Netanyahu Attacks Europe for Losing Identity Amid Middle East Tensions

Netanyahu declared that we are defending Europe today, which is witnessing a deep moral weakness.

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Europe and its recent stance toward Israel, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged him to stop fighting in Lebanon and to refrain from annexing the occupied West Bank”

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He accused Europe of forgetting the distinction between good and evil.

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German Chancellor Merz urged Netanyahu to stop fighting in Lebanon.

Merz expressed great concern about developments in the Palestinian territories.

He stressed that there must not be an actual annexation of the West Bank.

The escalation in Lebanon came against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran.

Germany found itself at the center of the storm as the confrontation intensified.

Berlin announced it had received advance notice of the Israeli strikes on Iran.

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Merz coordinated positions with Macron and Starmer.

The three countries issued a trilateral statement condemning the Iranian attacks.

Merz focused on criticizing the Iranian leadership's conduct.

Even the right-wing Alternative for Germany party called for unconditional restraint.

Merz's stance ran contrary to a parliamentary report expressing doubts about legality.

“Berlin — Al-Quds Al-Arabi: Germany found itself within hours facing a political and security test as the widening confrontation between Iran on the one hand and Israel and the United States on the other intensified”

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The vast majority of international-law experts do not see that the criteria of self-defense apply.

The report was prepared at the request of left-wing MP Ulrich Thoden.

Legal scholars argued that Israel should have proven Iran was close to producing a nuclear weapon.

The operation was essentially a preemptive strike.