Merz: Israel is doing “dirty work” for all of us

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has caused numerous debates with his statement that “Israel is doing dirty work for all of us in Iran”. “This wording has caused frustration in the SPD parliamentary group”, says foreign policy expert Addis Ahmetovic for portal “ZDFheute.de”.

Strong objections came from the Greenbridge, the Left Party and the Shahra Wagenknecht coalition. While the Chancellor views his views as justified by reactions.

This statement received large-scale approval”, Merz said in Breerlin. There were only a few critical voices that he refused to comment. Merz critics refer to a phrase in an interview for ZDF in the margins of the G7 summit in Canada.

Fashioner Diana Zimmerman actually used the word “dirty work” in her question, and Merz mentioned it: “Zone Zimmerman, I am grateful to you for using the term “dirty work”. “This is the dirty work Israel does for all of us. We are also affected by this regime. This mulah regime has brought death and destruction to the world”, Merz said. He expressed the greatest “ ” respect that the Israeli army and government “had the courage to do so”.

Cutable “Declaration”
SPD politician Ahmetovic, foreign policy spokesman for his parliamentary group, distanced from this Chancellor's statement: the main goal in this very sensitive situation is the deespass. The Chancellor's tone is not very useful at this point”, he said.

His SP colleague, Ralph Stegner, told Der Spiegel: “When the Chancellor says Israel is doing our dirty work in Iran, it's more than strange. ”

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The opposition was even clearer. The Greens rapporteur for Middle Rule and Iran, Louise Amtsberg, criticised both the choice of words and the contents of the Merz statement. She said: “instead of cynical and ignorant remarks from the Chancellor, I expect the federal government to do everything it can to lower the scale in this tense situation. ”

Green Party politician Anton Hofreiter told Welt TV: “E I consider selecting the languid words.” In Iran, 80 to 90 percent of people are opposed to the Islamic regime, but added that “from Israel's attacks in Iran is also dying of civilians”.

Pelman: “A scandal”

The leader of the left Party parliamentary group, Sören Pellmann, criticised even more sharply: “The fact that Chancellor Merz is now rejecting international law and adopting the devastating logic of the law of the fittest is a scandal and is massively damaging Germany's reputation in the United Nations and the wider”.

Merz's statements were a rejection of the rule of international law and norms. “Most of us probably still don't know where this” can end, Pelman said dpa.

AfD: “

The AfD called Merzi's statement “the respect and damaging lack of respect for Germany's reputation”. “The active contribution to war is not in the interest of Germany or Europe”, Alice Weidel and Tino Khrupalla were announced.

Europe's “Politicians must protect their citizens from the negative effects of the conflict in the Middle East, such as migration movements or attacks and contribute diplomacy to the establishment of peace. ”

BSW: “Double standards”

BSW Chairman Sahra Wagenknecht spoke of an unprecedented statement. Merz “shamelessly records a war of aggression that violates international law, which has already claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians in Iran”, Wagenknecht said. This is a violation of the foreign policy modemation tradition.

Merz's statements caused distrust in the German-Iranian community as well.

“Z. Merz, you have not been affected at all by this regime. First of all, those affected are 80 million people in Iran who have lived under the deadly oppression of this regime for 46 years”, wrote journalist Gilda Sahebi in Instagram. She added that the Israeli government was not doing the dirty “affair”; it was the work of many who were resisting those in power. These people are now being bombed. ”/Periscope/