Germany’s foreign minister is insisting ahead of a trip to the Middle East that “Israel must do more for the protection of the civilian population” in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Annalena Baerbock reiterates staunch ally Germany’s solidarity for Israel in its fight against “blind terror” and underlined its right to defend itself.
But she calls for more “humanitarian pauses” and says that “peace can’t be won if the prospect of a life in dignity dries up, if Gaza is uninhabitable after the war.”
Baerbock says there must be no postwar occupation of the Gaza Strip, no expulsion of Palestinians and no reduction of the territory’s size, but “at the same time there must no longer be any danger to Israel from the Gaza Strip.”
The minister is due to depart Sunday on a trip to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt and Lebanon.
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