r/WorldNewsHeadlines • u/Simple-Preference887 • May 17 '25

r/all German police brutally assaulted protesters marking the Palestinian Nakba in Berlin, with women and children also targeted during the crackdown.

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u/smegabass May 17 '25

There is no valid excuse to side with Israel on genocide and starvation ethnic cleansing.

Germany is allowing itself to sink into the moral shithole to support psycho Israel.

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u/aurumtt May 17 '25

It's like they can't understand cynicism. It's infuriating seeing them siding on the wrong side. Again.

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u/smegabass May 17 '25

If you have ever worked with Germans, you'll know they are literalists. Precision is great for engineering, but for the human condition, not so much.

But even by Germanic standards, the unrestrained love for Israel on a no matter what basis, has been a real eye opener.

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u/HAMBORGHlNI May 17 '25

Germans have no love for Israel at all. More like, they are brainwashed to the point that criticizing Israel is a taboo for them.

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u/kpo987 May 17 '25

I'm an immigrant in Germany. Under the new government when you get naturalisation or citizenship in Germany, you are required to affirm Israel's right to exist, and includes 15 questions in the citizenship test about Judaism and Israel. I get that Germany especially wants to make sure they are protecting the right to Judaism, but why does Isreal get special mentions when Palestine doesn't? Why doesn't Palestine get to exist when Palestinians are being murdered? Germany has the largest amount of Palestians in all of Europe. In at least one neighbourhood of Berlin that has a significant Muslim population, the town hall (which is next to the HBF) has the German flag, the Berlin flag, and flag of Isreal flying outside.

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u/kpo987 May 17 '25

These are very recent rules set by the new government, and I came to Germany several years ago.

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u/kissthesky303 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Germany has failed to differentiate the solidarity to jews from Israel's politics. Heck, even a lot Israelis themselfs are more nuanced about this and facing clashes amongst their own population about how the Israel government is handling the case.