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Prime Minister Kristersson with ministerial colleagues in connection with his presentation of the results of the autumn's government reshuffle. Image: Ninni Andersson/Governingskansliet

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Week 42: Debaters urge the government to stand up for international law

The previous week's debate was characterized by Sweden's approach to developments in the Middle East. But voices were also raised about aid effectiveness. Not least due to the fact that this year's Nobel laureate in economics researched precisely how countries can lift themselves out of poverty.

During Thursday and Friday, the leaders of the EU countries met to, among other things, discuss proposals to freeze assets and issue entry bans for two Israeli ministers. Here the government has a chance to sanction and act in the right direction against the hideous violence in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, says The left party EU parliamentarians Hanna Gedin and Jonas Sjöstedt i Today's ETC.  

The approach that Sweden has had towards the current Israeli invasion and the search to redraw the political map in Mellanöstern may gradually dismantle the principles of the international system for human rights that apply to everyone. Without this system, we have nothing, writes Helena Lindholm, professor of peace and development issues at the University of Gothenburg, i Svenska Dagbladet 

 - Some other countries in the EU and Europe, such as Norway, Spain and Ireland, have a much clearer critical stance against senseless warfare, and Sweden should follow these examples, Lindholm thinks.  

I Sydsvenskan arguear author Ian Buruma to the humiliation and persecution as Jewish persons experienced, and which culminated in the Holocaust, today can be recognized in the treatment of Palestinian. He expresses concern that othe ccupation and humiliation of Palestinian risks leading to further cycles of violence.

The first step towards peace is through a ceasefire so that the hostages can be released and that emergency aid can reach Gaza, says DN's editorial staff, and the question arises when Netanyahu will be able to consider the mission completed, this in view of the continued offensive despite the death of Yahya Sinwar.        

 - Military means cannot single-handedly wrest Gaza from the grip of Hamas and other extremists – ordinary Palestinians must be offered a future to believe in, sthey cry.  

In a separate debate post, the government expresses concern about the humanitarian suffering in Gaza, which they believe must be minimized. The illegal settlements in the West Bank must end and the step towards a two-state solution should be promoted. Therefore, the government welcomes the EU's sanctions against extremist settlers who commit acts of violence against civilians, writes Ulf Kristersson (M), Ebba Busch (KD) and Johan Pehrson (L) i DN Debate.  

The government representatives emphasize that Hamas started the war and thus bears the ultimate responsibility in their hands. Hamas can end the war in Gaza at any time by releasing the hostages and laying down their weapons they emphasize.

The government representatives also takes care to express their concerns more than that the conflict in the Middle East also provides results in Sweden. They express concern about increased anti-Semitism, activists behaving in a threatening manner and that Iran nowadays bof judgment carry outa deed on Swedish soil through Swedish criminal networks. 

 - The government will not tolerate the Middle East conflict being brought into Sweden and Iran conducting terrorist activities here via proxies, they write. 

Solutions that lift people out of poverty 

For his fdeclarations of intenttutions role for countries' economic development Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Economics.

Svenska Dagbladet's Matthias Svensson see in the researchers' results argument for a strong ownershipRight but also that economic developmenting is not only about pluralistic democracies, but also the absence of populism.  

- Populists like to call themselves popular, but when politics is carried out to benefit a few - regardless of whether they happen to be a majority - everyone suffers, he writes.  

The same debater has earlier this week commented the exchange of ideas between Hanif Bali and Staffan Landin on aid effectiveness. Svensson supports Bali's aid policy stance to parts of aidthe budget does not reach those most in need in the poorest the counties. As an example, Svensson raises how corrupt rulers redirect money from aid money to private accounts and that parts of the Swedish aid budget went to financing of communication efforts in Sweden.  

How the aid is most useful var subject to debate even in Global Bar. Inge Gerremo, former agricultural council and honorary member of the Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, means that the sVienna regeringen needs to increase its support for agricultural development in Africa and thus promote business and work against increased hunger in the world. 

- Agriculture constitutes a decisive part in the development of a business life. So, with such insights in the bag, the new government in its aid investment could contribute to the agricultural development that the African countries so clearly need, writes Gerremo.  

 

The war in Mthe east of Ella 

V: The government must say yes to sanctions against Israel
Hanna Gedin (V) and Jonas Sjöstedt (V), Today's ETC         

 "Middle Eastern conflicts should not be moved to Swedish streets"
Ulf Kristersson (M), Ebba Busch (KD) and Johan Pehrson (L), Dagens Nyheter 

 "Act to prevent a genocide" 
Helena Lindholm, professor of peace and development research, University of Gothenburg, Swedish daily newspaper 

 "The constant cycles of violence can easily derail and lead to a larger war"
Ian Buruma, writer, Souththe friend    

 If Netanyahu's mission is not done now - when will it be done?
Leditor's officeone, Dagens Nyheter 

That the IRGC terrorist list is good but it is not enough - increase the pressure on Iran 
Kiarash Kiani, Lawyer, and Parasto Rosencrantz, Lawyer   

Western Sahara

The Western Saharan refugee camps need urgent support now!
8 rikstag memberötyou for the Green Party, The Social Democrats, Vänsterpartiet, Dagens ETC  

Aid and poverty alleviation 

Don't forget agriculture when investing in business!
Inge Gerremo, former agricultural council and honorary member of the Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, Global Bar 

Reduced aid does not affect the poor
Mattias Svensson, Svenska Dagbladet  

This will be China's downfall
Gunnar Wetterberg, Expressen 

Poverty is not the fault of rich countries
Mattias Svensson, Svenska Dagbladet 

 

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