Olaf Scholz: Further weapons deliveries
Chancellor of Germany.
Record, context and source ↗The political record
Statements
on record.
What people with political authority said about siege, civilian responsibility, displacement and destruction.
Selected records, 2023–2024. UK records distinguish ministers from opposition leaders. Some records use published investigations rather than independently retrieved original recordings.
Annalena Baerbock: Civilian places and protected status
German foreign minister.
Record, context and source ↗Friedrich Merz: Calling for faster export permissions
Leader of Germany’s conservative opposition; not chancellor.
Record, context and source ↗Keir Starmer: The answer to the siege question
Labour Leader of the Opposition; not a government minister.
Question, record and sources ↗James Cleverly: Explaining the interruption of essential supplies
Conservative Foreign Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗James Cleverly: The answer to a question about the legality of the cutoff
Conservative Foreign Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗Rishi Sunak: Assuring Netanyahu that precautions were being taken
Conservative Prime Minister.
Question, record and sources ↗Grant Shapps: Military support and an absolute right to self-defence
Conservative Defence Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗David Cameron: Uncertainty over the legal position on occupation
Conservative Foreign Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗David Cameron: Keeping export licences unchanged
Conservative Foreign Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗David Lammy: Responding to the terminology of genocide
Labour Foreign Secretary.
Question, record and sources ↗Matthew Miller: The answer to a question about siege essentials
State Department spokesperson, Biden administration.
Question, record and sources ↗Matthew Miller: Defending the administration’s account of civilian casualties
State Department spokesperson, Biden administration.
Question, record and sources ↗Antony Blinken: Assuring Israel it would not stand alone
Secretary of State, Biden administration.
Question, record and sources ↗John Kirby: Reaffirming the absence of red lines
NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications, Biden administration.
Question, record and sources ↗Yoav Gallant on the siege
“no electricity, no food, no fuel”.
Context and sources ↗Yoav Gallant on the conduct of the war
Addressing troops at the Gaza border, Gallant described removing restraints, used dehumanising language and threatened extensive destruction. The ICJ reproduced the statement in its January 2024 order.
Context and sources ↗Isaac Herzog on civilian responsibility
“It is an entire nation out there that is responsible.”
Context and sources ↗Benjamin Netanyahu on light and darkness
South Africa's ICJ application identifies a Knesset address contrasting light and darkness and humanity with the law of the jungle.
Context and sources ↗Benjamin Netanyahu on the same theme in a letter to troops
The same application cites a published letter to soldiers and officers returning to the contrast between light and darkness and promising victory over extreme evil.
Context and sources ↗Amichai Eliyahu on a nuclear option
Asked in a radio interview about a nuclear strike on Gaza, Eliyahu treated it as an option. Netanyahu rejected the remarks and suspended him from cabinet meetings.
Context and sources ↗Israel Katz on withholding essentials
Katz linked withholding water and electricity to defeating the armed enemy and called for civilians to leave Gaza.
Context and sources ↗Bezalel Smotrich on reducing Gaza's population
Smotrich advocated emigration and a Gaza population reduced to roughly 100,000–200,000 Palestinians.
Context and sources ↗Itamar Ben Gvir on migration
Ben Gvir advocated migration of Gaza residents to countries willing to receive them, describing this as voluntary.
Context and sources ↗Bezalel Smotrich on destruction of cities
Smotrich advocated destruction of Rafah, Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat using language of annihilation.
Context and sources ↗Itamar Ben Gvir on settlements and departure
Ben Gvir advocated a return to Israeli settlement in Gaza and encouraged Palestinians' departure.
Context and sources ↗Bezalel Smotrich on starvation
“it might be justified and moral”.
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