Wounded child, no surviving family.
Nearly two years after it first emerged, the acronym WCNSF serves as a shocking reminder of the extremes to which Israel has gone in Gaza.
Infants were not only orphaned, they were left without grandparents and siblings. The massacres were constant – and given that Palestinians are still being killed – it would be foolhardy to say they have stopped.
When Israel commits such horrors, how can any defender of the young act as an apologist for that state?
The German politician Philip Krämer needs to answer that question. As well as chairing a child protection association in the city of Darmstadt, he undertakes research and advocacy work for the pro-Israel group named the European Leadership Network (Elnet).
From 2021 until earlier this year, Krämer sat in Germany’s national assembly, the Bundestag, as a representative of the Greens. Having long abandoned its pacifist roots, that party now applauds wars, heedless of their effects on humanity and nature.
In the decade preceding the Gaza genocide, the US and Germany were the largest suppliers of weapons to Israel.
Krämer was adamant that arms deliveries should continue after the genocide got underway. In October 2023, he contended that Staatsräson – the idea that Israel’s “security” is considered a “reason of state” or basic obligation for Germany – would otherwise make no sense.
The lobbying he undertakes as part of his job with Elnet is focused on weapons cooperation between Israel and Germany.
In a recent paper published by Elnet, Krämer lauded Israel’s “space-based reconnaissance” activities. “Europe’s future security policy begins in space and with Israel as a reliable partner,” he wrote. (more...)
Child rights champion promotes German-Israeli arms trade
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