Germany Prioritizes Thought-Policing Over Collective Guilt
The New Arab reports German officials are pushing to revoke citizenship for those merely *perceived* as 'Hamas supporters,' citing a case where a Palestinian man lost his German status for an online post. One might ask, what precisely constitutes 'support'? Is it protesting ethnic cleansing? Calling for a ceasefire? Or is it simply being Palestinian in Germany? Germany, which provided over $3.2
billion in aid to Israel in 2023 and is reportedly Israel's second-largest arms supplier, seems more concerned with policing speech than with its own complicity in ongoing atrocities. This policy emerges just as the International Court of Justice weighs genocide allegations against Israel—a process Germany itself initially rejected. Perhaps focusing on its citizens' 'thoughts' is an easier
narrative than confronting inconvenient historical and financial entanglements.