Norway foreign minister accuses west of double standards on Gaza at WEF special meeting
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- Norway's foreign minister has criticised some western countries for their inconsistent responses to violations of international law in Gaza and Ukraine.
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Speaking on the second day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) special meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Espen Barth Eide said 'many western countries ... hesitated to use the same type of language against violations of international humanitarian law, for instance, that we easily apply when they are violated by Russia in Ukraine'.
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#Norway #Gaza #Ukraine #WorldEconomicForum
everyone knows west is double standards. just that this guy is brave enough to speak out publicly.
Norwegian minister speaks frankly because Norway does not import oil or gas from the middle east and has got nothing to lose by being frank
Speak English.
@@rp8028 don't be so sure he has nothing to lose... This is at the WEF, and Norway is deep in there.
He's a norwegian politician. None of those have balls.
He's not being brave, he is being "pragmatic."
Note that he does not care for Palestinians but only the West not losing face...
Shame on Arab leaders who are not able to say the truth like this FM
The Arab leaders have been dealing with this issue much before you even realised it was happening. They know where it leads to.
You are simply too arrogant to understand that.
Bunch of cowards. They don't realize they're next
Hmmmm 😒
Unfortunately more beholden to the West than they would like to be. Norway with its independent wealth can speak out more.
@@myla6135 speak out? For what purpose do they have to speak out? They speak out for their own sake not for anybody else’s. It just so happens that Norway is speaking out for humanitarian interest and that’s purely coincidental. However, if it’s a question of whether they have the right moral position…. They definitely do not.
Stop the genocide
Of Yemen ❤
The issue is that they control the governments of the Weast... and finances, media!
Just surrender.
Remember to stop the genocide everywhere in the world that it is happening… speak about every killing of every human being rather than deny that every human being matters. Yesterday a man with a samurai sword killed a kid in the UK…. Truly disgusting… what kind of sick individual would do this.
yes, Hamas need to stop Genocide.
Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians. Nelson Mandela
"bro I ain't ever said that shi"
-Nelson Mandela
@@Philanthropist. "But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians". This quote from Nelson Mandela comes from a speech he made during the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Pretoria, South Africa, on 4th December 1997 🍉🍉
Wow the watermelon is delicious 😋 @@halfpakichick
@@JamesSmith-pm2iw It has become the favourite fruit of the world iykyk 😘
Amen
Well done NORWAY!!!
Yeah Norway is another country joining the hypocrisy going on in this planet.
One man. lol
@@jonnyh9388Billions of men and women.
Your day will come.
If you knew that character you wouldn't be applauding, he is just stating the obvious, but also makes sure to distort it by saying it started on the 7th.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnddddddd his fired.
Brave person for saying the truth .
or just more ‘controlled opposition’ ?
@@lw1zfog how?
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDES GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
@@lw1zfog You might be quite close to the truth. People involved with WEF should be under constant supervision by counter-intelligence services of countries they come from, especially if they are active politicians.
WEF creates lobbyists, they later install within national governments.
Bibi is not gonna be happy about this.
How dare Norway, those antisemitics.
Norway are just a load of hypocrites …. Without a clue .
What a cute name for genocider 😅
@@zenicv 😁
Bibi is a wilde killer dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............... nothing other.....
The colonial mind like a dinosaur cannot change.
All minds can change, but let us say some people are so set in their thinking that they will destroy this world….
Study history.
You talk like the colonialists walked into some advanced place and took over. No, they came because the inherent corruption was already there. It is time for the complainers to offer something positive.
Dont worry it will change....Nothing lives for ever... Even the Universe will end...so West is not so invincible.
Well Said.
Not only language......n o sanctions...the genocide began years before 7 October 2023.....
Yeah, it began in 1834 in Safed Palestine.
It's not a genocide by definition. It's not an ethnic cleansing. The population of Palestinians has risen over the decades. This current war/conflict/retaliation is not targeted at civilians, otherwise they would all be dead by now. Save the term genocide for instances where it lives up to the definition because it dilutes the impact of the word.
@@zogjonesin Rwanda it was genocide by definition and less people died than in Palestine. You have no understanding of the term, dont act smart.
@@ruskiydude9987no, it is you that has no idea. By definition, it is not a genocide - that's purely childish screeching from people who don't know what genocide is. Since the Palestinian population has been growing, it cannot be genocide.
@@superdavies5548 you seem to be more of an expert than the UN I see. Seems youtube has so many geniuses. It is genocide by all definitions.
The first act was *not* on October 7. It was the Nakba.
I see, so the Arab invasion of 1948 had nothing to do with it?
That was in response to the Nakba. Should they have just stood by and allow that to happen?
Even much longer before that & longer before Balfour Declaration.
@@superdavies5548 You're confused. Britain broke its own law in taking someone else's land and giving it to European immigrants - - Dr Ralph Wilde
It was way before the Nakba
Thank you for Honesty!
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
If you think you Love Freedom but don't care if it applies to everyone,
then what you actually Love is “ Privilege "
- Emre
They will make him resigne the post if he doesn't keep his mouth shut.
Why because he is honest..
Thank u Sir for your clean heart
They will not. The leading party in Norway, as well as a majority percentage of the Norwegian political and civil sphere as a whole, reject and denounce the current actions by Israel in Gaza. There is a broad consensus that their response is problematic, so I see no reason for him to be removed for this reason.
You’re mistaking a just country for a US lackey.
@@shekhamohd5288 Honesty and politics, what a funny joke. You can't be a honest politician unless you don't want to end up jobless or worse.
Not in Norway. They are not buyed by Israels lobby
That's the truth about EU ... specially for 3 power House 1. German government
2. Troy Government of UK.
3. France Government.
Is UK part of EU?
Mind Begs the Question:
- When Governed by Politicians
- Who justify Starvation,Death Camps,Gas Chambers/White Phosphorus,Ethnic Cleansing,etc
- Governed by Righteous or Satanic?
@@TorstenHvas UK is above EU
UK is not in the EU
Clearly you have no clue.
The first act was not on October 7 and you know it.
Like Norway !!
The first act was the oppression of the Palestinians. That was the first act, not what you say..
I know right. Strange how everyone denies the very real impact of 16 years of blockades. A blockade is an act of war in international law, and you must never block any form of aid, yet everyone is so silent about it; less now that people are utterly starving... It takes the very worst extreme to suddenly have Western media see the blockade.
Becoming more and more apparent now, when lsraeI's actions provoke a retaliatory response, much is made of the retaliatory response which is widely condemned, and allows positioning as the 'victim'.
Double standards - clearly problematic.
Esp. Germany
@@kaeltkottmirThat country is a disgrace.
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDES AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
@@Abdul-Akeem_Akinloyeagree
There are still some European politicians with honesty and integrity which sadly is very rare. 🙏
The first attack was in 1948
Obviously he is a brave and honest man and is actually stating what 98% of nations believe in. The exceptions are the governments (not the people) of US, UK, Italy and Germany.
If it's your governments what are you doing about it? R u making public demonstrations of disapproval? No, so you r the same as your governments
💯
@@aykay9328lol. Research American Super PACs and you'll learn a thing or two about who is in power and who is calling the shots. If you go to open secrets, you'll find how much Pro Israel super PACs spend on American politics and elected officials by pumping money into proxies in the general election. Sure, blame all Americans, when we don't sign the bills. We just get taxed without representation now.
He is none of those things, I say this as a Norwegian. He is just stating the obvious even distorting it, since 7th was not the genesis nor the first act.
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
Exactly
He has 💯 right
Agree with Norway!❤❤❤
Truth❤ free Palestine
The "first act" were the terrorist acts against the indigenous Palestinians leading to the 1948 Nakba
There was no such group at 1948.. educate yourself.
@@Yuv1 You educate yourself, Hasssssbara. Why don't you look up the Deir Yassin massacre?
The Guardian sponsoring the WEF!! enough said
Well done, Norway!!
norway
Thank you, Norway 🇳🇴 🇳🇴 !! Free free Palestine!!! ❤❤❤ !!!
Norway have company in USA that sell weapons to Israel
Israel is working to free Palestine. No worries.
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
ANYBODY KNOW?
Where is SATANYAHU?
Where is OLAF SUCK5?
Where is GENOCIDE JOE?
Where is RACIST SUNAK?
Where is URSULA VONDerLIER?
Where is JUSTIN TRUEDUMB?
It’s sickening the double standards. Israel doesn’t need to be treated like a baby they must be held accountable for their war crimes and genocides!!!
America has blood on its hands as well. Supplying the weapons
Only thing to fundamentally disagree with here is his claim that Hamas started it.
Norvège ❤❤❤❤merci pour la vérité !
Just wait. They will call him Anti-semitic
They will not, Norway got massive economic leverage. And to quote a more brave politician "its all about the Benjamin's"
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Afganistan, Syria… where was everyone with this talk of the double standards?
Every body wanted the natural minerals and oil from these countries.
Well they have reduced people's agency and capabilities so gravely that even speech becomes an uncommon act of bravery. We need freedom NOW.
Thank you for speaking up...
Honest guy, telling the truth
Oct 7 was just an excuse for justification sir, the root cause started on 1948
Lehi and Irgun before 1948 . Its been a long time .
It started with the Balfour declaration
did it now...FFS learn some actual history
ww2 was just justification to split Germany. The root cause was prior ww1 when France and UK didn't want to share colonies with Germany. Lunatics, lol
Mate,we know the history of the conflict in Norway and have allways had a massive pro-palestine movement and consensus in the population. My grandmother was born in Haifa and I learned about the history from an early age both from my family and in school.
How disappointing to hear a man who lost nothing on October 7th pontificating.
So proud of Norway!🇳🇴
Double Standards 😜... Thank you 😊
Thank you! Rare voice of reason
Not strong enough
Thanks to Norway Foreign Minister, everything that you said about Palestine is true.
Brave man and Viva for Norway.
It's the responsibility of the Whole world to defend innocent Palestinians.
Viva for Palestine
Hamas can perform genocides, others can't. Hamas can choose not to follow international laws, others can't. double standard indeed.
Israel performed many genocides even before hamas existence. Israel also chose not to follow international laws and ignored UN warning many times even before 7 oct. Israel also occupied more and more pelestin land since it first established. Did hamas taking over israel land? Did any of of countries with power of veto in UN ever use it veto power for pelestini?
It's very mind opening to see all the hypocrisy from governments, big corporations, media and even educational institutions which I thought we could trust.
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
Well done to him for speaking the truth
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
The countries that were poor once, that has gone through colonization, suffering knows how it feels. That's why both Ireland and Norway are so vocal about it. And we in the east completely agree. Only Ireland and Norway haven't shown any double standards.
Has South Africa been hypocritical on this issue since it was freed from apartheid?
@@aredape
Yes!
@@katheryn7258 When? I genuinely want to know.
Exactly, this war has shown us how hypocritical Eu and US are. As an Arab we will never forget this
Only west ??? What about Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Egypt????
@shahinoorrahman4068 They know they don't have morals. Come on, Saudis had Washington Post journalist Jamal Khoshoggi brutally murdered and dismembered in the Turkish embassy ; you expect diplomacy and morality from those people?
Well said. Many thanks for your courage!
Hamas didn't start don't be afraid of saying the truth, apartheid state of Israël started that over 70 years ago.
Thanks, but it did NOT start on 7th October by the H group
Finally someone that speaks sense 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Courage to speak the truth
well said.
Thank you Norway for speaking the truth.
Poor guy still playing pretend he's in the club.
As a Norwegian I have to apologize for our extremely lame and hypocritical foreign minister.
Spain also spoke against it.
Dont let politicians fool you, Im Spanish and I don't know a single Spanish person left that still supports Israel - anyone that did has made a complete reversal in favor of Palestinians since Oct 7s crazy response
Well said by Norwegian foreign minister.
Why do they keep repeating that all of this started on 7 October?...
Truthfully, it started the very first time people were forcefully evicted from their homes & relocated, the very first brutality to those who resisted, the very first fatality, the very first incarceration, the very first casualty...the very first of whatever brutal & heinous acts were deemed fit for what they called "animals"
True
Norway is different than others Western country,s. There is no solution in Gaza. Only two states solution is a long term peace.
Right. And many western countries support the 2-state-solution.
It's always easy to accuse western countries of double-standards and hypocrisy, while for most other countries this is totally normal. For example: China, Syria, Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey, North Korea, Eritrea, Myanmar, etc.
Except palestinians reject a two state solution.
@@epona1525China, Russia, Iran, Turkey do not act like they are the pioneers of morality like the West does. It’s all an act and it is being exposed.
Or one state with equal rights for all citizens including those Palestinians currently living as refugees having been forced from their homes and land over the period since 1947/48. I guess an international peace keeping force would be needed for a couple of generations while these people learn to live in peace.
Two State solution is not enough since Israel “formally accepted” a movement towards two state solution while occupying significant parts of the Palestinian territories. We need Yugoslavia model with UN peacekeepers on the border.
The tide is turning. Maybe slowly but it is turning.
Didn't start on October 7th
Norway has been on the right side of history with Palestine and Israel for years! Proud of our foreign minister 🇳🇴
Some politicians do not have any personal interests and speak from a humanitarian point of view
Double standard is a huge understatement.
TRIPLE STANDARDS? THE MAN IS FULL OF BS. NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
Are we finally appalled by our hypocrisy?
The first act was not october 7,october 7 was a reaction,an over due responce.
The fact that this is exceptional tells us more than the words themselves
Wow! A Western politician speaking truths!
He's right...
We would not accept an ethnostate anywhere else.
That is an understatement
Excellent points! Extremely well articulated!
Absolutely spot on.
sounds about right….
Finally somebody said it. Well done Norway❤
THIS IS LIP SERVICE! NORWAY HAS INVESTED BILLIONS IN ISRAELI COMPANIES THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND. BARTH-EIDE AND NORWGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RECOGNISED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND NORWAY ALSO PRODUCES WEAPONS THAT GO TO ISRAEL VIA THIRD PARTIES.
Norway should ask Hamas to release all the hostages first.
it not accuse it a fact
Thank you Sir. Spoken truthfully
(applaudes)
Imagine disagreeing with this.
Ofcourse... is that even a doubt now ?
Saying this in Saudi Arabia the country that slaughtered 400,000 Yemenis and hasn't received the slightest disapproval from the international community Lol Now THAT'S the real double standard!
Human life means nothing nowadays.
We /they will have to account for every action and inaction one day.
Norway as a war profiteer should not give moral lesson to any one
So true!!!
Bent Eide is the best foreign minister of our age. He is very smart, and compassionate, fighting for a better world and really well speaks our Norways opinion
Well isn't that special. 🤣. What ever will we do 🤔 🤣😂😝🤣
norway talking about double standards in dubai is hilarious
We might be hypercrites but we aren't the ones committing Genocide. That goes to Iserali government.
No, the first move was not from Hamas. But then, the first move was not from Russia either.
Think about double standards in Ukraine war too
Quisling.
Latin navn i den mindre ydmyke graden 🙄 Vet ikke helt hvem som virker mest inspirert av makt og imperium her jeg..
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*We have known that like forever!*
Well said! 👏🏼