Above power: Germany grants asylum to donkeys and the emergence of tea sommeliers from the Battle of Badr | policy

In the episode (12/5/2025), the “Above Authority” program highlighted that 8 donkeys from the Gaza Strip obtained “animal asylum” in Germany and health and psychological care at the expense of international bodies, in a process organized by an Israeli association called “Shelter for a New Beginning.”

This operation received wide media coverage, as the animals were transported by air from Gaza to Europe, away from war and destruction.

However, press reports indicate that the Israeli occupation army collected dozens or even hundreds of donkeys from different areas in Gaza under the pretext of protecting the animals from hunger and neglect, but the actual goal, according to the Israeli media, was to prevent people from using them in their primitive efforts to restore their homes.

The association’s director said that they are working to remove the remaining donkeys so that “they will not be exploited for reconstruction,” stressing that the operation aims to “save the animals only.”

This issue sparked a wave of widespread criticism, which prompted the Oppenheim Park in Germany to stop issuing additional statements, stressing that it did not have complete information about the process, and that the adoption took place through international networks dedicated to saving animals.

After German shelters received these animals, the German newspaper ND Aktuel reported that thousands of wounded children in the Gaza Strip were still prohibited from entering Germany for treatment.

An Iraqi tea seller and the Battle of Badr

In a funny clip from the episode, an Iraqi tea merchant spoke about the story of his great-grandfather, who – in his opinion – contributed to the Muslim victory in the Great Battle of Badr by distributing tea to the warriors.

The seller said in television statements, “If we go back 1,400 years, we have experience with tea, because one of my grandfathers was giving tea in the Battle of Badr, and they won the Battle of Badr on the occasion of my grandfather, and his name is Thamer.”

The episode covered a number of other topics, the most notable of which are:

• 10,000 Israeli violations of Lebanon within a year.
• Netanyahu seeks Trump’s influence to grant him a presidential pardon.
• Al-Assad is returning to power in the imagination of an Egyptian journalist.
• A French draft law that interferes with the hijab and fasting.
• The Pope of the Vatican sent a message of love to Türkiye and Lebanon.
• Fadel Shaker’s trial session has been postponed to next year.
• One million single Jordanian girls over the age of 35.