Why Germany Won’t Call It Genocide (Hanno Hauenstein | The Third Draft, 2025-05-04)
https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/why-germany-wont-call-it-genocide
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German ver. -> https://jacobin.de/artikel/gaza-voelkermord-deutschland-hanno-hauenstein
“Gaza lies in ruins – its people killed, starved, displaced. Yet #Germany refuses to engage with the charge of genocide against Israel. An essay on why this silence will have lasting political effects”
“While Israel’s image in the West is shifting – especially among younger generations – international law increasingly appears to be an empty incantation: a principle … stripped of enforcement mechanisms and universal credibility.
“Germany plays a central role in this context – not only through its continued diplomatic and rhetorical defense of Israel, also by supplying military equipment. At the same time, criticism of or solidarity with Israel is turned into a litmus test for domestic migration and asylum policies, transforming Germany’s foreign policy into a proxy for internal ideological battles.”
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