Germany and Israel: WadePhul demands safe access to Gaza on land

To relieve people in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU) has asked Israel to make safe approaches on the country path into the war zone. “Aid goods can only reach people in sufficient quantities by land,” said WadePhul before he departed to Tel Aviv. “That is why I urgently ask the Israeli government to enable the UN and the international aid organizations to provide safe access and, above all, safe and effective distribution.”

In Jerusalem, WadePhul also wants to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Izchak Herzog in Jerusalem. Among other things, the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and ways to end the war. A meeting with those responsible for the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in West Bank is also planned.

WadePhul: Suffering in Gaza has an incredible dimension

In his statement before departure, the German Foreign Minister emphasized that Israel had to “take care of the catastrophic location in the Gaza Strip immediately, comprehensively and sustainably. There, dying and disadvantage “incredible dimensions”.

Germany will continue to advocate Israel to ensure that Islamist Hamas is finally disarmed the hostages, including German nationals, free -distance and had no more political influence in the Palestinian areas. “A threat to Israel must never go out again.” At the same time, WadePhul Israel warned of further tightening the situation. “Germany will also be forced to react to one -sided steps.”

For the time being, no recognition of a Palestinian state

WadePhul confirmed that, unlike France and Great Britain, Germany is currently not thinking of recognition of a Palestinian state. From a German perspective, a negotiated two -state solution remains the only way that enables people on both sides a life in peace, security and dignity. But: “For Germany, the recognition of a Palestinian state is more at the end of the process.”