On Monday, September 22, there will be a moment of decision on the East River of New York at the United Nations General Assembly. France, Canada and Belgium intend to recognize Palestine as a state, and the United Kingdom is likely to take steps. The goal is to put pressure on Israel to end the Gaza war and start a new peace process.
Of the 193 UN members, around 150 have already recognized Palestine as a state.
On the other hand, the US rejects recognition strictly, as Israel. Its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has abolished such a step as a “reward for terror” for the radical Islamist group Hamas – which has been classified by Israel, US, EU and others as a terrorist organization – which led the terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which increases the war in the Gaja.
For the Palestinian Authority, with his long time with President Mahmud Abbas, the discovery will be a reputation win by important states and a diplomatic defeat for Israel, especially with the struggle in Gaza.
Unrealistic condition for two-state solution
The German government will not “do” in short term, as it officially puts it. “We won’t join this initiative,” said Chancellor Frederick Merz from the Governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in August, when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited.
However, what is the argument of Merz formally in nature. “We do not consider the conditions to be fulfilled in any way for the recognition of the state. The recognition should be the final stage in a pece process as a result of the result in a two-state solution,” Heer said.
The difficulty is that the two-state solution is nowhere. According to Hamas-led Gajan Health Ministry, bee practice has decreased to start a war in an independent Palestinian state as well as Gaza with Israel, which has so far killed around 65,000 people. Critics argue that the German government is carrying forward this unrealistic condition for recognition to avoid making decisions only.
Tears of Frederick Merz
When it comes to Israel and Palestine, the German government has to face a special dilemma. As a result of the assassination of six million Jews during the Nazi Yuga, Berlin felt a special responsibility for the safety of Israel and even declared it a case of “due to the state”.
For German Chancellor, this is not clearly just empty rhetoric. Earlier in September, during a speech of reopening an synagogue in Munich, which was destroyed by the Nazis, as a merge fown back tears, he said, “On October 7, we are experiencing a new wave of antisemitis, old and new guys, blatants and poorly hidden, in words and deeds, in words and deeds, in social media, in social media, in social media,
Nevertheless, Merz distanced the fight against Jew-Monotvision from his assessment of Israeli policies and, above, from Israel’s military functions in Gaza Strip.
He Hey rapidly criticized Israel’s military functions and resulting human destruction, and in summer, Israel’s export of weapons that could be used in Gaza. In a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the German Jewish Central Council, Merz said, “It may be possible to criticize the policies of the Israeli government; this may be. This may be. Dissatisfaction is not dissatisfaction for our friendship.”
In and without pressure
However, pressure is increasing for the German government to take a strong stand. Kaza Kalas, representative of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, has called upon Germany to participate in sanctions against Israel. European Commission Chairman Ursula von Der Leyen suggested that the European Union has suspended trade with Israel.
Two union parties in Parliament, CDU and CSU president Jens Spanish, say it reminds him of the dark chapter in German history. “What will be the result will be the result when it comes to Israel and Gaza,” said on the German Public Broadcaster ZDF, “Spanish warns,” balance in Germany is lost very quickly and it suggests in Jewish-Jewish. “
Hence the pressure is growing on the domestic front. Social Democrats (SPD) in the coalition government are definitely open to the idea of restrictions. The opposition green party also goes further. Its co-leader, Franziska Brannner told the German press agency DPA that Merz and External Affairs Minister Johan Wadeful (ie CDU) would have to decide: “Do they take side with people who are working for all people in Israel and Palestine?
A coalition of dozens of civil society organizations has introduced a petition to the German government to follow its criticism of Israel with action.
Survey: German majority in favor of recognition
Palestine’s state recognition, however, is another case. And at this point, the Chancellor appears to be standing, even if he is clearly most of the German population against him. In any case, in a survey conducted in early August by the German Institute for Public Opinion Research (Forsa), 54% were in favor of the response, while against 31%.
Meanwhile, they are shrinking to countries opposing recognition in the United Nations. France changes the sides of France, United Kingdom and Canada as close colleagues from Germany, Berlin finds himself forward on the protective.
Meanwhile, the US, where the United Nations Headquarters is located, has denied the entry of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmood Abbas. So even though various western countries were to recognize Palestine as a state in New York, Abbas will not have any platform there.
This article was translated from German.