GERMANY PERSPECTIVE

Berlin reads the Beirut strike not as an isolated event but as the consequence of a peace architecture flawed from the outset. Deutsche Welle devotes an in-depth analysis to the historic Lebanon-Israel talks in Washington in April — the first since 1993 — but identifies a fundamental problem: Hezbollah, the central party to the conflict, is not represented at the table. Hanna Voss of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Beirut explains this 'limits the chances of success from the start and calls into question the legitimacy of any potential outcome.' Tagesschau documents the strike with operational precision: ten heavy bombs dropped without warning according to ARD's Beirut correspondent. Berlin's structural verdict is stark: Israel uses 'the language of security to create territorial facts on the ground' — and Finance Minister Smotrich has spoken of 'territorial reorganization' in Israel's favor. A ceasefire without a verification mechanism, without Hezbollah participation, and with Israeli troops occupying up to 10km of Lebanese territory: Berlin doubts this architecture will hold.