-statsløsningen. Tværtimod, hvis vi ikke handler, øger vi de ekstremistiske elementer på begge sider.

Der var en pro-palæstinensisk demonstration uden for mødestedet, og ministeren udtrykte i et interview, at han deler deres frustration.

Video interview med Lars Løkke inden mødet her her.

Videoen med Lars Løkke under pressekonferencen efter mødet er her.

KØBENHAVN, 25. august 2025 (EIRNS) – Under det danske tv-program, DR2’s meget sete aftennyhedsinterviewprogram »Deadline« den 21. august, der fandt sted efter den israelske regering havde meddelt sin intention om at overtage Gaza City, fordømte den tidligere israelske premierminister Ehud Olmert planen, fortsættelsen af krigen og Netanyahu-regeringen. Se programmet her.

Han havde støttet krigens begyndelse som en reaktion på angrebene den 7. oktober 2023, men sagde, at tingene har ændret sig.

»Alle tidligere kommandører i den israelske hær, højtstående generaler, chefen for Mossad og sikkerhedstjenesterne i Israel er enige om, at der i dag ikke er noget mål, der er værd at fortsætte krigen for, måske miste gidslerne, dræbe mange israelske soldater unødigt og dræbe mange palæstinensere, der ikke er involveret i terror. Under sådanne omstændigheder er der ikke noget grundlag for at fortsætte krigen, og det er opfattelsen hos mere end 70 % af israelerne….«

»Hvis denne plan [om at overtage Gaza City] betyder deportation af hundredtusinder af indbyggere i Gaza, er det fuldstændig ubærligt og uacceptabelt…. Det vil være tvungen deportation, og i så fald kan det ikke fortolkes på anden måde end som etnisk udrensning. Jeg håber, at det ikke vil finde sted.«

Om Stor Israel-fraktionen sagde han, at »Gaza aldrig har været historisk forbundet med det jødiske folk….« Der var israelske bosættelser, men de blev nedlagt. Han fordømte ministrene Ben-Gvir og Smotrich og de “messianske gruppers'” fantasier og drømme. »Disse drømme er en overhængende og umiddelbar fare for velfærden, fremtiden, sikkerheden og stabiliteten samt status for Staten Israel. Og jeg håber, at vi vil have tilstrækkelig magt inden for Staten Israel til at forhindre det.« Han opfordrer til at vælte Netanyahu-regeringen, og til at det internationale samfund skelner mellem regeringen og det israelske folk.

»Deadline« interviewede derefter en Mellemøsten-ekspert fra Forsvarsakademiet, der også kraftigt fordømte den nuværende israelske politik.

I andre udviklinger fandt den største pro-palæstinensiske demonstration siden krigens begyndelse sted i København i går med muligvis 70.000 mennesker (ifølge en deltagende Schiller Instituttet-arrangør), organiseret af 100 humanitære organisationer, fagforeninger og andre. Den prominente dækning af FN-rapporten om hungersnøden i Gaza øgede deltagelsen.

I dag udsendte tretten humanitære organisationer en appel til den danske regering, der nu har EU-formandskabet, om at stoppe våbeneksporten til Israel, annullere EU’s handelsaftale med Israel, støtte retssagerne om folkedrab og bruge EU-formandskabet til at lægge pres på Israel.

Den 15. august sagde den danske statsminister Mette Frederiksen i et interview med Jyllands-Posten efter bekendtgørelsen af offensiven i Gaza City, at »Netanyahu er et problem i sig selv nu«, og at Israel ville være bedre stillet uden ham, hvilket skabte overskrifter i Israel. På trods af dette nægter den danske regering stadig at anerkende Palæstina som selvstændig nation med den undskyldning, at det ikke vil hjælpe de sultende palæstinensere nu.

Desuden var Danmarks overrabbiner, Jair Melchior, en af 80 internationale ortodokse rabbinere, der underskrev en erklæring, der kritiserede Israel for at tilbageholde humanitær hjælp i Gaza og for vold på Vestbredden.

af Tom Gillesberg

Denne danske resumé (nedenfor) er et redigeret sammendrag af en artikel »Vitus Bering and the Rediscovery of America« (nedenfor), der blev skrevet som et bidrag til et festskrift for Lyndon LaRouche i anledning af hans 85 års fødselsdag den 8. september 2007.

Med bygningen af en magnettogforbindelse mellem København og Århus over Kattegat, som den første del af et dansk magnettognet, bryder vi med opfattelsen om Danmark som et lille land, der blot kan følge i de større landes fodspor. I stedet er det os, der går foran og gør et afgørende teknologisk kvantespring muligt. Med bygningen af et dansk magnettognet revolutionerer vi ikke blot den danske økonomi, i og med at hele Danmark bliver til et sammenhængende lokalområde, men vi sætter også en ny standard, som vil betyde magnettog i hele Europa. Med det russiske initiativ til at bygge en tunnelforbindelse under Beringstrædet, vil vi med tiden kunne tage magnettoget hele vejen fra Aalborg til Los Angeles.

Det er et af historiens smukke sammenfald, at Danmark har fået mulighed for at spille denne historiske rolle netop nu, for derigennem går vi faktisk i fodsporene af den berømte danske skibsfører og opdagelsesrejsende Vitus Bering, der gennem sit modige lederskab ud i det ukendte genopdagede Amerika og lagde navn til Beringstrædet…. Læs mere:

Dansk resumé: Klik her.

English, full article: Click her.

Oprindeligt udgivet den 24. marts 2013
I Poesiens Californien taler Andersen lidenskabeligt for videnskab som den gyldne kilde til poetisk inspiration, en lampe, der kaster lys  på vejen til fremtiden, holdt højt af digteren, »Lysbæreren for Tider og Slægter.«

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2. del: 26 min.

Diskussion i dialog med Jens Jørgen Nielsen (historiker, forfatter, journalist, lærer), og Mrutyuanjai Mishra (fra Indien, journalist og lærer.)

Se videoerne fra Schiller Instituttets Berlin-konference her:

Video links (4), talerlisten og invitation til Schiller Instituttets internationale konference i Berlin og online den 12.-13. juli 2025:
»Mennesket er ikke en ulv for mennesket«
For et nyt paradigme i internationale relationer!

Læs og del gerne Schiller Instituttets udtalelse:

Oase-planen for Palæstina og Israel: Fred gennem gensidig udvikling!
Ny Schiller Institut erklæring i forbindelse med FN konference om en to-statsløsning for Israel og Palæstina

Indhold:
Det er ikke for sent at undgå et ›dommedagsscenario‹ i Mellemøsten, side 1

Schiller Instituttets internationale konference, 24.-25. maj 2025 i USA: En smuk vision for menneskeheden i en tid med voldsom turbulens! – side 2

Alle seks videoer kan ses her.

Panel 1: Strategiske udfordringer og den nye verdensorden, der er ved at opstå – side 3

Panel 2: Skønheden i kulturernes mangfoldighed – side 6

Panel 3 på Schiller Instituttets konference præsenterede LaRouches Oase-plan: »Videnskab som drivkraft« for 3 milliarder nye produktive arbejdspladser – side 7

Panel 4: LaRouche Legacy Foundation om realiteterne i LaRouches ideer – side 9

Panel 5 med unge organisatorer: »At forme Jordens næste 50 år« – side 10

Panel 6: Fornuftens magt til at ændre universet – side 11

Invitation til Schiller Instituttets internationale konference i Berlin og online den 12.-13. juli 2025: Mennesket er ikke en ulv for mennesket. For et nyt paradigme i internationale relationer! (bagsiden)

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19. maj 2025 (EIRNS) – KØBENHAVN – Lørdag den 17. maj 2025 blev Feride Gillesberg, vicepræsident for Schiller Instituttet i Danmark, der deltog i en demonstration mod det israelske folkemord i Gaza, interviewet live af den nationale tv-station TV2, og uddrag blev sendt i deres nyhedsprogrammer resten af dagen, herunder i deres vigtigste aftennyheder, selvom de afviste at nævne hendes tilknytning til Schiller Instituttet. Uddraget fra interviewet, der blev sendt i nyhederne kl. 19, var: »Vi er nødt til at repræsentere de svage. Der foregår et folkemord, og min samvittighed giver mig ikke fred. Der må gøres noget.« Da Feride Gillesberg blev interviewet live under demonstrationen, sagde hun også, at hun støttede de børn, der bliver dræbt og sulter. Jeg er vokset op i Tyskland og har hørt så meget om nazisterne. Jeg sammenligner Netanyahu med Hitler. Der er tale om folkemord, og det må stoppes. Hun blev spurgt, hvad Danmark burde gøre, og hun svarede, at Danmark burde boykotte Israel fuldstændigt. En dansk læge sagde derefter: »Der er ikke noget vigtigere, især nu hvor Israel er ved at gennemføre sin endelige løsning og netop har indledt en gigantisk offensiv mod Gaza.«

Disse korte interviews var afslutningen på den slagkraftige hovedhistorie i TV2’s hovednyhedsudsendelse kl. 19 om forberedelserne til den nye israelske militæroffensiv i Gaza og de katastrofale forhold for palæstinenserne. Journalistens reportage omfattede 300 dødsfald som følge af bombningerne i de sidste par dage, interviews med fortvivlede palæstinensere, der bliver drevet fra det ene sted til det andet, og manglen på humanitær hjælp. Befolkningen trues af sult, og FN taler om etnisk udrensning, sagde han. Det blev ledsaget af hjerteskærende scener med en mor, der sørgede over sit døde barn, og kaos ved maduddelingsstederne. En FN-talsmand blev vist, hvor han udtalte, at det at tvinge folk til at flytte midt i intensiverede angreb, ødelæggelsen af hele kvarterer og nægtelsen af humanitær hjælp betyder, at der forekommer at være et fremstød for en permanent demografisk forandring i strid med international lov.
 Reporteren fortsatte med at fortælle, at den humanitære blokade er gået ind i sin tredje måned, og at over 50.000 er døde siden krigens begyndelse.

TV2’s journalist i Israel rapporterede derefter fra en anti-krigsdemonstration. Han sagde, at de seneste meningsmålinger viser, at det overvældende flertal af den israelske befolkning nu er imod regeringens militære strategi.
Adspurgt om den manglende humanitære hjælp til Gaza sagde han, at medmindre der sker noget radikalt, vil der opstå en humanitær katastrofe.

Studieværten sagde, at der også i København er demonstrationer med krav om øjeblikkelig våbenhvile og ubegrænset humanitær hjælp, hvorefter interviewerne med Feride Gillesberg og lægen blev vist.

Meld dig til Schiller Instituttets konference den 24.-25. maj 2025 online og i New York City område. Klik her.

Vi holder også en konference i Berlin den 12.-13. juli 2025. Mere information kommer senere.

Kontakt os: +45 53 57 00 51; si@schillerinstitut.dk

Optaget kl. 11, dvs. inden Trump sat toldsatserne for mange nationer på pause i 30 dage, men ikke for Kina.

Publiceret i EIRNS’ Morning briefing til orientering af vores internationale læsere.

KØBENHAVN 31. marts 2025 (EIRNS) – Det, der startede som andendame Usha Vances »soft power«-tur for at overvære det nationale slædehundeløb i Grønlands næststørste by Sisimiut, endte med at blive et besøg på højt niveau den 28. marts af USA’s vicepræsident J.D. Vance, national sikkerhedsrådgiver Mike Waltz, energiminister Chris Wright og senator Mike Lee (R-UT) på den eneste amerikanske militærbase, Pituffik Space Base. Planerne blev ændret, da det stod klart, at grønlænderne ville demonstrere mod, at den amerikanske delegation besøgte deres byer, da præsident Trump gentagne gange har opfordret USA til at overtage Grønland. Den danske statsminister Mette Frederiksen udtalte, at USA satte Grønland og Danmark under et »uacceptabelt pres«, som landet ville modsætte sig.

Under sin tale hævdede Vance, at russerne og kineserne truer Grønland. Grønlænderne skulle ikke tro, at de ville få det bedre under det kinesiske kommunistparti, og han påstod, at kineserne sætter Grønland i en gældsfælde. I stærke vendinger sagde Vance, at Danmark i årtier ikke har formået at sikre den amerikanske militærbase og grønlændernes sikkerhed. På den ene side sagde han, at Grønland har selvbestemmelsesret til at blive uafhængig, og han håbede, at de ville vælge at komme ind under USA’s sikkerhedsparaply. Men på den anden side understregede han, at USA er nødt til at have kontrol over Grønland af hensyn til den nationale og internationale sikkerhed. På spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt USA ville øge sin militære tilstedeværelse i Grønland, svarede han, at det ikke ville ske med det samme, men i fremtiden. På spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt USA ville bruge militær magt til at overtage Grønland, sagde han, at han ikke mente, at det ville være nødvendigt.

Danske kommentatorer og medier kaldte det »et frontalangreb på Danmark« og et forsøg på at splitte Grønland fra Danmark.

Mens grønlænderne og danskerne åndede lettet op over, at Vance ikke truede med en militær aktion for at indtage Grønland, var det netop det, præsident Trump gjorde samme aften. Og den 29. marts, efter den danske udenrigsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussens udtalelse på engelsk til amerikanerne via de sociale medier, hvor han fordømte »tonen« i kritikken, men sagde, at både øget amerikansk militær tilstedeværelse og mineraludvinding kunne forhandles, insisterede Trump over for NBC News på, at »jeg aldrig tager militær magt af bordet« med hensyn til at overtage Grønland.

Den 28. marts blev den nye grønlandske regering også offentliggjort, og den omfatter fire af de fem partier, der er valgt ind i Landstinget, alle undtagen det parti, der ønsker selvstændighed hurtigst muligt. De andre partier ønsker selvstændighed på sigt, men i et langsommere tempo, der kan sikre velfærd og sikkerhed for befolkningen uden dansk støtte og militær hjælp.

Grønlands nye statsminister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, sagde, at den internationale situation vil være deres første prioritet, og at de vil indlede drøftelser med deres nærmeste allierede Danmark. Dette vil inkludere at gøre relationerne inden for Kongeriget (Rigsfællesskabet), mellem Danmark og Grønland, mere ligeværdige. Nu hvor Grønland har dannet regering, vil den danske statsminister besøge øen til samtaler på onsdag.

Optrapningen af den grønlandske krise forværrer kløften mellem USA og Europa. [mr_]

Foto: Wikimedia Commons, Stig Nygaard

Fra arikvet fra 2010:

LaRouchePAC video i tre dele med dansk tale om økonomisk udvikling i Arktisk og betydning af de arktiske områder for forskning i, hvordan kosmisk stråling påvirker liv.

Med en opdateret introduktion af Schiller Instituttets danske formand Tom Gillesberg om nødvendigheden af den samme type for økonomisk udvikling på Grønland.

Her er 2. del: Link 

Her er 3. del: Link

Se venligst Den Internationale Fredskoalition møde fredag den 14. februar 2025 med
Dr. Naledi Pandor, Sydafrikas fhv. udenrigsminister, som speciel gæst.

Video og oversættelse: https://schillerinstitut.dk/si/?p=38767

Her er lydfilen.
Here is the audio file.

Read the English version below.

Francesca Albaneses hovedpointer var, at alle nationer er forpligtet til at stoppe det folkemord, der foregår i de besatte palæstinensiske områder, at Israel skal trække sig ud af disse områder, og at Palæstina skal anerkendes som en selvstændig nation.

Francesca Albanese’s main points were that all nations are required to stop the genocide that is going on in the Palestinian occupied territories, that Israel must pull out of these areas, and that Palestine must be recognized as an independent nation.

Executive Intelligence Review stillede de to første spørgsmål til Francesca Albanese. Det første spørgsmål handlede om Oase-planen, der første gang blev foreslået af Lyndon LaRouche i 1975.

Her er det første EIR-spørgsmål stillet af journalist Michelle Rasmussen:

Efter identifikation: “Jeg har et spørgsmål om at gennemføre en Oase-plan for fred gennem økonomisk udvikling og forbinde en politisk løsning med en økonomisk løsning.

Mit magasin Executive Intelligence Review og dets grundlægger Lyndon LaRouche foreslog i 1975 og efterfølgende en Oase-plan for samarbejde mellem et uafhængigt Palæstina, Israel, regionen og andre, nu også kineserne, om afsaltning af vand, nye vandoverførselskanaler og anden moderne infrastruktur.

Tror du, at noget sådant kan være med til at bryde cirklen af vold og had ved at skabe en fremtidig vision om samarbejde til gavn for alle, som kan være med til at bane vejen fra folkemord til fred og give folk håb?

Du sagde i et interview efter våbenhvileaftalen, at Palæstina er en test for menneskeheden i forhold til, hvad vi nu vil gøre.

Kan du kommentere behovet for internationalt samarbejde om genopbygning og økonomisk udvikling, herunder noget i retning af en Oase-plan, for at sikre en anstændig fremtid for palæstinenserne?”

På grund af et lydproblem troede Francesca Albanese desværre, at spørgsmålet handlede om »USA’s plan« og ikke om »Oase-planen«.

Det andet spørgsmål handlede om hendes reaktion på præsident Trumps opfordring til USA om at overtage Gaza og fjerne alle palæstinenserne.

En aktivist fra Schiller Instituttet uddelte 100 Oase-plan flyveblade foran FN-Byen til journalister, der skulle til pressekonference, og til FN-ansatte, og 200 flyveblade efter Francesca Albaneses møde på Københavns Universitet dagen efter.

Se den 14 min.-lange video: Støt LaRouches Oase-plan for fred og udvikling mellem Israel og Palæstina, og i Sydvestasien. Se og del den 14 min. video

Læs hele pressekonference afskriftet nedenfor.

English:

Executive Intelligence Review asked the first two questions to Francesca Albanese.
The first question was about the Oasis Plan, first proposed by Lyndon LaRouche in 1975.

Here is the first EIR question posed by journalist Michelle Rasmussen:

Foto: Michelle Rasmussen, Executive Intelligence Review

English: Read the English transcript below the partial Danish translation.

Her er den første del af et let redigerede udskrift af Francesca Albaneses indledende bemærkninger under pressekonferencen.

Jeg vil gerne sige tak. Godmorgen, alle sammen. Jeg er meget glad for at være sammen med jer i dag i København. Jeg må sige, at jeg er positivt overrasket over at se lokalet temmelig fyldt og så mange af jer her, da jeg blev ret negativt overrasket over at forstå, at så sent som i går besluttede to fremtrædende medier i dette land pludselig at aflyse vores længe planlagte interviews uden nogen forklaring, og lige før mit besøg. Så jeg tror, at det danske medieøkosystem, ligesom i andre lande, herunder mit eget [Italien], ikke er immunt over for pres. Men jeg tror, jeg tog fejl, og der er i det mindste undtagelser. Så mange tak, fordi I er her. Velkommen til alle.

Jeg har et tætpakket program forude i de kommende dage, hvor jeg skal tale om menneskerettighedssituationen i de besatte palæstinensiske områder. Jeg er her efter anmodning og invitation fra en koalition af danske civilsamfundsaktører og græsrodsorganisationer, som har arbejdet hårdt i månedsvis for at forberede dette besøg.

Vi står ved en meget interessant og farlig korsvej. Det tror jeg, alle fornemmer. Efter 15 måneder giver våbenhvilen i Gaza og de gensidige gidselfrigivelser – der er også fanger på den palæstinensiske side, der er mange gidsler – et lyspunkt. Det er der ingen tvivl om.

Men på trods af alt dette er situationen på jorden fortsat katastrofal. Men lad mig starte med at minde jer om det besatte palæstinensiske område og min juridiske vurdering. Sidste år konkluderede jeg, først efter seks måneders og derefter 12 måneders efterforskning, at der var rimelig grund til at tro, at Israel havde begået folkedrab i Gaza. Sidste år sagde jeg også, at Israel brugte det, jeg kaldte humanitær camouflage, til at retfærdiggøre sine operationer i Gaza ved at bruge international humanitær lov-jargon som »menneskelige skjolde, følgeskader, sikre zoner og evakueringsordrer« for at retfærdiggøre og normalisere angrebet, det hensynsløse angreb på civile liv. Det er blevet brugt til at camouflere folkedrab.

Og i min anden rapport argumenterede jeg for, at – jeg havde vedvarende dokumenteret angrebene i Gaza, men også, at den vold, vi havde set i Gaza, sivede ud over resten af det besatte palæstinensiske område. Og dette var en del af en proces med kolonial udslettelse. Argumenterne om, at Israel ønsker at udrydde Hamas, uanset hvad det betyder, eller befri gidslerne, var ikke hoveddrivkraften bag den omfattende ødelæggelse, som Israel har sluppet løs mod Gaza. Som jeg advarede om den 12. oktober 2023, ville Israel have forsøgt at gribe muligheden for at få mere land og tvangsforflytte det palæstinensiske folk.

Mine ord var profetiske. Landet har, i et forsøg på at genskabe det, som nogle politikere kaldte en anden Nakba [katastrofen], og i den proces, begået folkemord i krigens tåge. Israelske embedsmænd har åbent talt for en total udslettelse af Gaza og for massefordrivelse, tvangsfordrivelse af palæstinensere, som det skete i 1947, 1949 og 1967. Alt dette for at realisere en stat Israel kun for jøder, fra floden til havet.

Dette fortsætter, mens vi taler, fordi folkedrabet på palæstinenserne stadig er i gang, ligesom det ikke begyndte i 2023. Vi ved, at folkedrab er processer, ikke handlinger, ikke enkeltstående handlinger. Folkemord er en anden forbrydelse end krigsforbrydelser og forbrydelser mod menneskeheden. Vi kan ikke lede efter hensigten med et forstørrelsesglas. Vi er nødt til at træde et skridt tilbage og se hensigten. Hensigten om at ødelægge en gruppe som sådan, et folk som sådan. Og de sidste 15 måneder har ført til ødelæggelsen – det ved I allerede. Jeg er sikker på, at jeg ikke behøver at gennemgå listen med data. De 70 % ødelagte hjem. Ikke flere universiteter, ikke flere skoler, få hospitaler findes stadig og er stadig stærkt reducerede, ude af stand til at fungere. Der er ingen mulighed for at genoptage et normalt liv i Gaza.

Og de mennesker, der nu bevæger sig gennem murbrokkerne for at lede efter resterne af deres elskede og forsøge at give dem en værdig begravelse, de er overlevende fra folkedrabet. De har overlevet 15 måneders ubarmhjertige bombardementer og drab, også fra snigskytter. Der er dokumentation om børn, som er blevet skudt i overkroppen og i hovedet. Og de har boet i telte uden nogen form for værdig adgang til vand, husly og mad.

Disse mennesker har brug for hjælp! Det er det, vi virkelig må fordøje, at dette er en befolkning af folkedrabsoverlevere, og de skal reddes, før vi tænker på, hvem der skal genopbygge Gaza. Selvfølgelig skal og vil Gaza blive genopbygget, men ingen andre end palæstinenserne har ret til at sige, hvordan Gaza skal genopbygges. Det er noget, vi er nødt til at tilegne os.

Lad mig gå hurtigt frem. Jeg er chokeret over at se, hvor lidt det internationale samfund, herunder lande i Europa, har registreret det seismiske paradigmeskifte, som ICJ’s, Den Internationale Domstols, rådgivende udtalelse sidste år har medført. Det faktum, at det er en rådgivende udtalelse, betyder ikke, at den ikke er bindende. Den er bindende, fordi den er baseret på ufravigelige normer i international lov.

Denne rådgivende udtalelse har konkluderet, at den israelske tilstedeværelse, ikke bare den militære tilstedeværelse, den israelske tilstedeværelse, både hæren og bosættelserne, er retsstridig. Den skal ophøre betingelsesløst og så hurtigt som muligt og fuldstændigt. Så Israel skal fjerne alt det materielle og immaterielle, håndgribelige og uhåndgribelige, civile og militære, som de har etableret i de besatte palæstinensiske områder. Punktum.

Og der er også en deadline for, hvornår det skal ske, nemlig den 16. september i år. Det er, hvad Generalforsamlingen har givet som tidsramme for Israel til at overholde. Og ved I hvorfor? Fordi besættelsen knuser det palæstinensiske folks ret til selvbestemmelse.

Resten af den danske oversættelse kommer senere, men her er Francesca Albaneses svar til EIR’s spørgsmål om Trumps udtalelse om, at USA burde overtage Gaza og fjerne alle palæstinenserne:

Trump – åh, hvor skal jeg begynde? Det korte svar på dit spørgsmål er, at det han foreslår er det rene nonsens. Og det er retsstridigt. De, han foreslår – jeg mener, folk taler om etnisk udrensning. Nej, det er værre. Det er værre. Det er tvungen fordrivelse. Det er opfordring til at gennemføre tvangsfordrivelse, hvilket er en international forbrydelse. Tvangsfordrivelse og yderligere afsavn. Og i forbindelse med et folkemord mener jeg, at det vil styrke Israels medskyldighed i de forbrydelser, de har begået i de sidste 15 måneder og tidligere. Det er ulovligt, umoralsk og uansvarligt. Det er fuldstændig uansvarligt, fordi det vil gøre den regionale krise endnu værre. Og jeg håber virkelig, at folk vil bevare roen, ikke gå i panik og huske på, at det internationale samfund består af 193 stater, og at det nu er tid til at tildele USA, hvad det har ledt efter – isolation.

Dette er muligheden for at genoplive eller give mening til et samarbejde, der bygger på respekt for grundlæggende regler. Der er en grund til, at international lov findes. Og se, der er Haag – jeg ved ikke, om du har fulgt det initiativ, der for nylig blev søsat af ni lande i Haag, Haag-gruppen, en række stater, der har forpligtet sig til at gennemføre grundlæggende foranstaltninger for at sikre ansvarlighed og afslutningen på straffrihed i de besatte palæstinensiske områder. Det er en model, som andre bør følge, og jeg håber virkelig, at Danmark, som har været meget principfast, meget principfast i andre sager, i andre regioner i verden, slutter sig til gruppen og initiativet.

Læs hele afskriftet på engelsk nedenunder. Der er markeret der, hvor den danske oversættelse slap.

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English: The entire transcript
Here is the slightly edited transcript of Francesca Albanese’s opening remarks and the Q&A during the press conference.

Thank you. Good morning. I’m very happy to be with you today in Copenhagen. I have to say that I’m positively surprised to see the room pretty packed and so many of you here, given that I was quite negatively surprised to understand that just yesterday, two prominent media outlets in this country suddenly decided to cancel our long scheduled interviews without any explanation, and just before my visit. So, I do think that, like in other countries, including my own [Italy], the Danish media ecosystem is not immune to pressure. But I guess I was wrong, and at least there are exceptions. So thank you very much for being here. Welcome to all.

I have a dense program ahead these coming few days, to talk about the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. I am here at the request and invitation of a coalition of Danish civil society actors and grassroots organizations, which have worked hard for months to prepare this visit.

We are at a very interesting and dangerous crossroad. I think everyone senses it. After 15 months, the ceasefire in Gaza and the mutual hostage releases — there are also prisoners on the Palestinian side, there are many hostages — these offer a ray of hope. There is no question.

However, the situation on the ground remains catastrophic despite all this. But let me start by putting the occupied Palestinian territory and my legal assessment in your mind. Last year, I concluded, first after six months, and then 12 months of investigation altogether, that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Israel had committed acts of genocide in in Gaza. I also said, last year, that Israel used what I called humanitarian camouflage, used to justify its operations in Gaza, by using international humanitarian law jargon like “human shields, collateral damage, safe zones, and evacuation orders,” in order to justify and to normalize the assault, the reckless assault on civilian life. This has been used to camouflage acts of genocide.

And in my second report, I argued that– I had continued to document the attacks in Gaza, but also, that the violence that we had seen in Gaza, was leaking out across the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory. And this was part and parcel of a process of colonial erasure. The arguments that Israel wants to eradicate Hamas, whatever it means, or liberate the hostages, were not the main drive behind the wholesome destruction that Israel has unleashed against Gaza. As I warned on October 12, 2023, Israel would have tried to seize the opportunity to get more land, and forcibly displace the Palestinian people.

My words were prophetic. In an attempt to reproduce what some politicians called a second Nakba [the catastrophe], and in the process, it has committed acts of genocide under the fog of war. Israeli public officials have openly advocated for a total erasure of Gaza and for mass displacement, forced displacement of Palestinians, as it had happened in 1947, 1949 and in 1967. All these to realize a state of Israel for Jews only, from the river to the sea.

This continues as we speak, because the genocide of the Palestinians is still ongoing, just as it did not begin in 2023. We know that genocides are processes, not acts, not single acts. Genocide is a different crime than war crimes and crimes against humanity. We cannot look for the intent with a magnifying glass. We need to take a step back and see the intent. The intention to destroy a group as such, a people as such. And the past 15 months have led to the destruction — you know that already. I’m sure that I don’t need to go through the list of data. The 70% of homes destroyed. No more universities, no more schools, few hospitals still standing and still decimated, unable to function. There is no possibility to resume a normal life in Gaza.

And, plus, the people who now move across the rubble looking for the remains of their beloved ones, trying to give them a dignified burial, they are genocide survivors. They have survived the 15 months of relentless bombing and killing, including by sniper fire. There is documentation of children who have been shot in the torso and in the head. And they have been living in tents without any dignified access to water, shelter, food.

These people need to be helped! This is what we should really absorb, that this is a population of genocide survivors, and they need to be rescued before thinking about who’s going to rebuild Gaza. Of course, Gaza is going to be rebuilt and will be rebuilt, but no one has the right to say how Gaza will be rebuilt other than the Palestinians. This is something that we need to absorb.

Let me go fast forward. I’m shocked to see how little the international community, including countries in Europe, have registered the seismic paradigm shift that has been prompted by the ICJ, the International Court of Justice, advisory opinion last year. The fact that it’s an advisory opinion doesn’t mean that it’s not binding. It’s binding because it’s premised upon non-derogable norms of international law.

This advisory opinion has concluded that the Israeli presence, not just the military presence, Israeli presence, both army and settlements, is unlawful. It is to be ceased unconditionally, and as soon as possible, and totally. So, Israel needs to remove whatever material and immaterial, tangible and intangible, civilian and military, it has established in the occupied Palestinian territory. Full stop.

And there is also a deadline for it to happen, the 16th of September this year. This is what the General Assembly has given as a time frame for Israel to comply. And do you know why? Because the occupation crushes the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people.

Here is where the Danish translation ended for now.

We Western people do not understand what self-determination is, because we enjoy it, because we have it. Self-determination is the right to exist free as a people, to determine oneself, as a people, politically, economically, culturally. This is something that the Palestinians cannot do under Israeli rule, including in the little that remains of their land, the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem.

And let me remind everyone, this is the land that international consensus, I would say at least 192 states, minus Israel, (things might change right now, but it might become 191, it’s still okay, it’s still international consensus), recognize the right of exclusive rights of self-determination as statehood to the Palestinians. Which doesn’t mean that Jewish people cannot live in the occupied Palestinian territory. If they want to live there, first of all, it will not be on stolen Palestinian land, and they will not be Israeli citizens. They will be under Palestinian law, as simple as that. Meanwhile, Israel needs to withdraw.

In the face of all this, and this will be my last comment, I’m also shocked by the defiance of international law, not just of Israel, not just of Israel, but international — most of most countries in the international community, particularly the West, particularly the West, which has been preaching about compliance with international law with each and every country in the global South for the past decades. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for two Israeli leaders, three Palestinian leaders as well, Hamas leaders as well, but they have already been killed. There are two people who — and there should be more, in my view — who are wanted by the International Criminal Court. And a number of countries have run forward in order to shelter, to ensure that these people will be sheltered from accountability, so they have fully embraced impunity.

The International Court of Justice has concluded, already in January last year, that there was a plausible risk for the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza protected under the Genocide Convention, meaning it has recognized the plausibility of genocide, and it has issued not once, but twice, three times, provisional measures that have not been complied with, of course, by Israel, but not just by Israel, because all member states, including Denmark, have a clear responsibility toward international law. They should suspend all ties, especially economic and military ties with Israel.

So the question you should ask your government, if you have not done it yet, is “What are you doing to comply with the ICJ advisory opinion, with the ICC arrest warrants, including by securing that there are all domestic mechanisms in place to investigate and prosecute anyone who might have committed crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory?”

It’s regrettable that, in fact, the the government in this country is moving, but in the opposite direction, because I understand that it intends to pass a law to make investigation and prosecution of the crimes committed in Palestine, and trust me, it will be applied elsewhere, more difficult. So, as someone who deeply believes in human rights and justice, I firmly stand against this lawlessness, and encourage the government of Denmark to comply with its obligations to stop doing anything that translates into aiding and assisting Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid regime and, recently, an ongoing genocide. Thank you.
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Question and answer period moderated by Noa Valentin Katz Søgaard Head of UN City Communications:

Executive Intelligence Review: Thank you. Francesca. I am Michele Rasmussen from the Executive Intelligence Review in the United States. And I have two questions. The first is, I have a question about implementing an Oasis plan for peace through economic development, and connecting a political solution to an economic solution. Because my magazine, and its founding editor, Lyndon LaRouche, back in 1975, came out with an Oasis plan for cooperation between an independent Palestine, Israel, the regional countries, now also possibly including the Chinese, for water desalinization, new water-transfer canals and basic modern infrastructure.

So, do you think that something like this could help break this cycle of violence and hate by creating a future vision of cooperation for the benefit of everyone, which could help pave a path from genocide to peace, and give people hope? Because you said in a recent interview that, what we do for Palestine, is a test for humanity, of what we want to do next. So, could you comment on the need for international cooperation, for reconstruction and economic development, including something like an Oasis plan to ensure a decent future for Palestinians?

[Unfortunately, because of an audio problem, Francesca Albanese thought that the question was about the “U.S. Plan” and not the “Oasis Plan.”]

Then I have a second question if it’s possible.

The other question is, of course, what do you say to President Trump’s statement yesterday that the United States should take over Gaza Strip, and throw out all the Palestinians.

Francesca Albanese: I was waiting for this question.

Before being the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, I’ve devoted a decent number of years to the question of Palestine as a UN official first, and then as a scholar. And I know the question of Palestine through the perspective and through the story, the experience of its people, Palestinian refugees, in fact, we shouldn’t call them Palestinian refugees. We should call the Palestinians Nakba survivors, because this gives for the Palestinians, the fact of being refugees, not just being, like it’s not just a matter of legal status, it’s a matter of having been deprived of a homeland that, as Edward Said, used to say existed one day, and is no more.

So as such, I can tell you, for decades, for decades, the international community has treated the question of Palestine as something that could be managed in perpetuity, through means of development, economic incentives and encouraging growth, whatever it means, or managing it as a humanitarian crisis. And frankly, after, let’s say, at least the 56, 57, but in fact, it’s 76 years, it doesn’t work.

And you know why? Because, of course, economic development must happen. Of course, cooperation is necessary, but not at the expense of fundamental rights and freedoms, which is what, Israel, the United States, more openly than ever, and others, seem to expect that the Palestinians will accept. Like all indigenous people in the world, the Palestinians will never surrender. They will fight and they will resist. I mean, when I say fight, I do not mean armed resistance. They will fight for recognition of their rights and their dignity. And so, no, the short answer is no. Economic peace through economic development is expectation of surrender. And it will not work, because everyone has the right to be free, and to gain self-determination as a people. This is a collective right.

Executive Intelligence Review: The question was including a sovereign Palestine.

Francesca Albanese: Well, but this is not what has been talked about. I mean, the argument of sovereignty is used as a rhetorical one, I mean, just to kick the can in the air, because then when it comes to — you know, the only thing that is to be done, to allow a Palestinian state is not to, excuse me, ambassador [referring to H.E. Ambassador Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian ambassador to Denmark], it’s not to fund the Palestinian Authority. It’s not to tell the Palestinian Authority how to reform. This is not our business. We don’t go to other countries telling them — we should probably in some countries, tell them, advise people whom to elect. You’re from the U.S., right? And we don’t do that. So the same thing applies to the Palestinians. I mean, the only thing we need to do to ensure a Palestinian state is to make sure that Israel withdraws troops, settlements, controls over resources. As simple as that. There is no other way around. The rest is hypocrisy. And frankly, the world has had enough of it. So no, it’s not going to happen. And so the next point you are raising is, is economic development going to break the cycle of violence? No. No. If there is one thing that I’m 100% sure of, the answer is no.

What happened in the last 15 months, what happened 15 months ago, and what has happened over and over, the violence in Palestine — And let’s be very, very blunt. Palestinians, they are not violent people. They are people who want to live in peace and freedom. And the fact that they might have resorted to violence at various points, and they might have committed crimes against the Israelis during 76 years of dispossession and displacement, is to be read as mirroring the violence they have been subject to.

So, the only way to stop the cycles of violence, is to give peace a chance through freedom, through full recognition of freedom. And this is not going to bring a decent future for the Palestinians, only, but for the Palestinians and the Israelis. I always have tried to have this inclusive language, because there are a few Israelis who are fighting against genocide, against occupation and against apartheid, and they should not be invisibilized. They are an important actor in the process.

Trump. Oh, where to start? The short the short answer to your question is what he proposes is utter nonsense. And it’s unlawful. What he proposes — I mean, people talk of ethnic cleansing. No. It’s worse. It’s worse. It’s forced displacement. It’s inciting to commit forced displacement, which is an international crime. Forced displacement and further dispossession. And in the context of a genocide, I mean, it will strengthen the complicity in the crimes that Israel has been committing over the past 15 months and before. It’s unlawful, immoral and irresponsible. It’s completely irresponsible, because it will make the regional crisis even worse. And I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the U.S. what it has been looking for — isolation.

This is the opportunity to revive, or to to give meaning to cooperation premised upon respect of basic rules. International law is there for a reason. And look as there is The Hague — I don’t know if you have followed the initiative launched recently by nine countries in The Hague, The Hague Group, a number of states who have committed to implementing basic measures to ensure accountability, and the end of impunity in the occupied Palestinian territory. This is a model that others should follow, and I truly hope that Denmark, which has been very principled, very principled on other matters, on other regions of the world, joins the group and the initiative.

H.E. Ambassador Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian ambassador to Denmark: Thank you. Ms. Albanese, for being with us today. And I would start first by acknowledging and revering your position, that has always been very consistent with the facts on the ground. People think that you are biased for the Palestinians, but in fact, you have been the most pragmatic rapporteur that we have ever seen since 2022. And saying this, let me start with a premise, which is going to shock the people here when it comes, basically, about the resolution of this conflict. I believe that today, Palestinians and Israelis are stuck between the historically inevitable and the politically impossible, and we rely on the international community to shoulder the two-state solution, which has been adopted since 1994, as a result of the Oslo peace process, and unfortunately, the United States, that was supposed to be the honest broker of peace, became a total partisan, in trying, more or less, to push the agenda of the Israelis over the Palestinians. And, of course, the Americans have lost their credibility, not only among the Palestinians, but even among the Arab world. And today, we have a president that I would consider daringly a bully, who is trying to bully the entire world in order to achieve the national interests of the United States. He deals with the Palestinians as if we are ants, he could move us from Gaza, rebuild Gaza, make it Singapore, a place where the Americans could thrive economically, without paying attention to, that the Palestinians struggle for self-determination is the 14th article of a president called Woodrow Wilson, where the international community has practiced that right, except for the Palestinians, which is considered to be, today, one of the longest modern occupations in history.

And we have seen the onslaught of Trump, let alone Biden, on the agencies of the United Nations, especially UNRWA, the recent onslaught on UNRWA, to close down their offices in Jerusalem, is a sign that there is no right of return for the Palestinians. This is killing the refugee issue, and this is what they’re basically trying to do.

The United States wants to eradicate the Palestinian problem by forceful diasporization, by displacement, by ethnic cleansing, and by supporting Israel to basically control that part of the world, with a close proximity of interests of the United States in the region. And today, what we are witnessing in the Middle East are dramatic draconian changes that are basically going in the wrong direction. And this is partly because of the non-unity of the Arab countries, where they are fractionalized in their positions when it comes to U.S. policy in the region.

And I think if we cannot get united with the Europeans, and with other countries — and today, the threats of Trump for Europe, in terms of tariffs, Canada and what have you, all these signs, if it proves something, it does not prove the Pax Americana that we wanted to see back in the 1990s. We are seeing a total hegemony, a new imperialism, that basically has been trying to impose its position on the world, and trying to unilaterally rule over the world through its hegemonic processes.

And of course, as you are a human rights lawyer, and you represent the United Nations, and you are very well-spoken on this issue, to what extent do you think, you coming from an Italian background, from Europe, you could have a certain kind of an impetus, I would say, on the European countries to start moving. Because we cannot see any kind of change coming from the Middle East itself. It has to come from the Europeans, who are considered to be the natural allies of the United States. And in particular, I would like to see the government of Denmark talk the talk and not walk the walk. And this is what is happening today, where they are totally submissive to the dictate of American policies in the region, regardless of their position, in terms of human rights, and in developing Palestinian infrastructure. But we don’t see a clear position on the decimation, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians by this government, which is considered to be a rightist government.

And that’s why I think it’s about time that we have to shoulder our responsibilities as an international community. We have to push for the International Criminal Court justice resolutions, and we have to continue our struggle democratically, and not by using violence. Violence is rejected by the Palestinians. And I speak in terms of the Authority of the Palestinians. We are against violence. We don’t believe that violence is going to bring our rights for self-determination, but it’s through political accommodation. And we have done that in 1988, when we had our historic compromise, painful compromise, in accepting Israel on 78% of the land, and accepting 22% of the remaining Palestine. And this is our position. We believe that through pragmatism, through political accommodation, through negotiations, as recent U.S. presidents have promised us, where we can see the oxymoron represented in President Trump, that negates all kinds of agreements in the past, and opens a new avenue for continued conflict in the Middle East. Thank you very much for your presence, and thank you for your presentation.

Noa Valentin Katz Søgaard Head of UN City Communications: Thank you. Ambassador. There was a question in there, but let’s have another one, also in the interest of time.

Jordan News Agency: Thank you. My name is Osama. I’m from Jordan News Agency. I have a couple of questions. You started by saying that a couple of Danish media channels canceled their arriving here with you. So my question is, how do you describe the Western media coverage of what’s happening in Gaza and the occupied West Bank now? That’s the first question. Being in Denmark, my second question is, what’s your message to the Danish government regarding the ICJ resolutions, and regarding that Denmark is exporting weapons to Israel?

Francesca Albanese: First, a comment. Again whatever Israel’s ambitions in in destroying UNWRA, again, which is another abysmal phenomenon, which shouldn’t happen, because UNWRA is a subsidiary body of the General Assembly. Only the General Assembly can decide the future, the mandate or the cessation of the agency. So, if Israel, the United States, and other member states, who are defunding UNWRA, are against the continuation of the agency, they need to go through, and respect respect UN law, and go through the General Assembly, not operate outside the system because this is unlawful.

But, however, it will not kill the right of return, simply because the right of return is established under international law, that predates the creation of the state of Israel. So this is something that people need to absorb.

The impetus I can give to European countries, as a person? Look, my role is pretty limited, in the sense that the United Nations expects me to monitor, report on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, and produce a legal assessment. To assess the human rights situation, which as I said, is catastrophic. And of course, I make recommendations. I’ve done the utmost to deliver my mandate in the most effective way, which is making sure that people listen. And what I think I might have helped, Palestinians, especially, but also some Israelis who stand with them for a non-apartheid land between the river and the sea, is to make sure that people understand the framework.

We should stop calling what happens in that land as a conflict, unless we understand that it’s a conflict of a very specific nature, which happens in a settler colonial paradigm, where Israel — let’s put aside its foundations, etc., but since 1967, has actually pursued, and steadily pursued policies to acquire the control over the land that remained of Palestine and displace its people, its residents, its inhabitants. This is what settler colonialism is about. And of course, as history should tell us, if we bothered to look at it and learn from it, that settler colonialism is intimately, quintessentially genocidal, because it will result, sooner or later, in the annihilation of the indigenous people, if it succeeds.

Look at the United States. The United States is a country birthed from a genocide. Many genocides, in fact, as Indigenous American, Native American scholars teach us, many genocides. And so there have been many genocides in Latin America and in Africa. This is our history as a European. Denmark has its own — I mean, of course, there are major colonizers, and Denmark has its own history, so probably you don’t feel that responsible for the past. But it’s our European past, and so we should do better today.

So, this is what I aim to do, continue to bring attention to the facts, the context, the history, and what are the international law obligations. And here, let me move to the — then I will go back to what I think of negotiation. It’s a risky argument.

But the question of what is my message to the Danish government? First of all, my visit aims to speak to whomever wants to listen. And I think that those who want to listen the most here, considering the demand, are the Danish people. So the point and the message is, my request to the government is, please respect international law. You have clear international law obligations. Under the law of state responsibility, Denmark is called upon to not aid and assist an internationally wrongful act. And Israel maintains an occupation which, as I said, is ontologically illegal. So, the Danish government should explain, should reveal all the ties that it maintains with Israel, diplomatic, political, military, strategic, research-wise, and should suspend anything that, according to the ICJ advisory opinion, is found potentially detrimental to the rights of the Palestinians. And, therefore, the minimum is to suspend arms, the arms trade, arms deals with Israel not to sell, not to buy.

This is something that the International Court of Justice has also reminded member states, in the context of the genocide case. There are two cases pending before the ICJ: South Africa versus Israel, and then Nicaragua versus Germany. And in the latter, the court has reminded member states of their obligations to not transfer arms, to not have arms deals with countries which are committing violations of the Genocide Convention, but also the Geneva Conventions. So, first of all, there is this responsibility that Denmark will continue to have, even if it tries to circumvent international law, and change its laws so as not to comply with it. It will still be a stain on Denmark and will continue to violate international law, whatever the nationalist camouflages are.

And then the thing that I want to say to the Danish people, it is not just your state that has obligations toward international law, also businesses, private actors. I don’t know if it’s the case here, as in other European countries, but there are dual nationals, I mean, individuals with Israeli nationality who have committed crimes, or who might partake in crimes as individuals, as settlers, as business people who are dealing in the colonies. Well, they should be investigated and prosecuted. And also charities, pension funds, banks.  I’m investigating, right now, the complicity of the private sector in that monstrosity that Israel has set up in the occupied Palestinian territory. And I’m telling you, there are quite a few businesses, including located in this country, that I’m investigating, including, it’s no secret, Terma and Maersk. It’s very complicated. I’m carrying out an investigation right now. I will do the utmost to also get in touch with these businesses, like other European businesses that I’m investigating. But again, what I want to say to the lawyers in this country is: act, because it’s also your job to make sure that justice, I mean, justice starts at home. And also ordinary people have a responsibility.

There has been a silencing. And I will go to the other question. The role of the media, in general, in the West, has been unprofessional, unethical, to say the least, in the sense — not only facts have not — and I don’t speak of the Danish media, because I do not know the Danish media enough. I can only tell you that the Danish media is not immune to cancel culture, given the fact that, again, two important media outlets which scheduled interviews, long time, long time ago with me, canceled, yesterday. So there is this tendency to not host, not give a place, so that the voice is heard.

And this is frankly pathetic. It’s so sad, because, in any case, my voice is going to be heard anyway, so it’s their loss. But the point is, not only the media has not told the story. They have chosen which story to tell. Not telling the facts. Not giving context, for example, to what has happened on October 7th. Which doesn’t mean justifying the crimes that have been committed against Israelis. Absolutely, which I’ve condemned, and I’ve called for justice for all the victims. But there is a context, and that context has often been missed. And also what has followed has been misrepresented. The examples: the Palestinians are, by default, referred to as terrorists. And while terrorism is an act, cannot be an individual, I mean, independent, I mean independently from from what the acts, the operations or the ideologies. And, also, the Western media have amplified the Israeli propaganda. Israel lies. Israel lies, and it’s fully documented by commission of inquiry after commissions of inquiry. And, these, notwithstanding, facts have disappeared and international law has been completely sidelined. That’s very, that’s very unprofessional.

But also, I think that there is something worse, because again, there is a genocide, and there is an increasing consensus that there is a genocide ongoing. And like in other genocides, media do play a role. Also the work that international tribunals have revealed in the case of Rwanda, for example, or in the case of the former Yugoslavia. What is shocking here is that the international media has made itself complicit. It’s not just the Israeli media, and not all of them, of course. There are wonderful, wonderful journalists in Israel, and thanks to them, we know a lot, for example, about how artificial intelligence has been used to kill hundreds and hundreds of civilians in Gaza at the time. So, there should be a study and an investigation about how the Western media has acted in the context of this genocide.

One last comment, and this is in connection with negotiation and pragmatism. As I said before, sure, but neither negotiation nor pragmatism can happen at the expense of fundamental rights. The Palestinians should not be negotiating their right of self-determination. The right of self-determination should be the departure. Once the right of self-determination is realized, in the form of statehood as the starting point, then there is negotiation on the relations that Israel and Palestine will have. And one day, maybe they will decide, I mean the Israelis and the Palestinians, will decide to live happily together. Who knows? But the realization of the state, is the ground zero that should be pursued.

Noa Valentin Katz Søgaard: All right. Another question here. Thank you.

Irish journalist: Hello. My name is Claire McCarthy. I’m a journalist from Ireland, and which, as you know, is one of the few places to have recognized the sovereignty of Palestine, and which is working on making it illegal to import things from the settlers, and my government has access to exactly the same intelligence reports as do all the other governments of Western Europe. They know the same stuff. They know more than we’ve seen on our television screens. So my question would be this: why, what explains the reluctance of other Western small countries, or big countries, to do the morally correct thing? And that is to recognize the right, absolute right to self-determination of the Palestinians, and to recognize the genocide for what it undoubtedly is. Thank you.

Jonathan Ofir: My name is Jonathan Ophir. I would like to ask about the West Bank. Francesca Albanese, you have a made a report in late October among elsewhere, warning that the genocide of Gaza may be spreading to the West Bank? And now, precisely after the cease fire has taken place, we seem to have seen a major escalation in attacks and violence and assaults, and even blowing up of houses, serially, in the West Bank, something which seems to be a kind of Gazafization of the West Bank. What is your view of this situation?

AFP: James Brooks from AFP. Given Trump’s comments, what’s your thoughts on the next stage of negotiations, ceasefire negotiations?

Francesca Albanese: Ireland. Well, I think that Ireland is a case in point, in the sense that I do not think that it’s one of the few states that recognize Palestine. It’s one of the few states in Europe, which speaks to the hypocrisy of European countries, because on the one hand, they keep on saying and reciting the mantras of the the two states [solution], but then they don’t do anything to make sure it happens. So what I think — this is why I say we are living in an historical moment. We might not realize what’s happening, but the masks have fallen, and the hypocrisy is fully exposed, and this might propel changes in the way the rest of the world interacts with Europe. Because even that pretense of compliance with international law, that pretense of morality, has gone down the drain.

And I live in the Global South, I move and work across various countries in the Global South, and I can tell you that that sense, that was also probably a legacy of of decades and centuries of colonialism, of the primacy of the West and Europe, is gone. And I’m perfectly fine with it, although, as a European, I resent it. I would like us to be better, to do better, and we can still do better. I will get to this. So I do think that Ireland, inasmuch as it has done a lot, and has been very vocal, especially because of the people, still has some way to go to give full meaning to the recognition of, I mean, to ensure full compliance with international law, because there are still — the settlement bill has not been passed, and recently Ireland referred to the fact of its commitment to endorse the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, which I think shocked everyone — if even Ireland does it. But again, this goes to the why, why Western states, in particular — and this is not just the West. This also applies to many countries in the rest — why these countries cannot, do not comply with their basic obligations under international law, because Palestine is very specific. Palestine is the state of exception, and Israel has enjoyed impunity, like no other state, probably other than the United States, in the world. So, this is the thing. Israel is, on the one hand, an extension, is the remnants of Western colonialism. It’s not considered a middle eastern country by the Israelis itself, first and foremost, or any other country. It seems like a prolongation of Europe, white, non-Muslim Europe. This is the reality. And of course, I know that many Israelis are not Europeans. But, I’m simplifying to say, there is this cultural affinity on the one hand. So Israel has projected itself like the bulwark to protect the Europeans of Western civilization against these “savages.” And again, this is a colonial language. And the thing is, that this colonial language and colonial mentality has a lot of buy-in in our culture, in our European culture. This is something we need to work on. So it’s partly cultural.

A lot of it has to do with geopolitical and economic interests. There is a work, that I strongly recommend everyone to read by Antony Loewenstein, “Palestine Laboratory.” It’s one of the most brilliant investigations I’ve come across on Israel-Palestine, because it really exposes the deep, intimate, real nature of Israel as a military state, a state that produces military services, techniques, intelligence and weapons, and has historically used the Palestinians, first and foremost, Palestine, as a laboratory to test all these, and then to sell its techniques, services and weapons all over the world, including many dictatorships. Israel has been, in a way, it’s not in a technical sense, but been a subcontractor of the U.S., to sell weaponry. This is what Antony Loewenstein reports in his book, to sell weapons and other strategic services to countries that it would have been uncomfortable for, inconvenient for the U.S. to trade with, like dictatorships in Latin America, like Chile and Argentina, but also countries that have committed genocides like, Guatemala, Rwanda and former Yugoslavia. This is all documented, including by Israelis. There is an Israeli lawyer who has done extraordinary exceptional work on this. So, because many countries buy these services, buy these techniques, buy these tools, the drones, the weaponry from Israel, it’s difficult to break that relationship. And this is where our focus, our attention needs to be.

The discussion concerning anti-Semitism. This has nothing to do with real anti-Semitism, which is disgusting and still exists. It’s still a Western problem. But the reason why anti-Semitism is used so much in the past, I mean, in the current times, is to deflect the attention — I mean, the accusation of anti-Semitism, is to deflect the attention from the reality, that Israel is coming under scrutiny for its military nature and the human rights implications of it.

I should have, of course, mentioned the West Bank more in my presentation. Look, since October last year, I’ve been warning the international community that there were discernible patterns of conduct that Israel had deployed in the West Bank, that reminded of what Israel was doing in Gaza.

Francesca Albanese: And I’ve been looking at the shoot-to-kill policy that has been used since October 7th, more and more by the army and the settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which has killed now, in 15 months, around 870 Palestinians, in the West Bank and East Jerusalem alone. These numbers are shocking. 200 of these are children. There are over 9,000 Palestinians from the West Bank who have been arrested and detained, and often tortured, and apparently, many of them raped while in detention. This is something that is shocking. It has happened to the Palestinians in Gaza, but it has also happened to the Palestinians in the West Bank.

And also the other trait, the other feature I documented is that there has been a strategic destruction, this is what I told the told the General Assembly in October, of essential civilian infrastructure, like homes, assaults on hospitals and health facilities, medical professionals and water infrastructure, energy grids, etc. Why? To make the life of the Palestinians more and more difficult. To create conditions of life that might lead, in my view, to the destruction of the Palestinian people. So while I didn’t conclude that there were acts of genocide identifiable in the West Bank, this is the trajectory. And because we know that genocide is a process, and because we know that genocide doesn’t distinguish — genocide is an assault. It’s a aimed at annihilation, aimed at destruction of a people, as such, of a group, as such. So it doesn’t matter if the Palestinians are in are in Gaza, or in the West Bank. They are targeted for ethnic cleansing, and in the process, Israel is committing genocide. So let me say, this is why we don’t need to conclude that Israel has committed acts of genocide in the West Bank, but what it has done, as of the beginning of cease fire in Gaza, is telling. Because the fighting machine has just shifted from the Gaza Strip toward the West Bank. In one day, Israel has detonated 24 buildings, simultaneously. This is not just a war crime. You need to read the totality of conduct, against the totality of the people, in the totality of the land that Israel wants for itself. This gives you the sense of why this is genocide, and why this is a settler colonial genocide.

And then, it is up to the court to determine where where certain acts have been — if the court wants to take that local approach to say, oh, in Jabalia we had the genocidal attacks, and not in Darbala (?), for example. In Gaza there have been genocidal attacks everywhere, but in the West Bank –. But again, we have an obligation, member states have an obligation to prevent genocide. And therefore, what’s happening? These similarities should be a warning and there should be prompt action, but nothing is moving.

The question after the Trump declaration, what is going to happen? Let me be hopeful. So to close on a positive note. Again, as I say, I know that this is going to generate panic across the world, because it bears huge consequences. We live in a world where the United States is ingrained in our politics, in our lifestyle, in everything we do in our economies. So these influences are hugely felt, and no one alone will be able to stand against the United States. But this will be the default option. I mean, it will be either subservience, a world made of vassals, who abide by this lawlessness, this lawlessness and nonsense that is being propagated. And the other, will be to take a principled stance and say, enough, enough. So start disengaging. And again, I want to hope that the American people, first and foremost, most come back to their senses, and oppose this system from within. It might not happen, so it’s up to the other 191 member states to fix this. And again, it’s the entire world. So it should make us feel stronger, rather than be be fearful. We can do better. This is the opportunity to do better.

Noa Valentin Katz Søgaard Head of UN City Communications: Thank you so much for your time this morning. I also want to thank you, dear colleagues …

Michelle Rasmussen, næstformand for Schiller Instituttet i Danmark, bidrog med følgende artikel til Soka Universitys udstilling i Japan, “Beethoven og Ode til Glæden, en særlig udstilling til minde om 200-års jubilæet for premieren på 9. symfoni.”

Bidraget til udstillingen blev anmodet, efter at en af arrangørerne læste hendes artikel, “Alle mennesker bliver brødre: Den årtier lange kamp for Beethovens niende symfoni.”

Udstillingen varer fra 1. november til 27. december 2024. Her er et link til Soka Universitys hjemmeside med billeder fra åbningen af udstillingen: 「ベートーヴェンと『歓喜の歌』展」が開幕しました【11月1日～12月27日】― 世界的偉人の足跡を示す直筆書簡を全文翻訳付で公開 :: 創価大学

Beethoven-udstillingshilsen

Kære Professor Takao Ito!
Jeg sender mine bedste ønsker til dig og Soka University for en vellykket udstilling om Beethoven og Ode til Glæden i anledning af 200-års jubilæet for den første opførelse af Beethovens 9. symfoni. Jeg ved, at den 9. symfoni ligger det japanske folk nært, og de fejrer med glæde nytåret til tonerne af 第九, だいく, daiku (den 9.).

1. symfonien slutter med en overraskelse – menneskestemmer, der udtrykker idéerne fra Friedrich Schiller, frihedens digter, fra hans digt An die Freude, Ode til Glæden, flettet sammen med orkestret for at skabe et af historiens mest bevægende kunstværker – en gave til hele menneskeheden. Sjældent har der i menneskehedens historie været en dialog og syntese mellem to store sind på niveau med Friedrich Schiller og Ludwig van Beethoven, selvom de aldrig mødtes.

Beethoven skrev, at hans kald var “at bruge min kunst som et middel til at lindre en trængende menneskehed.” Ja, det er ud af denne passion for menneskeheden, at den skabende kunstner søger at bevæge sine medmennesker til at se ind i sig selv og finde deres egen kilde til kreativitet, medfølelse og længsel efter at gøre en udødelig indsats for hele menneskeheden.

Medstifteren af Schiller Instituttet, Lyndon LaRouche, påpegede, at nøglen til at forstå Beethovens kreativitet er at betragte ham som et af de største videnskabelige sind i menneskehedens historie – at hver ny komposition var en ny videnskabelig opdagelse. Derfor kan vi, når vi lytter til Beethovens værker og omgiver os med hans skabende geni, lære at være kreative selv, ligesom den mytiske Prometheus gav ild (Götterfunken – guddommelige gnister) og kreativitetens kraft til menneskeheden, hvilket gør det muligt for os at skabe noget nyt og give det videre til kommende generationer.

Det tog Beethoven mindst 31 år fra de første spor af ønsket om at sætte Schillers digt til musik, men med sin stadigt større beherskelse af musikalsk kreativitet lykkedes det ham endelig at komponere et mesterværk, hvor Schillers idéer og hans musik sammen hævede sig til en højere enhed.

I den 9. symfoni fremkaldte Beethoven Schillers budskab, at gennem omfavnelsen af Glædens guddommelige gnister, datter af en kærlig fader: “Alle mennesker bliver brødre.” Schiller forklarede selv sin idé med digtet:
“Lad os blive bevidste om en højere ideal enhed, og gennem broderskab vil vi nå denne tilstand… Glæden er smuk, fordi den skaber harmoni, og den er ‘guddommelig nedsteget’, fordi al harmoni er afledt fra Verdens Herre og flyder tilbage til ham.”

For både Schiller og Beethoven var Glæde (Freude) uløseligt forbundet med Frihed (Freiheit), og symfonien blev en stærk manifestation for politisk frihed for hele menneskeheden til alle tider. Schiller var overbevist om, at vejen til frihed og sand viden findes gennem Skønhedens morgenport, fordi Skønhed forædler både vores følelser og intellekt, så de er i harmoni med hinanden, en idé, som han uddyber i sine Brev om Menneskets Æstetiske Opdragelse.

Hvad ville Schiller, der døde i 1805 før symfonien blev skrevet, have tænkt om den? Ironisk nok forstod Schiller, en af de største ordkunstnere, at musikkens kraft kunne føre os ud over ordenes domæne. Han skrev:
“Der er noget mystisk i musikkens virkning, at den bevæger vores indre, så den bliver et middel til forbindelse mellem to verdener. Vi føler os forstørret, opløftet, henført – hvad er det andet end i Naturens domæne at blive draget mod Gud? Musik er et højere, finere sprog end ord. I de øjeblikke, hvor sjælens ophøjede ytring synes for svag, hvor den fortvivles over at finde mere ædle ord, dér begynder musikkens kunst. Fra begyndelsen har al sang dette grundlag.”

Det er menneskets kreativitet, der adskiller mand og kvinde fra dyret. Det bør være samfundets mission at fremme den kreative mulighed, som, lig en kim, ligger hvilende i hvert barn og blot venter på kærlig næring for at kunne blomstre og skabe den smukkeste blomst, som til gengæld glæder og inspirerer andre til at udvikle deres eget kreative potentiale.

Der findes næppe en bedre læremester i kreativitet end Beethoven, hvis livslange stræben efter at perfektionere sine egne kreative kræfter, på trods af den lidelse hans tiltagende døvhed medførte, har været, er nu og vil for altid være en monumental kilde til studiet af kreativitet.

Lad os omgive os med de smukkeste kunstneriske skabelser fra fortiden og forhåbentlig genoplive evnen til at skabe sande skønne værker i fremtiden, så vi kan minde os selv om menneskehedens godhed, træde tilbage fra krigens afgrund og i stedet vandre sammen, hånd i hånd, mod en lys fremtid. Jeres Beethoven-udstilling vil være et vigtigt bidrag til denne indsats.

Michelle Rasmussen er næstformand for Schiller Instituttet i Danmark. Du kan læse hendes artikler om Beethoven og Schiller her: https://schillerinstitut.dk/si/tag/michelle_rasmussen/

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Organisér for Schiller Instituttets kommende gratis internationale videokonference lørdag-søndag den 7.-8. december 2024:

I Schillers og Beethovens Ånd – Alle Mennesker Bliver Brødre!

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Kontakt os: 53 57 00 51; si@schillerinstitut.dk

I forbindelse med Kulturnatten, den 11. oktober, havde Schiller Instituttets delegation mange diskussioner med Folketingsmedlemmer, ungdomsorganisationsmedlemmer og andre i alle partiernes receptionsværelser. Det inkluderede seks partiledere. Vores dagsorden var at tale om nødvendigheden for at stoppe faren for atomkrig, både i forbindelse med krigen i Ukraine og Israels krige/militæraktioner i Gaza, Libanon og Iran, samt for at stoppe Israels folkemord i Gaza. 

I stedet opfordrede vi dem vi talte med til at arbejde for en ny international sikkerheds- og udviklings arkitektur. Vi delte følgende flyveblad ud: Én løsning til at stoppe to regionale kriser fra at føre til tredje verdenskrig , men i stedet for afsnittet om vores interview med Malaysias fhv. statsminister Mahatir, havde vi trykt Helga Zepp-LaRouches Ti principper for en ny international sikkerheds- og Udviklingsarkitektur.

Indhold:

Opfordring til at skabe et Fornuftens Råd, 1

Sidste udkald før tredje verdenskrig – eller første skridt mod et nyt fredsparadigme? Den Internationale Fredskoalitions møde nr. 62 den 9. august 2024, 2

Helga Zepp-LaRouche interview med Dialogue Works:
Er NATO blevet fuldstændig vanvittigt?
Israels satsning, der kan udløse kaos!, 4

Deltag i Den Internationale Fredskoalitions Zoom-møder hver fredag kl. 17-19, bagsiden

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