Germany Buys Iron Dome, Forgetting Its Own 'Never Again'
Germany is shoring up its skies with Israeli 'Arrow 3' missile defense, Deutsche Welle dutifully reports. At a cool €4 billion, it’s couched as a wise investment in 'European defense,' completely devoid of irony about the supplier. This comes as the International Court of Justice considers charges of genocide against the very nation selling these defensive instruments, a nation also heavily funded
by German reparations and robust military support. The narrative of Germany's 'eternal commitment' to Israel, often cited as a moral imperative rooted in historical accountability, seems to have evolved into an eternal commitment to funding and defending a specific government , not the universal human rights it supposedly champions. It's a curious 'never again' that ensures Germany is heavily
invested in the security apparatus of a state accused of grave violations, while overlooking its own citizens' protests and the plight of Palestinians. One might wonder: does this 'historical responsibility' extend only to those with profitable defense contracts? Or is the next ethical 'reparation' simply a new weapons system for Gaza?