German FM voices his shock at Israeli campaign in Gaza

Wadephul says Germany will not be forced into solidarity with Israel and that they are at a point where they have to think carefully about what further steps to take.
Tuesday 27/05/2025
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul
A change of tone

BERLIN - Germany will not be forced into solidarity with Israel, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Tuesday, voicing his shock at the Israeli campaign in Gaza where people are unable to access food and medicine.

"Our committed fight against anti-Semitism and our full support for the right to exist and the security of the state of Israel must not be instrumentalised for the conflict and the warfare currently being waged in the Gaza Strip," Wadephul said in an interview with the WDR broadcaster.

"We are now at a point where we have to think very carefully about what further steps to take," he said, without giving further details.