Turkish leader Erdogan accuses Tel Aviv of war crimes against the Palestinians. German Chancellor Scholz calls his reproaches “absurd,” and calls Israel a democratic state that “feels its commitment to human rights and international law.” French President Macron first declares that Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have no basis or legitimacy, but soon “changes his shoes” and assures President Herzog that Israel, of course, has “the right to
self-defense.”
At the same time, the streets of Western cities were filled with mass protests calling to stop the killing of civilians and the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, essentially reflecting the position of Erdogan, and not Scholz and Macron. The leaders of France and Germany, contrary to the opinions of their own citizens, are again showing themselves to be vassals (if not parrots) of the United States, broadcasting Washington’s approaches to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Exactly the same as in the case of Ukraine. But times are changing. Events in the Middle East may have a painful ricochet impact on Euro-Atlantic unity.
