Berlin (dpa-AfX)-More than 150 experts from science, politics and diplomacy are calling for a change of course in Germany in Middle East policy. Against the background of the Israeli warfare, this must consistently be geared towards international law and at the same time put hardliners under pressure on both sides “to the bans on entry, freezing of assets or other sanctions,” demand the authors and supporters who present a catalog of demands with ten points.
“The vague defined political doctrine, which has revived the pre -democratic concept of the” state ceremony “, has the support for the Israeli government on the legal and moral obligations of Germany, national and European interests, the fundamental rights of the Palestinians, the fate of Israeli hostages and regional peace efforts, is criticized in it.
Replacement should not be “at the expense of third parties”
Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust means fighting anti -Semitism and protecting Jewish life – primarily in his own country, but also in its foreign policy relationships. “Replacement must not be at the expense of third parties,” demand the supporters of the initiative, including the former EU foreign commissioner Josep Borrell and Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
“We believe that with the massive warlike escalation, as we have experienced in the Middle East, in the past two years that the state-ranked doctrine in its current interpretation does not correspond to German historical responsibility nor our strategic interests,” said Middle East expert Muriel Aseburg from the Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), which is one of the initiators.
What does state rush mean?
Alexander Schwarz from the Berlin human rights organization ECCHR also referred to obligations from the Basic Law. Compliance with international law contracts is the core of the constitutional order and a moral teaching from German history.
“Instead, the Federal Government claims a state of a state that exhausts itself in unconditional solidarity with Israel and takes a serious prioritization,” said Schwarz. The most serious international law crimes should not remain unpunished, “and without reputation of the person”. He warned: “But who for Vladimir Putin International law enforcement demands, but sabotages it in the case of Benjamin Netanyahu, dismantles the idea of an objective judiciary. “/CN/DP/He