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Either way, the German government's fundamental support for Israel doesn't appear to have changed. Andreas Krieg, a German associate professor of defense studies at King's College London, believes that the German government remains probably the most pro-Israeli state in the world, and that "they are still very much trying to do this, they're still standing with Israel, they still want to export." But at the same time, he suspects that the government is sitting on license approvals while it waits for legal advice: "I think it's not a political decision, I think it's a purely legal decision at this point," he told DW.But the bigger concern, according to Krieg, is the lack of political or widespread public pressure on the German government to be more transparent about its military support for Israel. "The media landscape in Germany, and the public discourse, is almost exclusively on the side of Israel, and there are very few if any voices condemning what Israel is doing in Gaza," he said. "So I think the German government has a lot more leeway than, say, the British government here. In this context, the Germans don't have to be very transparent in what they're doing."
| Period | 27 Sept 2024 |
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| Held at | Deutsche Welle, Germany |
Keywords
- Germany
- Israel