Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he no longer understands the Israeli army s objective in Gaza amid a stepped up offensive in the...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45219096

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he no longer understands the Israeli army’s objective in Gaza amid a stepped-up offensive in the Palestinian territory.

“Honestly speaking, I no longer understand what the Israeli army is now doing in the Gaza Strip, with what goal,” he told public broadcaster WDR.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      41·
      10 days ago

      Yep, Israel has been clear about it on day one. Maybe Merz should read South Africa’s ICJ filing that’s filled with quotes that clearly lay out the intentions.

      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        9 days ago

        This man, in particular, is genuinely not allowed to acknowledge that. Ze Germans overshot ‘don’t be antisemitic’ so hard that they’ll jail Semitic people for pointing out a foreign government is trying to exterminate a Semitic people.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          4·
          9 days ago

          Yeah, it was particularly clear when a bunch of riot cops arrested a Jew with a watermelon kippah for “being anti-Semitic”.