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Former German MP Zaklin Nastic: Germany is a complicit to the genocide in Gaza!
The international conference titled “From Genocide to the Construction of the Palestinian State” held in Istanbul brought together leading experts from Palestine, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Germany, France, England, Norway and Denmark. Speaking at the conference, former German Bundestag member Zaklin Nastic said that Germany's genocide in Gaza was partnered with arms shipments and political support, "Never again!" He said he openly violated his oath.
Zaklin Nastic's full speech:
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
What an interesting time we are, I have to leave Germany and the EU first in order to be able to talk freely, equally and directly about what is there with the victims themselves at an international conference. Unfortunately, this is not possible in Germany.
Germany swore after Auschwitz: "Never again". Never war again, never again fascism, never again mass murder organized by the state.
This is not just an oath, it is not only a part of our history, but also our historical and moral responsibility.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights emerged as a reaction to the crimes of the Second World War. Its purpose was to create a universal basis for the dignity, freedom and rights of all people and to defend them, so that such crimes would not happen again.
And yet, we see that this promise has been broken, and even betrayed in Germany.
With arms shipments and political support, the German Federal Government and the previous government are complicit in the genocide in Gaza.
It was said “never again”, never again – but for whom?
After 1945, our responsibility was clear: protecting Jewish life, solidarity with Holocaust victims, fighting for universal human rights.
Today, this responsibility is abused – as an excuse for blind bias, as a justification for war, death, destruction and exile.
“Unconditional support for Israel” – this has been the official password since October 7, 2023.
Unconditional clearly means:
It doesn't matter how many bombs fall on Gaza.
No matter how many innocent children die, it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter how many people starve and lose their lives.
Germany supplies weapons to Israel while more than 62,000 people are killed in Gaza. The pain of millions of people is quietly ignored, belittled, and even shown as self-defense.
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
This is not the _expression_ of historical responsibility.
This is the abuse of history and extremely shameful.
Auschwitz had to teach us that humanity must be universal.
German history obliges us to defend the right of Palestinians to exist in the same way as Israel's.
Since 2019, Germany has delivered over one billion euros in weapons to Israel. Since October 7, arms exports to Israel have increased tenfold in a short time.
However, when the International Criminal Court drew attention to Germany's possible criminal liability for the genocide in Gaza, the Ampel government of the time stopped some of the shipments.
Not because of humanity. Not to take responsibility for the victims. Only for fear of having to be held accountable.
But whoever watches inactively, whoever gives political support and whoever provides weapons, becomes an accomplice.
Human rights organizations are already rightly talking about apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
International courts are already examining criminal liability.
The German government does the opposite:
It hinders criticism, discredits critical institutions and individuals, and suppresses public debates.
Criticism of Israel's war policy is systematically stigmatized:
Palestinian journalists are losing their jobs, artists such as Nan Goldin are banned.
In the first months after October 7, pro-Palestinian demonstrations were partially banned and the wearing of the Palestinian scarf was severely restricted. The demonstrators were beaten until they were hospitalized by the police in pro-Palestinian actions.
Content on social media is filtered. Pro-Palestinian voices are disappearing from TikTok, X and Instagram.
Every pro-Palestinian voice is reflexively stamped with anti-Semitic – which comes with a large restriction of freedom of _expression_ and assembly.
Reporters Without Borders warn: Journalists in Germany, especially those with an immigration background, experience hatred, threats and violence over Middle Eastern news.
Redictions apply pressure, topics are softened – many people resort to auto-censorship.
The award of a young media activist was recently withdrawn by the Adolf-Grimme Friends Association.
Because he was afraid of the bad press; the accusation against him is: Anti-Semitism.
This not only endangers the victims, but also the freedom of the press in general.
Since the BDS decision in the German Bundestag in 2019, public institutions – i.e. cities, municipalities, universities or cultural institutions – have been called not to provide funding and platforms to pro-Palestinian or close-BDS-ble organizations.
Politically, this decision created enormous pressure not to be freely talked about Palestine.
Jewish voices in Germany are stigmazed as "self-hate Jews" when they criticize Netanyahu's racist policy.
The discourse of "historical responsibility" is being turned into a weapon against the truth, against a genocide.
As a member of the Federal Assembly at the time, I witnessed how the debates on Palestine were shaped by double standards, both in the context of human rights and defense policies.
Someone who confirmed Israel's right to exist could not express and demand the right of the Palestinians to exist with almost the same clarity.
It has been and remains taboo and remains to say that Gaza is the largest open-air prison in the world for years, or that Palestinians – whether in Gaza or the West Bank – live under an apartheid regime.
At the same time, the German governments have never really questioned Israel's enlargement policy, the greater Israeli goal, Zionism, and the growing occupation of the Palestinian territories.
All this is happening in a country that likes to put its fingers at other countries on freedom of _expression_, freedom of _expression_, freedom of the press, international law and human rights.
Bodo Ramelow, a left-party politician and Vice-Speaker of the German Bundestag, said in a recent interview that he was sent photos from Gaza – photos of the children killed.
But instead of showing empathy or addressing the context of these atrocities, that person reduced Israel's atrocities only to these words: “This Hamas nonsense.”
This shows that the reality in Gaza has been horribly narrowed down and that even the left party spectrum in Germany has been taken a unilateral stance.
Baerbock, Greens and weapons shipments! Quietly to GAZZA!
Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that Israel "did the dirty work for us".
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
These words are not just a statement – they are a clear confession:
The German government is not neutral, it puts itself on the side of the attacker who is waging an extermination war against the Palestinian people.
Article 26 of the Constitution is clear: Wars of attack and their support are prohibited in Germany.
But Germany supports the war in Gaza and thus has already lost its credibility on the rule of law and human rights as accomplices of the war.
They stage themselves as a "democracy based on values".
But if “never again” only applies to Israelis, if it does not apply to Palestinians, what are these values?
German history obliges us to defend universal humanity – not selective, not opportunistic at all.
If responsibility is taken seriously, life is protected, war is prevented, human rights are defended.
Therefore, all shipments of weapons to Israel really need to be stopped – not just suspension of shipping permits.
Recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state – it is as binding as Israel's right to exist.
The strengthening of the International Criminal Court is necessary, even if it conducts an investigation both against Israel and against possible German involvement.
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
We are here today to demand responsibility – for the people in Gaza, their sufferings have very often been made invisible, even remained so for decades.
While many Western politicians stigmaze other states as autocracies and attect human rights violations to them, the systematic pressure of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices is censored and discredited in many states that adorn themselves with so-called “Western values”. This is simply hypocrisy.
The occupation in the West Bank continues, the settlement construction is being expanded, the exile and the dreams of Greater Israel are further destroying the Palestinians' lands – and none of this has led to a clear condemnation, Federal Congress decisions or serious political sanctions by the Germans.
“Never again” is not only valid for yesterday.
Valid for today.
It applies to Gaza.
Anyone who forgets this – morally, politically and historically – becomes an accomplice.
No one can say "We didn't know" afterwards.