Nadene Goldfoot
No way is the highway! From NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede, declared Wednesday that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said his administration supported the Arctic island’s right of self-determination — but added that the United States will acquire the territory “one way or another.” If that isn't a threat, I'll eat my hat! Many in Greenland, a vast and mineral-rich island that is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, being full citizens of Denmark and are worried and offended by Trump’s threats to seize control of homeland.
Seems to me we in the USA would be penniless anyway to buy it being Trump is really planning on buying the Panama Canal and has people working on that offer. Is China going to loan us the money to do it as we are in the red? No way again! Trump has fired 2 million Federal workers who will be out of jobs, being they didn't get a few years of advance notice to be able to go and train themselves for other jobs. It came out of the blue! He closed down the Federal Education Dept, then, thank goodness, reopened it again after so many people screamed. The social security was really scrutinized finding errors of ages placed on forms that were out of sight being so old, and maybe some other problematic ones that flew by somehow.
Greenland is already a democracy. Løkke added that it was important that next week’s parliamentary elections are free and fair “without any kind of international intervention.” Greenlanders will head to the polls Tuesday. Trump's recent comments about taking over the island have ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark, which has become a key issue during campaign season.
Denmark voted for the partition of Palestine in 1947 and supports Israel in the United Nations. Denmark has an embassy in Israel, and Israel has an embassy in Copenhagen since 1949. Denmark recognized and established diplomatic relations with Israel on 2 February 1949.
During WWII from 9 April 1940, to August 1943, the Danish Jewish community was safe from persecution. The Danish underground smuggled 7,000 Jews to Sweden. This act brought to the endowment of the honorific Righteous Among Nations to the Danish resistance movement, and it is found at the base of the bilateral relations of the countries. Among other countries, this act was outstanding! As of 2023, Denmark had an estimated Jewish population of 6,400 people. This number includes people who identify as Jewish in social surveys, and people with Jewish parents who may not identify as Jewish.
An Announcement comes after Denmark said it’s in talks with Israeli firm to fill ‘critical gap’ after pledging all of its howitzers to Ukraine to fend off Russian invasion. Then a $252 million dollar deal was announced by Elbit to supply a NATO country with rocket systems. Yes, Denmark is a NATO country; it is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Denmark was one of the original countries to sign the NATO treaty on April 4, 1949. That should include Greenland. As of 2023, Denmark had an estimated Jewish population of 6,400 people. This number includes people who identify as Jewish in social surveys, and people with Jewish parents who may not identify as Jewish.
In 2023 Greenland had 56,865 people. It is the world's largest island, and is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world. As of January 1, 2024, the estimated resident population of Greenland was 56,699, a slight increase of 90 people (0.2%) compared to the previous year. What?
- Urban vs. Rural: 88% of the population lives in urban centers, while 12% live in rural areas.
- Gender: 47.7% female, 52.3% male.
- Citizenship: The majority of inhabitants have Danish citizenship, with Philippine and Thai citizenships being the second and third most common.
- Capital City: Nuuk has around 19,000 inhabitants.
- Population Density: Greenland has the world's lowest population density, with 81% of the land covered by ice.
- While Greenland has never had a permanent Jewish community, there have been Jewish visitors and residents, and it's likely that Paul Cohen, an American Jew, is the only Jew currently living there.
Greenland's connection to Denmark was severed on 9 April 1940, early in World War II, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany.
On 8 April 1941, the United States occupied Greenland to defend it against a possible invasion by Germany. The United States' occupation of Greenland continued until 1945, during the USA period in WWII.
Greenland was able to buy goods from the United States and Canada by selling cryolite from the mine at Ivittuut. In World War II, the United States military used Bluie as a code name for Greenland, where they kept several bases named "Bluie (East or West) (sequential numeral)". The major air bases were Bluie West-1 at Narsarsuaq and Bluie West-8 at Søndre Strømfjord (Kangerlussuaq), both of which are still used as Greenland's major international airports.
Resource:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israel-denmark-relations/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
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