Visiting Israel, the new head of German foreign affairs, Johann Wadephul, defended the political solution to the conflict and rejected the expulsion of the Palestinians or the permanent occupation of the territory. Germany Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul declared on Sunday that the conflict in Gaza cannot be resolved with military means. During a visit to Jerusalem, he argued that a political solution must be found to end the war permanently and appealed to the parties to accept an agreement for the fire.
“I don’t think this conflict can be resolved permanently with military means,” said Wadephul. “However, it is urgently necessary that Hamas will be unarmed and that he can no longer have military control over Gaza.”
For him, the military campaign does not guarantee Israel’s security. “That’s why we are appealing to a return to serious negotiations on a fire.”
Palestinian movement
Wadephul has also rejected the proposal to move two million Palestinians or the possibility that Gaza was permanently occupied.
At the beginning of this week, the security office of Israel approved a plan that provided for the “conquest” of Gaza and the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he was expecting that the Palestinian population was limited to a small strip of land in the next six months.
According to the new minister deposed in charge, Germany will do everything you need to guarantee Israel’s safety. However, he claimed that this does not mean exemption of the Israeli government of criticism. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that only Hamas is responsible for war.
Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 killed 1,200 people and 251 were taken hostage. The Israeli campaign in Gaza killed over 52,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to the health authorities managed by Hamas.
Distribution of humanitarian aid
Saar and Wadephul have also greeted a new American proposal to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip, suspended from Israel since March of this year.
According to a Washington correspondent in Israel, the White House maintains conversations with the Palestinian group Hamas and should unlock a proposal to resume the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
According to the United Nations, the blocking of aid distribution has led to humanitarian chaos in the Palestinian territory, which has to face food and medical materials.
The Tikva Forum, an Israeli group that represents some hostages, criticized the American plan, stating that the resumption of the distribution of humanitarian aid should be conditioned by the release of the 59 prisoners of Hamas in Gaza.
Netanyahu underlines cooperation with Germany
When he meets Wadephul, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and Germany have “excellent relationships”. “We have many common interests, many common values and many common challenges,” said Netanyahu.
The report of Wadephul, a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Democratic Party (CDU), will be expected than that of his predecessor, Annalena Baertbock, who entered a greater clash with the Israeli government due to the blocking of Gaza help.
Wadephul will also meet the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammed Mustafa, in Ramallah, in West Bank.
GQ (Reuters, DPA, DW)
Source: Terra
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