The Zionist regime of Germany

In 2005, when Angela Merkel became the chancellor of Germany and remained in power for 16 years, the era of the green-red government ended in that country. In her 2008 speech to the Israeli parliament, Merkel stated: "This historical responsibility is part of the national interest of my country."

For five months after October 7, 2023, the world watched in horror as Germany used the Holocaust as a weapon to silence criticism of Israel's crimes in Gaza. In this situation, Germany's behavior was practically no different from the actions of the United States.

Both countries sold arms to Israel, and when the Republic of South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice, both countries stood by the regime.  

But domestically, Germany went further by cracking down on protesters protesting Israel's actions in Gaza, as well as artists and intellectuals who expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people. .

Because the main focus has been on oppression, few people know the history of the formation and evolution of Holocaust culture in Germany.

Many in the US view Germany as a developed country that has institutionalized a culture of Holocaust remembrance that has led to unconditional support for Israel, but the reality is more complicated.

In the political structure of Germany, the culture of commemorating the Holocaust has been formed since the 80s. However, in the last decade, Germany has moved from being responsible for humanity to limiting that responsibility only to Israel.

And Angela Merkel, who has been in power in Germany for the last two decades, bears the main responsibility for this. However, it should be noted that during this period the convergent political forces united with the German left and the US and Israeli right.

Today, Germany's coalition government consists of the Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Free Democrats. According to Niemann, this administration's position on Israel is "more conservative and supportive than the positions of the American-Israeli Public Relations Committee."

In 2005, when Angela Merkel became the chancellor of Germany and remained in power for 16 years, the era of the green-red government ended in that country. In a 2008 speech to the Israeli parliament, noting that all her predecessors were aware of Germany's special responsibility for Israel's security, Merkel stated: "This historical responsibility is part of the national interest of my country."

Merkel's position was clearly influenced by Rudolf Dreiser, the German ambassador to Israel in 2000-2005. In an article published in 2005, he wrote: "Israel's security is part of our national interests."

Although the term was first used by Joschka Fischer, Spiegel writes that Merkel's advisers found the term more appropriate than her "Christian Democratic speaking style".

Merkel's move, known as the "no choice" policy, effectively removed German policy toward Israel from the realm of democratic competition and, according to historian Jürgen Zimmerer, turned it into a principle of "absurdity."

In this matter, Merkel was more successful, because almost all political spectrums of Germany agreed that responsibility towards Israel is one of the principles of the country's national interest.

In 2021, the new coalition government of the Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats published an agreement that included the famous clause: "Israel's security is in our national interest."

10 days after October 7, 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Israel and repeated this statement, in a situation where Israel was bombing Gaza.

Since leaving office, criticism of Merkel's foreign policy has grown, especially in relation to China and Russia prioritizing economic interests over security.

But the events that took place after October 7 showed that Germany's foreign policy towards Israel under Merkel also had a devastating effect.

A year after Merkel's speech to the Israeli parliament in 2009, Netanyahu came to power for the second time, after which Israel increasingly turned to far-right politics. And Germany today is either unable or unwilling to criticize Israel, even as the regime evicts Palestinians from their land and bombs them.

Green Party leaders, including Foreign Minister Analena Burbuck and Economy Minister Robert Habakkuk, are among Israel's staunchest supporters and staunch critics of anti-Zionism and pro-Palestinianism.

The media company Springer recently filed a lawsuit against some of Israel's critics, including Palestinian-German journalist Nami al-Hassan, who was eventually fired from German national television, ZDF .

And in one of the states of that country, supporting Israel has become a condition for obtaining citizenship. Other states are also trying to implement a similar program, as if all German citizens are Springer employees.

Last year, the Datasite newspaper published letters from Springer CEO Matthias Dopfner, in which he revealed his political views. One of the e-mails ended with a terrible and strange sentence. “Zionism is more important than anything else.” A phrase that perfectly describes the political consensus that has emerged in Germany over the past few decades.