• Melchior@feddit.org
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    8 days ago

    The Green party blocked arms deliveries to Israel on humanitarian grounds for months.

    Also the resolution uses the definition for antisemitism from the IHRA, which very clearly states:

    However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.

    If anything the Greens namely Baerbock have done that quite a bit. She as the foreign minister was in shouting matches with Netanyhau over aid flow to Gaza.

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      8 days ago

      And then delivered more weapons as well as abstained from general assembly votes and most importantly repeatedly reiterated how Germany is one of the closest allies of Israel…

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        being the strongest on radical support for Israels war crimes and supporting authoritarian crackdowns on dissenting people

        That is what you said. Obviously that does not align, with what I just wrote and sourced.

        And then delivered more weapons

        “Of this, the entire value is accounted for by ‘other military equipment’,” from the article. Hence those are not weapons, but restricted components or protective gear.

        abstained from general assembly votes

        They would have voted for or against. Abstaining means you do not fully agree with the resolution, but are also not fully against it. Anybody who is as you claim a strong radical supporter, would never abstain on those issues.