German Chancellor Pledges 'Staunch Support' for Bombing Children
Chancellor Merz, leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), visited Israel to affirm his country's 'staunch support.' This comes as reports of starvation and mass casualties in Gaza continue to mount. One might recall that Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Merz's predecessor, also invoked Germany's 'historical responsibility' to Israel in October 2023, just as Israel was intensifying its
bombardments. It appears 'support' now includes tacit approval for tactics that have claimed over 35,000 Palestinian lives, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. For a nation so haunted by its past, one might question why 'historical responsibility' is consistently interpreted as unconditional backing for a government accused of genocide by international bodies, rather than as a call for
universal human rights and international law. How many historical 'never agains' must be selectively applied before the hypocrisy becomes undeniable?