The majority of Germans now see Israel negative – Diepresse.com
President Steinmeier and Duke celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relationships. Under Chancellor Merz, however, political pressure on Israel increases – at least after the blockade of the auxiliary deliveries in the Gaza Strip.
The choreography at the ceremony of the 60th anniversary of relationships between Germany and Israel was perfectly orchestrated. First Jitzhak Herzog was supposed to come to Berlin on Monday. Steinmeier For the opposite visit to Jerusalem Travel-including the state banquet in Bellevue Castle, memorial at the Holocaust memorial in Grunewald, a meeting with German and Israeli young people in Berlin and a visit to the Kibbutz Beeri, a scene of the terrorist massacre in southern Israel.
The diplomacy is clouded, however, which does not result from the amical relationships of the social democratic presidents. Nothing has changed in the travel schedule of heads of state. But the escalation in the Gaza war overshadows the relationship. After a step -by -step approach, the heads of government have Ludwig Erhard ((CDU) and Levi Eshkol sealed the admission of diplomatic relationships in 1965. According to a survey of the Bertelsmann Foundation Only 36 percent of German Israel see positive. With 38 percent, the negative voices outweigh.
