Germans getting increasingly critical of Israel, survey says
Germans getting increasingly critical of Israel, survey says
Germans have an increasingly negative view of Israel 60 years after the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, said a new survey released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Friday
The report pointed to a significant change in the mood of Germans towards Israel over the past four years.
Back in 2021, 46% of German citizens surveyed had a positive attitude towards Israel. Meanwhile, only 36% have a positive opinion of Israel, while 38% rate the Jewish state negatively.
The German government has been one of the strongest supporters of Israel but has come under growing public pressure as a result of Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza.
Pretty sad that it's taken this long and that it seems like the lesson they learnt from WW2 wasn't "the subjugation and cleansing of an entire group of people is bad" but rather "never under any circumstances criticize Israel".
About fucking time. Although the German media is still very much pro Israel. I thought Germany changed after World War 2, but their media is still producing pro nazi zionist propaganda, dehumanizing Palestinians and hiding genocide and other crimes against humanity. What the actual fuck, Deutschland!
And because the German state has conflated anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism so completely, they will zero in on this, further crack down on Muslims and leftists and completely miss actual rising anti-Semitism on the Right, that actually threatens German jews. Worse still, they have created the discursive infrastructure for the anti-Semitic wackos to siphon away more ideologically susceptible people into actual dangerous anti-Semitic organizing and sympathizing. They created the conveyor belt that's rationalizes the "well if it's antisemitic to oppose genocide then I am one too" zero sum game.
In short, the German state killed nuance, and German jews will suffer.
If the rumors are right that Trump will recognize Palestine next week (we have to see the conditions and what borders), but in any case give any credit to Palestinians... I wonder what Germany and France will say would they go down with Israelś government. Israel, as we know it, won´t survive. It won´t be the poor Palestinians, nor Iran or Egypt... it will be their own population as many will burst out of their delusional bubbles and poke the rest. Germany, unless correcting its path now, will end up the same.
Why in hell would trump do that. He might be using that rumour to pressure bibi to further his own agenda but not in a million years would he recognize Palestine
What goes in Trumps mind is a mystery... there may be even nothing at all! What we know is he care about money, fame and recognition. If he only was aware of the global sentiment toward him would be of all of that if he really became the person bringing a true change for Palestine and global peace... but he is really unaware of public sentiment beyond the US (that he knows better than most politicians here). For instance, I believe that when he said to Palestinians to move out, in his little mind he really thinks Palestinians lives will improve dramatically without any awareness that this is technically genocide.
@edel @europe @geneva_convenience praying they are true, but not likely...
I think it is true, but since the leaks (I have a feeling Israel is behind it), the pressure that Trump will be facing till next week to water it down will be horrendous. I already saw members of his administration trying to reassure Israel, but it is unequivocal that Trump is having a change of heart, probably since Netanyahu's last visit. Now, like in his previous administration that he ordered the exit Afghanistan and scale down from Syria, the establishment completely disobeyed, dragged their feat or simply followed some one's else orders. Even presidents, with thousands high ranking and autonomous working underneath them, it is very easy to work against the President and even go unnoticed doing so... Once could see this as a safeguard, but it is not in this case.
Good.
Waiting until the genocide is complete to grow a conscience? A lot of good that does the people of Palestine.
The German government would be the last to acknowledge this shift, long after the tide has turned for the vast majority of Germans.