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Hierarchy of Goals: Germany's Gaza Policy
- Kemal İnat
- 5 Oca 2024
- 2 dakikada okunur
The course adopted by German decision-makers in the face of Israel’s attacks on Gaza clearly violates the principles of law, democracy, and human rights that Germany’s foreign policy claims to promote. It also exposes the fact that in the hierarchy of objectives, support for Israel is at the top with the protection of human rights and the promotion of freedoms lagging behind.
Decision-makers in Berlin have been severely criticized for their policy towards direct Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza, which appear to contradict Germany’s general foreign policy principles. The question and criticism regard why Germany, whose foreign policy advocates the development of democracy and the protection of human rights, which claims to promote a peaceful foreign policy, and which in the case of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict claims to advocate a two-state solution, openly supports Israel’s gross violations of human rights and its attempts to separate Gaza from Palestine.
A couple of observations on foreign policy might prove insightful for analyzing Berlin’s position. The first point to emphasize is that there is not always harmony between the principles expressed at the level of foreign policy discourse and the objectives pursued by a state. What is more, a country’s foreign policy objectives do not always serve its own interests. A number of internal or external factors can cause a country’s foreign policy to deviate from a rational line and foreign policy goals can be set that serve the interests of narrow but influential circles rather than the country’s national interests.
The following specific questions can be asked about Germany’s policy towards the Israeli attacks on Gaza: How can we evaluate Germany’s Gaza policy in terms of its foreign policy principles? What are the goals of Germany’s Gaza policy and what is the hierarchy, i.e., the order of priority, between these goals? To what extent do these goals and the path Berlin is taking to achieve them serve German interests?
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