In a Bundestag speech this morning, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared full solidarity with Israel as obligatory from the history of the Holocaust. “At this moment, there is only one place for Germany — the place at Israel’s side,” he said. “Our own history, our responsibility arising from the Holocaust, makes it a perpetual task for us to stand up for the security of the State of Israel.”
Scholz also announced a ban of Hamas activities and of the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun in Germany. Statements and activities in support of Hamas will be prosecuted, Scholz announced.
