Hamas
Terror
Germany Must Stand Unequivocally with Israel
A DER
SPIEGEL Editorial by Dirk Kurbjuweit
It goes without saying that Germany now stands with
Israel, even if it comes to the provision of military assistance. But the
imperative of moderation must also apply: protect civilians to the degree
possible.
13.10.2023,
17.43 Uhr
This attack
is inexcusable. It cannot be justified; it cannot be defended. At all. There
isn’t anything even close to an acceptable motive for raiding villages and
slaughtering civilians, for kidnapping men and women, young and old. There is
only one word for it: Criminal.
The leaders
of Hamas, who ordered their fighters to commit this act of terror, are
criminals. They must have known perfectly well that this assault would result
neither in territorial gains nor military advantage. They must have known that
Israel would fight back and that men, women and children in the Gaza Strip
would lose their lives as a result. Their attack on Israel was also a strike on
their own people, a despicable example of abuse of power. That is how last
weekend’s attack will be viewed by history.
It goes
without saying that the German government now stands with Israel, including the
provision of military assistance if it comes to that. The Holocaust demands no
less – that horrific crime against the Jews that requires Germany to support
Israel and be friends to Jews around the world in perpetuity. Beyond that,
though, Israel is – despite all its problems – a member of the club of
democracies and, as such, an ally. Germany must stand on the side of the
victims when depravity is used as a political tool.
It is unacceptable that anti-Semitism is again taking
root in the country, in part as a consequence of immigration from Arab
countries.
And if we
are serious about living up to our historical obligations, then we must fight
the anti-Semitism that is currently flaring up in Berlin and elsewhere. Those
who cheer the Hamas terrorist attack, those who take to the streets to
celebrate murderers, are abusing the democratically enshrined right to
demonstrate. That cannot be tolerated.
It is
unacceptable that Jewish schools and retirement homes in Germany have long
required police protection, that those wearing a kippa in some districts of the
Berlin are in danger of being attacked and that anti-Semitism is again taking
root in the country, in part as a consequence of immigration from Arab
countries.
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