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Your father was a good writer. I am even more impressed after reading his previous story about having to leave school at such a young age in order to work hard to feed his family. Reading this passage, I think about what Palestinians must be suffering right now in Gaza just as the Germans suffered in WWII. It also makes me wonder if the German government is taking any interest in feeding Palestinians since its people suffered food privation after the last Great War.

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Chancellor Scholz is about as thoughtless as Harry when he asked Fried about not having food.

He doesn't consider Palestinians enemies though. It's rather that he's obsessed with the idea that Germany has to stand with Israel no matter what as part of a debt to the Jews Germany has to pay.

Recognising the guilt of the current Israeli government would put him in a serious dilemma.

Acknowledging this dilemma and actually finding a way deal with this war on a decent way would be desperately needed, sadly I don't see that happening.

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