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The president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, Charlotte Knobloch, does not share the growing criticism of Israel’s lack of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
“Once the hostages are free, we can talk about everything,” the Holocaust survivor told dpa in Munich, in reference to the need for aid convoys in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Her top concern is the fate of the Israeli hostages – “but this issue, which has caused the current situation, is unfortunately hardly on the agenda anymore in this country,” she said.<\/p>\n
Knobloch is a well-known Jewish leader in Germany, who has served as the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and led the Munich and Upper Bavaria communities for 40 years.<\/p>\n
Chancellor expressed doubts about Israel’s actions<\/strong><\/p>\n Knobloch stated that she does not share the doubts recently voiced by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz about Israel’s actions.<\/p>\n “It is the terrorists who caused this unspeakable suffering and continue to prolong it to this day,” she said.<\/p>\n Merz had previously stated that even in the fight against Palestinian Islamist Hamas terrorism, Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian civilian population “increasingly in recent days” could not be justified.<\/p>\n Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul went further, announcing potential consequences. He told the Munich-based S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that he would review and possibly restrict German arms deliveries due to Israel’s actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n Israel has come under rising worldwide criticism for what some governments and many human rights organizations say is a deliberate effort to use starvation as a tool of war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n