Embracing Israel Costs Merkel Clout

[Brian Foley]

Embracing Israel Costs Merkel Clout
There are some foreign policy issues that Angela Merkel does not like to talk about. One is Afghanistan. The other is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So when she was asked about Israel’s settlement policy and the blockade of Gaza during a joint news conference here Monday with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, she minimized the issue. It was time to restart the peace process, she said, moving quickly to another topic.

Just like American politicians...

Without the suppression of German opinion via anti-holocaust denial laws, anti-Nazi symbol laws, or even just the ongoing German embarrassment over WWII accusations, wherever the truth may lay, what would be the REAL German attitude towards Israel?

 

[Baron Max]

Well, Brian, if you'd been Merkel in that situation, what would you have said? How would you have handled the issue?

Baron Max

 

[Brian Foley]

Well, Brian, if you'd been Merkel in that situation, what would you have said? How would you have handled the issue?

Baron Max

Germany is now taking centre stage as head of the EU I expect a little more vocal opinion from the Chancellor on foreign policy issues.

 

[Baron Max]

Germany is now taking centre stage as head of the EU I expect a little more vocal opinion from the Chancellor on foreign policy issues.

Like what? Please be a little more specific, Brian.

Baron Max

 

[sweet Pentax]

Germany is now taking centre stage as head of the EU I expect a little more vocal opinion from the Chancellor on foreign policy issues.

ever heard of something like quite diplomacy?
few people know for sure what happens behind the curtain ... are you one them?
for example - israel got some german subs, how can you know that they didn´t cost anything?