This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they’re considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as “very” or “quite” dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
Correct. They have ruled that Germany is not taking part in it. Because 91% of the deliveries to Israel for years consist of ships, anti-air and torpedos for their submarines (while the remaining stuff is armor, armored glass, protective gear -funny how helmets are a joke when delivered to Ukraine but a weapon to genocide Palestinians when they are going to Israel, isn’t it?- etc and in fact all “weapons” that are potentially to be used in Gaza were in fact reduced to zero.
Yet the narrative is important and so you will always return to “Germany being a big supplier for Israel”, constantly ignoring that we know what they actually supplied. And will twist my words as somehow being an argument against a genocide happening, when I did explicitly talk about the fact that Germany is supporting that genocide.
If you are so keen on “factual reasons” please tell me were my facts are wrong or how Israel is dropping corvettes on Gaza. (Yes that phrasing is polemic to make a point. You are free to do the same, if you actually have a point beyond I don’t want to acknowledge what doesn’t fit my narrative.
I hear you. You want to focus on the specifics of the military supplies. But it’s important to recognize that Germany’s involvement in providing any military support to Israel is complicit in the larger picture. The claim that the supplies are defensive or not used in Gaza doesn’t fully address the larger strategic implications. Even if the gear isn’t directly deployed in Gaza it strengthens Israel’s overall military posture. This allows Israel to maintain control and continue actions that are widely criticized as genocidal. Germany’s role in enabling this, regardless of the specifics of the arms delivered, cannot be dismissed simply because of the type of equipment supplied.
As for your point on “genocide” and the use of certain terms, I think we can agree that the international community is divided on how to define this, but it’s clear that any form of ongoing violence against mostly women and children, whether using specific types of weapons or not, plays into a larger cycle of harm. Instead of focusing on the specific classification of military equipment, it’s more sincere to consider the broader implications of Germany’s support for Israel’s actions, especially when it’s involvement is a key part of sustaining that military capacity.