re: #879 Cato the Elder

Once again, since you (and several others) have ignored this every other time I’ve posted it:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unconditional support of Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza has prompted a rising number of attacks from her coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), as well as the Free

SPD Parliamentarian Rolf Mutzenich accused Merkel of “siding with the permanent Israeli bombing” of Gaza.

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Germans Protest Against Merkel’s Support for Israel

So far, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been the only European head of state to pin the responsibility for violence in Gaza entirely on Hamas. In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on January 5, Merkel reiterated Germany’s support for Israel in this conflict and stressed that no ceasefire should be declared until Israeli security could be guaranteed.

Despite these words of support coming from Merkel, it seems the majority of Germans disagree with her pro-Israel stance.

In response to the ongoing military operation in Gaza, a wave of anti-Israel demonstrations has surged across Germany. Roughly 10,000 demonstrators marched in Frankfurt on January 3 carrying banners equating the current Israeli offensive with a second Holocaust. Sacha Stawski, the editor in chief of Honestly Concerned, a media watchdog outlet in Frankfurt monitoring anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, told the Jerusalem Post that he heard chants coming from this crowd of “Gas the Jews!” and “Merkel out!”

Similar protests were held in Berlin and Dsseldorf.

(no endorsement of the source intended)

The protests you’re talking about were against Merkel as much as against Israel. Merkel has pretty much stood alone among European leaders in her support of Israel, as most Israelis are very well aware. You’re trying to find hypocrisy when there isn’t any.