Germany getting a conscience?
Israel obliged to ‘uphold law and order rather than jeopardise it’: Germany
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock denounced Israel’s military assault on the occupied West Bank and urged elements within the government to stop fuelling religious tensions.
“We firmly reject any attempts to shake up the existing status quo of the holy sites in Jerusalem,” she said on a visit to Jordan.
Actions such as the visit by far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem “are irresponsible and are already fuelling an absolutely explosive situation. We expect the Israeli side to stop this provocation”, Baerbock said.
The deadly incursion into the occupied West Bank is causing the German government great concern, she added.
“Israel is the occupying power in the West Bank and is obliged under the Geneva Convention to uphold law and order rather than jeopardise it,” Baerbock said. “This explicitly includes protecting the population from attacks by violent, radical settlers.”
Nah, they'll still send weapons and defend Israel before the ICJ.
Israeli army wounds Palestinian girl in occupied West Bank assault
A Palestinian girl has been wounded during Israeli army raids in the occupied West Bank.
The incident occurred in the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem, with the Palestine Red Crescent Society reporting the girl suffered an abdominal wound from Israeli gunfire and was transported to a hospital for treatment.
Witnesses reported that Israeli forces entered the town, closing its main entrance, which triggered confrontations with residents. Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Israel has been carrying out large-scale raids in the occupied territory over the past week, which it says are aimed at dismantling armed groups and preventing attacks. Palestinians fear a widening of the devastating war on Gaza and a campaign of forced displacement.
