{"id":160497,"date":"2025-06-05T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160497\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:03:09","slug":"germanys-foreign-minister-condemns-israels-approval-of-new-west-bank-settlements-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160497\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s foreign minister condemns Israel\u2019s approval of new West Bank settlements \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wadephul\u2019s criticism comes after Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-friedrich-merz-blasts-israeli-offensive-gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned Israel\u2019s renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip in unusually strong terms<\/a> for a leader of Germany \u2014 traditionally one of Israel&#8217;s closest allies \u2014 saying the extent of the harm to the civilian population \u201ccan no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wadephul also said more humanitarian aid must be allowed into the Gaza Strip and called for an end to the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely clear that Hamas must never again pose a threat to Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the fight against Hamas cannot be won in the long term by military means alone. The war in Gaza must therefore end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While German leaders have hardened their rhetoric on the Israeli government&#8217;s policies, it\u2019s unclear whether Merz\u2019s conservative-led government will make concrete policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by a reporter whether Germany will continue to provide weapons to Israel, Wadephul answered with a simple \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Wadephul was quoted in German newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/projekte\/artikel\/politik\/interview-aussenminister-wadephul-usa-e902944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/a> as saying that further arms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-to-review-arms-exports-to-israel-fm-wadephul-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deliveries to Israel would be subject to a review<\/a> based on \u201cwhether what is happening in the Gaza Strip is compatible with international humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wadephul\u2019s criticism comes after Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week condemned Israel\u2019s renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1945,1824,837,2597,46,2663,771,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-160497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-friedrich-merz","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-military","14":"tag-policy","15":"tag-sanctions","16":"tag-war","17":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114631370572723017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}