For over one year, Germany has been actively participating in the killing and dehumanization of Palestinians by providing political, financial, military, and legal support to Israel. Germany’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities must stop.
With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people. We are deeply unsettled. We feel pain and are outraged in the face of this blatant disregard for life – a disregard this German government expects us to accept as necessary and normal. For over one year, the German government has been actively participating in the killing and dehumanization of Palestinians by providing political, financial, military, and legal support to Israel. Germany’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities must stop.
We, the undersigned, demand the German government to stand unwaveringly on the side of justice and international law; to exert pressure on Israel to immediately end the killing, maiming, and destruction of Palestinian life; and to comprehensively re-evaluate its stance and political activities, considering Germany’s state institutions, political parties and politicians have, for the most part, supported the atrocities committed by the Israeli army.
Israel’s atrocity crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, are well documented by the UN and major human rights organizations. In fact, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that there is a real and immediate risk that Israel’s actions in Gaza could amount to genocide.1 The official death toll of Palestinians in Gaza is at 42,718, with many still buried under the rubble and many more dying from the preventable spread of diseases.2 Tens of thousands have been injured, many disabled for life, including thousands of children who have lost one or more limbs.3 Israel has been starving the population, has flattened entire neighborhoods, and has destroyed all vital infrastructure, including food production, health, and educational systems.4 The Israeli army has displaced the vast majority of Gaza’s population, and for those fleeing, there is no safe place to go as the army regularly bombs what it declares to be safe zones.5 Since early October 2024, Israel has completely besieged northern Gaza and made human life impossible with the apparent plan of permanently driving out the Palestinian population.6 In the West Bank, Israeli settlers have intensified their attacks, often under the protection of the Israeli army, destroying Palestinian land and property. Israeli soldiers and, in several instances, settlers have killed more than 700 Palestinians since October 7, 2023.7 The Israeli army also carries out regular large-scale military incursions demolishing homes and destroying vital healthcare facilities, road infrastructure, electricity networks, and water supplies.8 Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon follows a similar logic and risks further escalating ongoing regional warfare. (more...)
Germany must stop supporting the annihilation of Palestinians