- cross-posted to:
- europe@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- europe@lemmy.ml
Berlin’s backing for Israel in the current context has irrevocably ruined Germany’s international standing.
At the same time, as a result of Germany’s neoliberal restructuring, processes of de-democratisation have been ongoing for years.
The deliberate erosion of democracy has paved the way not only for the selective application of international law, but also for the restriction of fundamental rights within Germany itself.
The German population is firmly against their country’s participation in the extermination of the Palestinian people. In a recent poll, 73 percent said they had a negative view of Israel, while 80 percent have rejected further weapons exports to Israel. Despite this, German arms export licenses to Israel have surged, enabling the state to continue committing war crimes.
While the German government’s blatant disregard for the will of its own people already points to a process of de-democratisation, this is exacerbated by domestic restrictions on fundamental rights, including freedom of assembly, freedom of opinion and speech, and academic freedom, alongside violations of due process - all in the service of the Zionist slaughterers.
Typical of the Merz government. Instead of any actual consequences for crimes against humanity, they prefer to suck up to Israel.
When’s their next election?
Don’t let the other parties get off this easily, it’s an elite project supported by the Greens, SPD, FDP, CDU and all major news organizations public or private.
Basically from the 17th of October 2023 onward it was a genocide, the intent had been made clear by multiple figures in the Israeli government and army, and it had been put into practice by indiscriminately bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure. The Ampel government was completely aware of this (any functioning country has departments whose job it is to know what is actually happening on the ground) and they decided to make this genocide Staatsräson.
This had nothing to do with Merz.
Nah, for the Greens it is a really mixed bag and hotly debated within the party. Like half of the people elected into office are against supporting Israel and the other half is for it.
That’s why knowing who you vote for specifically matters. It’s also reasons why I press my fellow Greens to not vote for candidates who ignore Israel’s crimes.
The more people within the party we have who hold Israel to the correct standards (not violating international law, not committing warcrimes and not violating human rights), the better it gets. It is not a lost cause.
The party as an institution is complicit in genocide, there might be historic reasons for this, there might be individuals within that are unhappy about it, but once an institution is complicit in genocide, it’s time to dismantle it.
Do you want to dismantle Russia, China, Serbia, Turkey, France, UK, Japan, Canada, US, etc. then?
Dismantling institutions isn’t going to do shit unless they are built upon genocidal ideology to begin with.
In cases like the Greens, you simply need reappraisal and atonement.
I hope you understand that countries and political parties are incommensurable.
As a voter you have the choice to boycott a party that is complicit in genocide, I would strongly argue you even have the moral duty to do so.
In Germany there are multiple parties, you can vote for another. In Germany you have the right to found new parties and passive suffrage. The Greens can be dismantled wholly within legal and democratic means.
and you have chosen Hamas over international law correct?
No. Fuck Hamas. But at this point the Israeli government and the IDF are no better. This stopped being defense like two months after Israel started it’s incursion into Gaza and began to resemble a genocide not even a year after.
Israel’s actions has shifted my opinion to supporting the Isratin solution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isratin
Merz is a tiny little coward.
Merz leck Eier Merz suck balls
And a big a-hole
Actually he is a quite tall coward.
Just as tiny as his little hair island. I’m sad that there is no legal way for the population to force him and his greedy and irresponsible cabinet to resign.
Put him in a little castle for prison, surround the castle with a moat guarded by well paid, trans, synchronized swimmers who get good quality healthcare and support for being employed to keep Merz at bay 24/7 in shifts while putting on beautiful routines for the crowd watching from the far embankment above.
Every square inch of the far embankment of the moat around Merz’s castle/prison must be covered with ethnic food stalls of every type imaginable, all wafting smells that as much as Merz wants to get a Xenophobic hard on from hating… kind of smell good… but Merz will only be fed a narrow diet of unseasoned boiled food in his prison. The prison will be self funding and be Merz’s most successful project as it transforms into a popular international tourist destination for people coming to “pay their respects” by laughing at the sad tiny man finally safe and supreme in his throne…
In this castle will also be a free (unless you are a white man, in which case you must apologize for being a white man to pay for your entrance) Tower of Terror-esque ride where it is rumored sometimes when the doors open on the hallway full of smoke, lasers and theatrical effect to deliver the thematic punch right before the coaster drops into freefall that you can spot the real monster through a real window pane, ugly and mundane sitting at a desk reading Mein Kempf, all alone.
what about the others, like Reiche, Spahn, Klingbeil, Dobrindt, …
And that castle sounds like a huge investment we lifestyle part-time jobber can’t possibly afford.