Addressing Israel's ongoing war against Palestinian militant group Hamas and Lebanese faction Hezbollah, he said,
"If Israel were not there, Europe would be next ... and the United States is next too."
Herzog was speaking in an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Davos 2024 live updates: ‘If Israel were not there, Europe would be next,’ Israeli president says; Benioff warns against AI ‘Hiroshima’
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, the wife of Israeli President Isaac Herzog reacted to the ongoing war in Gaza and Hamas's October 7 atrocities. While describing the Gaza conflict as "a very just war", ...
Kremlin dismisses Davos, saying it’s not really interested anymore
The Kremlin said its interest in the World Economic Forum has waned in recent years, after its participation in the event ended following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
“Our business has not participated in Davos for several years. Therefore, our interest in this forum has decreased,” the Kremlin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told CNBC in emailed comments Thursday.
Russian officials, organizations and business leaders flocked to Davos in the years before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hoping to attract investment into the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin last made a keynote speech to WEF in 2021 when the event was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Our business has not participated in Davos for several years. Therefore, our interest in this forum has decreased,” the Kremlin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told CNBC in emailed comments Thursday.
Russian officials, organizations and business leaders flocked to Davos in the years before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hoping to attract investment into the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin last made a keynote speech to WEF in 2021 when the event was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the virtual World Economic Forum via a video link from Moscow on January 27, 2021. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Since Feb. 2022, however, almost 2,000 Russian individuals and entities linked to the Kremlin, or deemed to be undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, have been sanctioned and subject to asset freezes and travel bans by the EU and Ukraine’s other Western allies, including Switzerland.
Among the 2024 list of public figures attending WEF, there are none from Russia.
Among the 2024 list of public figures attending WEF, there are none from Russia.
When asked if Moscow had followed a keynote address made by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Tuesday, Peskov replied: “We always closely monitor statements from Kyiv.”
— Holly Ellyatt
China sends largest delegation to Davos in years
Participants walk in the street of the Alpine resort of Davos during the World Economic Forum.
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China is courting the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a delegation led by Chinese Premier Li Qiang that thought to be the largest since 2017, when President Xi Jinping brought an 80-strong cohort.
“Choosing investment in the Chinese market is not a risk, but an opportunity,” Li said in address to delegates on Tuesday, before meeting the CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Standard Chartered and Blackstone, alongside the governor of the People’s Bank of China.
Outside the main congress center, one group of Chinese delegates that CNBC spoke to said they were attending for a broad brush of reasons, including “finance and trade and commerce.”
Read the full story here.
“Choosing investment in the Chinese market is not a risk, but an opportunity,” Li said in address to delegates on Tuesday, before meeting the CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Standard Chartered and Blackstone, alongside the governor of the People’s Bank of China.
Outside the main congress center, one group of Chinese delegates that CNBC spoke to said they were attending for a broad brush of reasons, including “finance and trade and commerce.”
Read the full story here.
— Lucy Handley
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