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Germany, Israel and Gaza: an increasingly untenable position

By MICHAEL MEYER-RESENDE

BERLIN, TODAY, 22:55

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Almost seven weeks have passed since Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis in a horrific attack that led Israel to launch a war in Gaza. Within days, the German government's position became one of strong support for all aspects of Israel's military response, a position informed by convictions about anti-Semitism, lessons of German history, the current political situation in Germany, and the history of Israel and the Palestinian territories.

I completely agree with the government's concern about anti-Semitism in Germany, but I think its approach to the war in Gaza and the developments in the West Bank is morally wrong, politically damaging, rigid and likely to break soon.