German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was confronted by a pro-Palestine protester over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza during a regional election rally in the southwestern city of Ravensburg on Friday evening, Anadolu reports. During Merz’s speech, a person in the audience held up a banner that read “Yes to international law. Never again Staatsräson (raison d’etat). Long live Palestine” and chanted slogans in support of the Palestinian people. The phrase raison d’ etat means that the protection and survival of Israel is a non-negotiable cornerstone of German foreign policy due to Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust. READ: Israeli...
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