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.
Man, for a country so hellbent on not being on the wrong side of history again, Germany is doing an absolute dogshit job at not being on the wrong side of history.
It was never about that. Germany loves being on the wrong side of history. Now they have an excuse.
Also fun fact. Remember Saddam Hussein? The former dictator of Iraq who massacred thousands of people with chemical weapons? His chemical weapons program was mostly built by German companies.
Then Saddam threatened Israel with those, so to make up with Israel, Germany gifted submarines running on hydrogen and likely being able to launch nuclear missiles. With the hydrogen drive they are practically undetectable so Israel could nuke a country and claim having nothing to do with it.
If it involves being bringing death and destruction to people considered inferior, there is a good chance Germany is on board with it.
A big part for this to make sense is that Germany also helped Iraq with its missile program and Iraq launched missiles at Israel during the second Gulf War.
Tbf isreal has germanys balls in the hands because of the holocaust. If germany doesnt play their bitch a lot of countrys imedietly call germany nazi and antisemit again
Not true. Germany has a very honourable way that it actively chooses to not take: to call for detente, for international observers to do objective fact finding and for the impartial application of international law. They can offer to lead such efforts to ensure impartiality and even offer to send Peacekeeping troops, putting their own soldiers in harm’s way in the most honourable way possible. They can be Israel’s friend without being Israel’s enabler, because friends don’t let friends commit atrocities.
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.
I can’t remember what the backup plan here was, but we have one. I think it’s to force a court case in the European court of human rights by banning imports from occupied territories.
Glad at least that we could out countries who are propping up this genocide. It ain’t much, but it’s honest politics.
If we ever actually pass that bill. The OTB or some version of it has been on the table for most of a decade, and the cabinet keeps rejecting it. I see no reason why they’d grow a spine now.
That could be the one I was thinking of. I thought there were rumblings recently about passing it. It’s a fairly vague memory though so I definitely could be wrong.
Edit: just read through all of that page. Good God. Can they just get their fingers out.
