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German chancellor’s rebuke of Israel marks a shift in state policy that has long put such criticism out of bounds

  • Written by Elisabeth Weber, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Israeli President Isaac Herzog prepare to shake hands in Berlin on May 12, 2025.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Friedrich Merz did something unprecedented for a German chancellor in late May 2025: publicly criticize Israel in unvarnished, unequivocal terms.

“What the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, I no...

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