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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Israel: cannot stand by as Palestinians risk starvation (www.reuters.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While many countries have expressed similar concerns, the warning was unusually stark for the German leader, who has continuously underscored Israel's right to defend itself after Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on the country that killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies.

"The more desperate the situation of the people in Gaza becomes, the more this begs the question: No matter how important the goal can it justify such terribly high costs, or are there other ways to achieve your goal?" Scholz said at a joint appearance with Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Germany has been calling for a ceasefire since December.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This is wrong. Germany is not calling for a ceasefire since december. Germany is calling for "humanitarian fire pauses". When asked by journalists in the governmental press conference about three times a week the goverment keeps speaking about a "humantarian fire pause" "humanitäre Feuerpause" and is explicitly rejecting the word "ceasefire" "Waffenstillstand". The goal of the German government remains set on Israel being able to continueing attacking Gaza militarily.

Dont let some english analysis tell you otherwise when the primary source, the german government itself is openly rejecting the word ceasefire. Even after the massacre on the 29th February, the German government remains to reject the word ceasefire.

Government Press conference 01.03.24

In the press conference on 12.03.2024 the German government again repeated that they believe Israel to be fully abiding by international law. Only in this press conference they are not talking about a "Feuerpause" but "Waffenpause" which could be understood as a ceasefire, but leaves wiggle room continue fighting after the "pause". This is distinctly different from a "Waffenstillstand", where "stillstand" translates more to a full halt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The link I gave you is an offical government link from the UK government showing a joined declaration of Germany and the UK calling for a 'sustainable ceasefire'. Germany has furthermore signed a common EU declaration calling for "an immediate humanitarian pause that could lead to a sustainable ceasefire"

The difference is the wording "sustainable" and not "immediate".

So please actually READ the links I post and not just call me wrong. It really helps...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Also there is a difference between calling for a ceasefire and claiming that its a genocide. SA has all right to be critizied for that.