GERMANY PERSPECTIVE

Berlin chooses an angle that speaks volumes about its tormented relationship with Israel: Tagesschau documents the continuation of Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank during wartime. It's a bold editorial choice for a country where criticizing Israel remains a delicate exercise, weighed down by Holocaust memory. Tagesschau doesn't cover the Lebanon strikes but something more structural: settlement expansion continues regardless of the war, proof the current conflict hasn't changed occupation dynamics. Germany, Europe's top arms supplier to Israel, is beginning to publicly document what its military deliveries help protect — not just Israel's security, but its territorial expansion.