The German press comments on Tuesday (05.08.25) including the situation of hostages and the announcement by the EU of possible steps in Israel.
That would be part anti-Semitic boycott.
"Long before Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel there were calls for boycotts of Israeli companies, artists and universities. The arguments cited here are highly imaginative. It is different erstwhile Israeli researchers are called up to be excluded from the EU backing programme "Horizon Europe", writes "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung".
"The European Commission is in favour of the partial cancellation of specified financing opportunities. This would affect about EUR 200 million, especially Israeli start-ups conducting investigation in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and drone technology. It would not be comic at all, in part anti-Semitic boycotts of uninvolved people, retailers of consumer goods or universities, most of which do not belong to the Netanyahu camp," the Frankfurt paper observes.
Sanctions? It's hard.
"What can the national Republic of Germany do to alleviate suffering?" wonders the commentator "Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung" from Heidelberg in the south of Germany. "In diplomacy, abroad Minister (Johann) Wadephul has just reached his limits. Chancellor and minister put everything on 1 card – speech changed. Symbolically, too. A drop of food from the air can only bring a tiny improvement, but it is simply a signal that Germany sees the suffering of Palestinians," the paper says.
"The initiative of Hanover and Bonn, who want to accept traumatised children, besides falls into this category. What else? Germany, which does not calculate what weapons go to Israel, could not supply weapons intended for attack. Sanctions? It is difficult, given the Nazi past of this country, which has already refused to buy from Jews – which has led to the top crime against humanity in history. Ergo: besides this area can only be obtained through words" – we read.
In turn, the “Frankenpost” of Hof, Bavaria, complains to the German authorities that they are diplomatically not doing adequate to free a fewer Germans who are inactive being held hostage in the Gaza Strip: “Diplomation is usually successful erstwhile acting quietly. That's right. But are we truly making all effort to get the hostages back to their families? The best insurance policy abroad should be to guarantee that the state stands by its citizens. If this support always works as 'good' as in the case of German hostages, then it is better to pray before any abroad journey to avoid being in a situation where you gotta trust on the aid of your government. Then you can be left to yourself. And that is not good at all.”
Hamas continues his game
"Hamas has just reminded us of the pictures of the thinned people: he is inactive holding Israelis and citizens of another states hostage; he is besides holding about 2 million people in the Gaza Strip as leverage. While people flee, starve and die, militants dig underground and proceed their cynical game. Fuel is utilized for rockets, hospitals are missing it. specified priorities!” writes “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” from Lower Saxony.
"Unilateral designation of the incapacitated Palestinian State is dangerous. There must be another way to suspend weapons in the Gaza Strip. It starts with Hamas laying down his weapon and yet releasing the hostages. It is best for all 2 million people in the Gaza Strip at once," we read.
