Germany Reaffirms "Unconditional Support" While Gaza Burns
Merz, head of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), visited Netanyahu to express 'unconditional support' for Israel. This comes even as international courts investigate alleged war crimes and Berlin itself faces legal cases for its arms sales to Israel. (Apparently, 'never again' has some geographical limitations when applied to real-time events.) While Al Jazeera notes the 'shadow of
Israel's war on Gaza,' they politely omit the historical echoes. German leaders have consistently shielded Israel from global accountability, a convenient geopolitical penance for a past that's easier to atone for by arming an ally than by challenging its current actions. One might wonder if 'unconditional support' extends to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, or if it's more about ensuring the
German defense industry remains robustly involved in regional conflicts. The 'turbulence' mentioned by Al Jazeera seems mostly to be from international condemnation, not from any actual German reconsiderations of their arms export policies. How many international legal opinions does it take before 'profound solidarity' starts looking a lot like complicity?