Gaza course of the government: You don’t care about our pain

In a joint explanation, Israel asked 28 countries – including France, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Norway, Australia and Canada – to end the war in Gaza immediately. Germany has not joined this call. It is not the first time that the Federal Government puts itself apart in the question of life and death, law and injustice, of war and peace in relation to Gaza – but it may be one of the most serious times.

Because the political message is clear: Germany does not stand by the side of international law. Not to the side of the humanitarian principle. Not to the side of international law. Not to the side of the majority of his international partners.

Instead, it ducks away with the calculated risk of making a complicity of a policy that starts hunger as a weapon, systematically destroys civilian infrastructure, publicly communicates people and exceeds all red lines, limits, existing rules and laws.

All of this is an expression of a German state of the state who refuses to put pressure on Israel’s government to put up with every serious attempt. Even if their politics not only breaks international law, but also damaged the fundamental interests of Germany and Europe. Even if it has been proven, every day that this war lasts costs the life of dozens of people.

What remains of our historical responsibility if it does not oblige us to counter us massive injustice?

With this decision, Germany is continuing internationally. Watched playful, credibility and moral authority. While other countries lead, Germany remains silent. While others assume responsibility, you operate refusal to reality. Instead of opposing violence, one commented on hypocritical “concerned” as if the dead in Gaza are victims of a natural disaster, which nobody is responsible for. One prefers to deal with the question of whether the accusation of the genocide in Gaza is anti -Semitic instead of working for the protection of human life.

This double morality has consequences – not only in terms of foreign policy, but also domestic policy. For millions of people with Palestinian or Arab roots in Germany and also for German Muslims, the silence of the federal government is a slap in the face. It shows them: their voices, their suffering, their pain does not count. This alone undermines trust in democracy and the rule of law.

However, the consequences also range and also affect Germans without a “migration background”. Those who systematically try to destroy the cohesion, undermine the credibility of liberal society and make our political system contemptuous can relax: The Federal Government and Germany’s political elite provide them with ammunition to demonstrate that what is taught about human rights, values is a farce. Because it only applies if it is politically opportune. The fact that Germany constantly warns about the consequences of disinformation and fake news, but places facts and scientific knowledge – for example on the question of a genocide in Gaza – when they collide with the politically wanted reality. Did you understand this connection in political Berlin?

Germany presents itself today as a country that is demarcated because it is unable to take its own promises seriously. A country that wants to defend the international order unless something else comes in between. A country that wants to have influence everywhere, but seems to forget what it actually wants to achieve.

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