Survey: Germans Getting Increasingly Critical of Israel

Date: 10 May 2025 - 22:22

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BERLIN (Dispatches) –
Germans have an increasingly negative view of the Zionist regime 60 years after the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, said a new survey released by the Bertelsmann Foundation, Anadolu reports.
The report pointed to a significant change in the mood of Germans towards the occupying regime over the past four years.
Back in 2021, 46% of German citizens surveyed had a positive attitude towards Israel.
The German government has been one of the strongest supporters of the occupying regime but has come under growing public pressure as a result of Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza.
Germany has been the scene of mass protests since the start of the regime’s war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
Meanwhile, the Zionist regime’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor has called Berlin the regime’s biggest friend in Europe, praising Germans’ efforts to block EU’s boycott campaign against Tel Aviv amid the Gaza genocide.
“There is no doubt that, despite all criticism, Germany is our greatest friend in Europe and Israel’s second most important strategic partner in the world after the U.S.,” the ambassador said in an interview published on May 10.
He spoke highly of the former Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz for his extraordinary support for the regime’s genocidal war on Gaza.
“I would like to stress that after October 7 the German government under former chancellor Olaf Scholz stood firmly with us. The number of German politicians who visited Tel Aviv – the president, the chancellor, the president of the Bundestag, ministers – is without any comparison to other European countries.”
He continued by praising Germany for its role in safeguarding Israel against a European boycott as well as promoting the Zionist narrative within educational spheres through the EU.
“On the academic level the Germans already assist us a lot in the EU in face of countries that wish to see the EU boycotting Israel.”
Asked about the reason behind German people’s hatred towards Israel, the regime’s ambassador identified Germany’s Muslim population and its left-wing party as the engines that enlightened the German population about the atrocities against Palestine.
“Berlin was always a center of antiestablishment movements and multiculturalism. It has a big Muslim immigrant community. Thus a combination of the Muslim migratory elements and a very strong progressive Left was created,” he said.
While accusing Germans of the “genocide of Jews” twenty years after the end of World War II, the Zionist regime’s official accused Germany’s population of ignorance, saying the country’s population does not understand what is best for their country as far as the relationship between Germany and Israel is concerned.
While many European nations are increasingly supporting efforts to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, Germany continues to adopt a double standard by offering unwavering political, economic, and diplomatic support to the Israeli regime.
Despite growing international condemnation of Israel’s actions, Germany defends and facilitates its operations, presenting itself as a key strategic partner and shielding it from European-level sanctions or academic scrutiny.