German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Sunday that his country cannot sit by and watch Palestinian men and women starve amid the war in Gaza.
Boo-Hoo!!!
"We cannot stand by and risk Palestinian women and men starving. Much more humanitarian aid must reach Gaza, a way must be found to improve the means of distribution," Scholz said, as Western nations increase their criticism of ally Israel
Still, Scholz reaffirmed his belief that Israel "has a right to defend itself" without addressing whether that same right is extended to Palestinians. And, he referred to Israel's campaign in Gaza as a fight against "terrorism." Israel and its allies, including Germany and the United States, consider the Palestinian militia Hamas to be a terrorist organization.
After the meeting, Netanyahu claimed on social media that Israel "has done more to minimize civilian casualties than any other army in modern times."
As his country faces charges of genocide, Netanyahu referred to Hamas as a "genocidal organization" that has "murdered over a thousand Israelis." Israeli forces have killed more than 31,000 Palestinians, including thousands of women and children since the war broke out.
"We are not a banana republic," Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday. "The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections, and who they'll elect, and it's not something that will be foisted on us."
I think we need to be fair to Germany. It has been the most supportive country for us so far. A statement like this is far more benign than "Israel needs regime change:"
ReplyDeleteAs UOJ says about convicts who kvetch about shvache prison food: Let them eat Dreck!
ReplyDeleteAnd as the Wall St Journal editorial page calls this kind of kvetcherei "the world's smallest violin"
NOBODY of German nationality, extraction, or affinity has any right to criticize Israel. Period!!!
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