German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock: 'We stand for humanitarian international law; that too is a lesson of our history.' Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Nearly six months after the October 7th Hamas attacks, the unresolved Israel hostage situation and warnings of famine in Gaza have left Germany – politically and culturally – trapped between a rock and a hard place. Last Sunday in Jerusalem alongside Israel president Binyamin Netanyahu, chancellor Olaf Scholz adopted a more robust tone, questioning the “terribly high costs” of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Speaking in English, he added: “We cannot let Palestinians risk starvation.” It...