# Why we disrupted Annalena Baerbock’s award speech

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/why-we-disrupted-annalena-baerbocks-award-speech/
- Published: 2026-11-09T06:49:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T07:33:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/11/9/why-we-disrupted-annalena-baerbocks-award-speech?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Europe, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Students interrupted Baerbock’s award lecture four times.
- They objected to her record on Israel and Gaza.
- The authors criticise Uppsala University’s approach to institutional ties.

## Summary

Students at Uppsala University disrupted former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s award lecture four times, arguing that her record on Israel and Gaza made her unfit for a medal recognising contributions to peace and justice. The authors say the protest was intended to challenge the university’s decision and show that students did not support its stance.

They cite Germany’s approval of €94 million in arms exports to Israel over three months in 2024, Baerbock’s defence of Israel’s security and her refusal, as president of the UN General Assembly, to call events in Gaza a genocide. The authors also accuse the university of applying different standards to Russia and Israel, noting it ended Russian institutional collaborations after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine but has not taken comparable action against Israeli institutions. The supplied article text ends mid-sentence as the authors argue that rule-following protests have not stopped the killings.

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