2023-10-17 15:50:28
Foreign visit to Israel
“It would be an unforgivable mistake” – Scholz warns once morest external intervention in the Middle East conflict
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“Hamas are the new Nazis,” said Netanyahu during a press statement with Scholz
The Chancellor was the first European head of government to travel to Israel following the attacks by the radical Islamic group Hamas. During a joint press statement with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, he demonstrated solidarity with the attacked country. See the statement in full.
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The Chancellor is the first head of government to travel to Israel following the Hamas attacks. After a conversation with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Olaf Scholz issued a warning to other actors. And he emphasizes: Anti-Semitism has no place in Germany.
Ten days following the devastating terrorist attack by Hamas, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) warned other states or groups once morest intervening in the war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. “No actor should think it is a good idea to intervene in this conflict from outside,” Scholz said on Tuesday in Tel Aviv following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, without mentioning Iran or Hezbollah by name. “It would be a serious, unforgivable mistake and over the past few days we have conveyed this message through various channels to those to whom it is addressed.”
Scholz emphasized once more at the press conference following the conversation with Netanyahu: “In such difficult times, there can only be one place for Germany: on the side of Israel.” Israel’s security is German raison d’être. The federal government is acting in accordance with this maxim, and the Bundestag supports this across party lines, emphasized Scholz. “German history, our responsibility arising from the Holocaust, makes it our task to stand up for the existence of Israel.”
Scholz upon arrival
Source: dpa/Michael Kappeler
The Chancellor reiterated that anti-Semitism has “no place in Germany”. “Jewish life in Germany is a gift,” he said. With a view to anti-Israel demonstrations in Germany, he added: “Glorifying, celebrating violence is inhumane, abhorrent.”
Netanyahu: Hamas committed “worst crime since Holocaust”
Scholz once once more strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th. “Israel has the right to defend itself once morest this terrorism.” This is guaranteed under international law.
Netanyahu called the attack the “worst crime once morest Jews since the Holocaust.” He compared the actions of the Hamas attackers to the Babyn Yar massacre. In the narrow gorge of Babyn Yar on the former outskirts of Kiev, the National Socialists shot dead on 29/30. September 1941 more than 33,000 Jewish men, women and children.
“This is an atrocity that we only remember from the Nazi crimes during the Holocaust,” Netanyahu said. “Hamas are the new Nazis.” He also compared the organization to the terrorist network Islamic State (IS). Netanyahu demanded that the world must help Israel destroy Hamas. He thanked Scholz for his visit to Israel and his solidarity.
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Scholz arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a solidarity visit. In addition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the German head of government also wants to speak with President Izchak Herzog and relatives of German Hamas hostages who were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. In Tel Aviv, Scholz wants to meet with opposition politician Benny Gantz, who is also a member of Netanyahu’s war cabinet.
Scholz wants to find out regarding the situation in the war zone, but also talk regarding how a wildfire in the region can be prevented. In the evening he travels on to Egypt, which is Israel’s only neighboring country and borders the Gaza Strip.
Last but not least, Scholz will strive for the release of the more than 200 Hamas hostages kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. These include several Germans with whom the federal government has no contact. In the past few days, Scholz has held talks with the heads of state of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey – all countries from which the Chancellor expects to influence Hamas. “We are doing everything we can to secure their release,” said Scholz on Tuesday, referring to the German hostages.
Scholz met the Jordanian king
Shortly before his trip to Israel, Scholz met the Jordanian King Abdullah in Berlin. Both called for intensive crisis diplomacy in view of the ongoing fighting between Israel and radical Palestinians and the dramatic supply situation for the people in the Gaza Strip. Abdullah warned: “The region is on the brink.” He also warned that civilians on both sides must be protected.
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Scholz assured Jordan of further help and pointed out that Germany was the second largest sponsor of Israel’s neighboring country. He welcomed the fact that King Abdullah has been campaigning for balance in the region for decades. He warned that it was a “red line” that Palestinians from the Gaza Strip should not be driven to other countries such as Jordan or Egypt. The problem must be solved in the Gaza Strip itself. A third of Jordan’s population is already of Palestinian origin, he emphasized.
During the press conference, the Chancellor emphasized the need for humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip. This is necessary because people are being used by Hamas “as human shields”. “We are continuing our humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population,” emphasized the Chancellor. Because a distinction must be made: “The Palestinians are not Hamas, and Hamas has no right to speak for them.” The population of the Gaza Strip is also victims of Hamas.
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Jordan’s King Abdullah also called for humanitarian aid and the protection of the civilian population. The entire region is “on the brink,” he said. “We have an obligation to protect civilians.” In the long term, the process towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians must be restarted.
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