Berlin’s backing for Israel in the current context has irrevocably ruined Germany’s international standing.

At the same time, as a result of Germany’s neoliberal restructuring, processes of de-democratisation have been ongoing for years.

The deliberate erosion of democracy has paved the way not only for the selective application of international law, but also for the restriction of fundamental rights within Germany itself.

The German population is firmly against their country’s participation in the extermination of the Palestinian people. In a recent poll, 73 percent said they had a negative view of Israel, while 80 percent have rejected further weapons exports to Israel. Despite this, German arms export licenses to Israel have surged, enabling the state to continue committing war crimes.

While the German government’s blatant disregard for the will of its own people already points to a process of de-democratisation, this is exacerbated by domestic restrictions on fundamental rights, including freedom of assembly, freedom of opinion and speech, and academic freedom, alongside violations of due process - all in the service of the Zionist slaughterers.

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    7 hours ago

    Do you want to dismantle Russia, China, Serbia, Turkey, France, UK, Japan, Canada, US, etc. then?

    Dismantling institutions isn’t going to do shit unless they are built upon genocidal ideology to begin with.

    In cases like the Greens, you simply need reappraisal and atonement.

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      6 hours ago

      I hope you understand that countries and political parties are incommensurable.

      As a voter you have the choice to boycott a party that is complicit in genocide, I would strongly argue you even have the moral duty to do so.

      In Germany there are multiple parties, you can vote for another. In Germany you have the right to found new parties and passive suffrage. The Greens can be dismantled wholly within legal and democratic means.