He added he planned to hold a call with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to tell him “to not overdo it,” though for “historical reasons,” Germany would always be more guarded in its criticism than some European partners.
“But if lines are crossed, where international humanitarian law is really being violated, then Germany, the German chancellor, must also say something about it,” Merz said.
I knew that after all, Eurovision is going to be the last straw /s
Seriously though, I can totally see the EU only being on board with unlimited support to Israel because they wanted to present a united front with the US, to give the US less excuse to leave the EU and Ukraine to its fate.
After Signalgate though, it showed how contemptous that relationship was, and how the US leadership views defending trade routes critical to the EU against the Houthis as a European task, despite the fact the danger to them came entirely as a result of the US-Israel alliance of the EU. I was totally thinking back then that this was not going to stand if these really are the cards, and there is no point for the EU to antagonise the Houthis just to please Trump for nothing in return.