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Majority of Germans support EU sanctions on Israel to stop genocide in Gaza

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators take part in a protest in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla after the Israeli attacks on it and to demand the release of its members held by Israel on October 02, 2025 in Dusseldorf, Germany. [Hesham Elsherif – Anadolu Agency]

A majority of Germans support the EU imposing sanctions on Israel over its brutal military offensive in Gaza, according to a new poll by public broadcaster ARD, Anadolu reports.

The representative survey found that 55% of Germans now demand that their government back the European Commission’s proposal to suspend trade and customs agreements with Israel.

Just 27% of respondents opposed the potential sanctions, which EU leaders are expected to discuss later this month as a means to pressure the Netanyahu government.

The survey also revealed that a majority of Germans support recognizing Palestine as an independent state, despite Berlin’s current reluctance to do so. According to the findings, 55% of Germans favor formal recognition of Palestine, while only 20% oppose it.

A growing divide has emerged between German public opinion and government policy in recent months, following reports from UN agencies and international NGOs that have documented war crimes and genocide committed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

READ: Protests erupt worldwide after Israel detains Greta Thunberg on Gaza aid flotilla

According to the survey, the percentage of Germans who believe Israel’s military response “goes too far” has increased significantly, from nearly 40% in November 2023 to 63% this month.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, despite being a strong supporter of Israel, has recently intensified his criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amid mounting domestic and international pressure.

However, despite this shift in tone, he has so far refused to join other European countries in calling for the suspension of trade deals with Israel or imposing sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers.

Last month, the German government found itself diplomatically isolated when its close allies—France, the UK, and several other European partners, including Belgium, Portugal, and Malta—announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood, while Berlin maintained its opposition to such recognition.

READ: Experts urge Germany to end policy of unconditional support for Israel

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Experiencing issues with this image not appearing. I suspect because it's so critical of Zionist Keir Starmer's support of and complicity in Israel's genocides.
Genocide denier and Current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted that he supports Zionism without qualification. He also confirms that UK air force support has been essential in Israel’s mass-murdering genocide. Includes URLs https://www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmers-100-spy-flights-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ and https://youtu.be/O74hZCKKdpA
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.

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Boris Johnson’s water cannon farce reveals why he will never be prime minister by Adam Bienkov

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The inspectors found the weapons have as little as two years’ operational life left before they have to be turned into scrap. Recurrent problems with the pump and the “critical failure” of the tank would be hugely costly to repair and there could be significant problems finding spare parts for vehicles that are now at the end of their operational life. Day-to-day operation and maintenance of the weapons would also be complicated by the lack of any manuals available in English. Meanwhile the time needed to make essential repairs could leave the weapons out of service for significant periods of time.

Bullingdon Tory idiot Boris Johnson

In short, the Home Office found the weapons to be seriously dangerous, hugely difficult and expensive to maintain and operate, and shortly in need of a trip to the scrap yard.

Given the majority of these problems were public knowledge in Germany before Johnson agreed to buy the weapons, it is incredible that he still went ahead anyway. It is especially baffling given that he was repeatedly warned against buying the weapons, not just by his opponents, but by his own former policing deputy and his own party on the London Assembly. Last year, when Johnson pushed ahead with their purchase anyway, a senior member of his City Hall team told me that Boris would “live to regret” his decision. How right they were.

In fact, Johnson’s more sensible advisers aside, the only people to have come out of this sorry saga well are the negotiators of the German police force. The ingenuity and financial sense of the Germans has been somewhat called into question in recent weeks. However, they can hardly be faulted for their prudent management of this particular deal. It is difficult at the best of times to dispose of obsolete and life-threatening military hardware. But for the Germans to get a foreign politician to actually pay 300,000 euros for the privilege of disposing of the defunct weapons for them was a particularly impressive feat.

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