The announcement, however, has caused an outcry in Mr Merz’s Right-wing Christian Democrats [CDU] party. And it’s not because they feel the move does not go far enough, as might be the case in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party. On the contrary, CDU members have been left “stunned, angry and horrified” by the embargo, which they consider a betrayal of German support for Israel and, some say, a gift to Hamas. Mr Merz was this week forced to convene a “crisis meeting” with top CDU allies, which lasted long into the night, to justify the embargo to them, the German...
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