I’ve been wondering the last few days what to make of Friedrich Merz’ announcement of an end to arms exports and i’m honestly not surprised he wasn’t serious about it. This fits with my suspicion why he brought it up in the first place.
You see, the CDU is as warmongering and prozionist as German parties get. Like, they’re the only ones who are somehow even worse than the Greens in this regard. And while Merz isn’t the most outspoken zionist in his party, he’s among its most ghoulish and callous members. It is extremely out of character for him to enact an arms embargo against Israel, even a disingenuous and fake one like this. When the news broke, my first hunch was a faint hope that the issue has become too contested, the narratives too shaky, the public opinion too fickle to further go along with the genocide. This hope was premature and naive. What we actually see here is opposition not to the occupation, but to the recent escalation of moving the IOF into Gaza City. And that opposition is not motivated by a newfound respect for the lifes of Palestinians.
It is motivated by anti-Arabian racism.
You see, the CDU had nothing against thousands of Palestinians being murdered every month. They were in complete support of that. What they take objection with is that the latest moves will lead to mass displacement, that they could speed up the genocide to the point were way over a million people are fleeing Gaza. Because that would mean that a sizeable share of them would flee to Germany, which is home to the biggest Palestinian community in Europe. And obstructing immigration, especially of Muslims, as much as possible is a huge priority for the CDU. That’s what is behind all this, keeping refugees away.
I’ve been wondering the last few days what to make of Friedrich Merz’ announcement of an end to arms exports and i’m honestly not surprised he wasn’t serious about it. This fits with my suspicion why he brought it up in the first place.
You see, the CDU is as warmongering and prozionist as German parties get. Like, they’re the only ones who are somehow even worse than the Greens in this regard. And while Merz isn’t the most outspoken zionist in his party, he’s among its most ghoulish and callous members. It is extremely out of character for him to enact an arms embargo against Israel, even a disingenuous and fake one like this. When the news broke, my first hunch was a faint hope that the issue has become too contested, the narratives too shaky, the public opinion too fickle to further go along with the genocide. This hope was premature and naive. What we actually see here is opposition not to the occupation, but to the recent escalation of moving the IOF into Gaza City. And that opposition is not motivated by a newfound respect for the lifes of Palestinians.
It is motivated by anti-Arabian racism.
You see, the CDU had nothing against thousands of Palestinians being murdered every month. They were in complete support of that. What they take objection with is that the latest moves will lead to mass displacement, that they could speed up the genocide to the point were way over a million people are fleeing Gaza. Because that would mean that a sizeable share of them would flee to Germany, which is home to the biggest Palestinian community in Europe. And obstructing immigration, especially of Muslims, as much as possible is a huge priority for the CDU. That’s what is behind all this, keeping refugees away.