Berlin’s backing for Israel in the current context has irrevocably ruined Germany’s international standing.
At the same time, as a result of Germany’s neoliberal restructuring, processes of de-democratisation have been ongoing for years.
The deliberate erosion of democracy has paved the way not only for the selective application of international law, but also for the restriction of fundamental rights within Germany itself.
The German population is firmly against their country’s participation in the extermination of the Palestinian people. In a recent poll, 73 percent said they had a negative view of Israel, while 80 percent have rejected further weapons exports to Israel. Despite this, German arms export licenses to Israel have surged, enabling the state to continue committing war crimes.
While the German government’s blatant disregard for the will of its own people already points to a process of de-democratisation, this is exacerbated by domestic restrictions on fundamental rights, including freedom of assembly, freedom of opinion and speech, and academic freedom, alongside violations of due process - all in the service of the Zionist slaughterers.
The bigger question is why is every single western (at least) nation on this planet Israel’s little bitch?
Not every western nation… Ireland and Spain having something akin to a spine come to mind. To answer your question, though: economic and strategic military interests I’d say. There are individual capitalists making lots of money from trade with Israel and having lots of capital still translates to social and political power. The US, and I believe also the UK additionally use Israel as a military base for exerting power in the middle east…
If only people would vote according to their beliefs.
Even then: the German political system steers politicians towards compromise. Sounds good most of the time, but that means that whatever the beliefs of the politicians were when they were elected, they’ll do different stuff all the time. And in order to stay sane, they convince themselves they’re doing the right thing.
So voting can of course improve things a little, but we’ll always see at least leftist parties moving significantly to the right after taking over government.
Weird how those compromises always go the way of rightwingers and billionaires. IMO, we wouldn’t be in this situation if the compromises were between leftist parties and neoliberal “left” parties (e.g. Die Linke and SPD) instead of between neoliberal “left” parties and rightwing “conservative” parties, or just between various flavors of rightwing parties.