German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock visits the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt: People in the West Bank and Gaza deserve 'a chance of a life in security, dignity and self-determination'. Photograph: AFP Berlin is adopting a more critical stance towards Israel as German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock’s latest Middle East mission dovetailed with that of her increasingly vocal US colleague Antony Blinken. Three months after 1,200 Israelis were killed in the October 7th Hamas attack, according to Israel, the Palestinian death toll of more than 23,000 has seen German officials recalibrate their...