Pro-Israel countries, including Germany and Italy, are set to block efforts by Ireland and other member states to take action against Israel over its war in Gaza at today’s summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
Several member states, also including Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary, will not agree for the EU to take action despite a recent review of an EU-Israel trade agreement that found Israel was committing human rights violations in conflict with it.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the EU’s inability to reach a unified position on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a “huge stain” on the union.
Not being on the wrong side of history is propaganda for being a US ally. Being a US ally, pretty much means supporting Israel. There are cases, where Germany did not do what the US wanted. Namely Germany did not join in Iraq and well US propaganda ran exactly on that phrase.
However Scholz being horrible in foreign policy failed that and Merz supports Israel on moral grounds.