GERMANY PERSPECTIVE

Berlin chooses an angle that speaks volumes about its fraught relationship with Israel: Tagesschau documents continued Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank during wartime. This is a courageous editorial choice for a country where criticizing Israel remains a delicate exercise, weighted by Holocaust memory. Tagesschau does not discuss Lebanese strikes but something more structural: settlement expansion that continues regardless of war, proving the current conflict has not altered occupation dynamics. Germany, Europe's leading weapons supplier to Israel, begins publicly documenting what its military sales help protect — not only Israeli security but also territorial expansion.