Af indlysende historiske årsager har Israels udenrigsministerium og andre israelske organer haft større held med at påvirke den offentlige debat om Mellemøsten i Tyskland end i mange andre lande. Men den automatiske støtte til Israel møder voksende modstand:
"Twenty-four former German ambassadors urged the German government to take a harder position against Israel and to rethink its Middle East policy.
In letters sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, they ask for a more resolute stance against Israels settlement policy.
”Israel will not be able to keep on hoping to gain peace and retain its hold on Palestinian territories at the same time,” the group wrote in a position paper quoted by the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily."
"Twenty-four former German ambassadors urged the German government to take a harder position against Israel and to rethink its Middle East policy.
In letters sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, they ask for a more resolute stance against Israels settlement policy.
”Israel will not be able to keep on hoping to gain peace and retain its hold on Palestinian territories at the same time,” the group wrote in a position paper quoted by the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily."
