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German chancellor Angela Merkel: Imperfect Iran deal is better than no deal at all
Neville Chamberlain said the same thing of Nazi Germany.
In the wake of the mass Muslim migration into Europe (at Merkel’s invitation), antisemitism is rampant in Germany. The least likely remedy would be to sanction the nuclearizing the world’s most antisemitic nation and world’s leading state sponsor of terror.
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Merkel: Imperfect Iran deal is better than no deal at all
In special Independence Day interview, the German chancellor discusses antisemitism, Mideast peace and Berlin’s pledge to maintain Israel’s national security.By Jerusalem Post, April 22, 2018 20:00
“I can understand the great concern in Israel about what Iran is doing. We just have different opinions over the question of how best to eradicate the threat,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview aired Sunday on Israel’s Channel 1 News.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that the agreement between the West and Iran does not provide the security that he would like for Israel. We are of the opinion that the existing framework, though not perfect, is preferable to having no agreement at all,” said Merkel. “We will continue to discuss this. Germany will be very careful to ensure that the [P5+1] agreement is honored.”
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Merkel added that Tehran merely abiding by the nuclear deal does not take care of all the concerns. “We are very concerned about Iran’s ballistic missile program. That’s why we are having discussions, also with Britain, France and the United States on this issue,” Merkel said.
When asked about Berlin’s decision not to take part in the American-British-French attack a week ago in Syria, in response to the Assad regime using chemical gas against its own people, Merkel said that while she recognized the significance of maintaining the Chemical Weapons Convention, which was established in the wake of World War I, Germany had other roles as part of what she referred to as the “Western union.”
“We have a division of labor. There are things that countries like France, Britain and the US are doing, as in this case. There are other things in which the US or other countries rely on us to do, things like staying in Afghanistan, for example, or that we take responsibility in Mali… We said that this operation was both necessary and proportionate,” Merkel said.
In a rare reference to the so-called “submarines affair,” an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in Israeli military procurement from Germany, Merkel said: “This is a question that needs to be investigated in Israel, and they are looking into it. Israel is a state of law and it will provide the necessary answers.”
“What’s important is the issue of Germany’s motivation to support Israel by supplying it with advanced submarines,” the German chancellor said. “It is a long tradition that didn’t start during my term, but began with my predecessors. It is a tradition of commitment to the security of Israel. We believe these submarines are a concrete contribution to this, everything else must be clarified in Israel itself.”
Touching on the rise of antisemitism in Europe in general and in Germany in particular, Merkel said that she felt burdened by the fact that her country has not yet managed to completely wipe out antisemitism and warned of an increase in antisemitism as a result of the massive influx of immigrants to Germany, many of whom arrived from the Middle East.
“We have new phenomena, like refugees, or people of Arab origin, who bring with them a different form of antisemitism,” said Merkel. “But unfortunately, antisemitism was also here before. We are sad about the fact that dozens of years after the establishment of the Federal Republic there is no Jewish kindergarten, no school and no synagogue that doesn’t have police protection.”
When asked whether she will follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and announce the transfer of the German Embassy to Jerusalem, Merkel replied: “I think we should continue to work toward a two-state solution despite the great difficulty and rare successes. The status of Jerusalem can only be determined in this context. Therefore, we are not transferring the embassy to Jerusalem. We want a Jewish and democratic Israel, but we also want a viable state for the Palestinians.”
When asked whether Jerusalem would be the capital of a future Palestinian state, Merkel replied that: “This is precisely what we need to negotiate, that’s exactly the difficulty, and I would like for political talks on this matter to take place.”
At the end of the Channel 10 interview, Merkel unveiled plans to visit Israel in the coming months. “It has been a long time since I was in Israel and I plan to be back sometime in the second half of this year,” she said.
Merkel concluded by congratulating Israel and its citizens on the occasion of its 70th birthday.
“Israel is a country where the founding fathers made huge achievements and the citizens of today continue to do so. Israel’s security is constantly threatened and therefore I have repeatedly emphasized, also because of the continuing responsibility we have in the wake of the Holocaust, that Israel’s security is part of Germany’s national interest,” she said.
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53 Comments
6 years ago
Insanity rules Germany’s fools…
5 years ago
“Neville Chamberlain said the same thing of Nazi Germany.” …
Exactly what I thought when I saw the headline …
6 years ago
Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words. The fact that Adolf Merkel welcomed in millions of Muslims that she knows damned well hold deeply anti-Jewish hatred into Germany speaks loud and clear as to what she really believes. She’s Hitler in a skirt and is destroying Germany.
5 years ago
Reply to
Ebayer
Germany is already responsible for two world wars. They are easily persuadable to join or facilitate strong leaders or ideology’s that want to take over the world and subjugate people through violence and coercion.
6 years ago
Reply to
Ebayer
Merkel frequently makes the Illuminati pyramid with her hands. (Look at some of her pictures). She belongs so some “New World Order” and wants to build a world-wide totalitarian government controlled by a few elites.
6 years ago
Reply to
Lamarr01
Basic body language that has nothing to do with the illuminati pyramid
The hand steeple, where the fingers are making a little “roof top”, is showing a lot of confidence. This hand gesture is very popular with lawyers, politicians and priests (it does resemble praying, don’t you think?) and while it shows great confidence, you should not use it when you’re trying to gain someone’s trust… the hand steeple can make you look arrogant and smug. It does show strength when negotiating.
6 years ago
IT seems Murky has only one thing in mind. DESTROY Germany at all cost or turn it into an Islamic State so they can ATTACK America and Israel.
She is DEMON driven and obsessed with her anus.
6 years ago
You can count the neurons remaining in her head on one hand.
As for her plans to visit Israel…… I think she has to be invited first.
6 years ago
merkel is a whore of islam and tool of iran. Her only interest is in pleasing her islamic masters, the rest of the world can take the path she made to hell.
6 years ago
Reply to
Dennis Durkop
As illustrated by merkel who has allowed the murder of germans by muslims who are allowed to do so as part of their culture.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
To give you an idea of what is coming from the more violent fake Muslim refugees against the native German people over the past 10 years over 4,500 Americans have been murdered by illegal Latinos! I believe the German government has reversed the knife and gun control laws in German so you can buy about anything but getting the license is still a bear. The German people need to manufacture their own weapons in secret which is no different than police discovering about 500 rifles hidden by illegal Muslim migrants near a mosque in December of 2016; that was the main catalyst for reversal of the gun control laws.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Amen, Suresh, sad but true. The other Lemming-like nations will follow Merkel and her Fourth Reich into the abyss. Merkel is scum, a traitor not only to Germany but the entirety of Western Democracies. This smug faced traitor deserves to be burned at the stake. It would likely be denied because of its affect on the world’s climate.
Islam is howling with glee, handing out sweets to the children who are aspirant martyrs.
Yet, the Western MSM and the governments continue to overlook or deny any atrocities and the malignant machinations perpetrated by Islam upon the West and The State of Israel. If the Leftist dullards believe it is only the Jews that are in peril, then, they are pathetic miscreants in need of a brain-transplant.
6 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
west european brains will be in great demand for transplants as they are good as new, having never been used.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
She is a female Hitler and he target is the GERMAN people who keep voting her in .
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Go figure I thought the German people were smarter and stronger much stronger than this its looking like they also are just plain stupid !
6 years ago
Thing is,Ms. Merkle, we don’t want a geographical ‘state’ for Palestinians.Tell them to reside in Syria.
6 years ago
Reply to
robert v g
The Syrians don’t want the Palestinians either. After 70 years, Palestinians live in refugee camps in Lebanon. The Lebanon government won’t allow Palestinians to bring construction materials into the camps because they are afraid the Palestinians might build “permanent” buildings.
6 years ago
Only Merkel and her EU comrades would come to this conclusion. Until, in the near future a missile nails and annihilates Berlin, Paris or London. There is something amiss, this woman is immoral, that’s a given, a traitor of Western democracy, that’s confirmed; next one must ask are the German electorate imbecilic, sheep-like, or aimless, wandering zombies waiting for the Apocalypse? The EU is an autocracy with France, Germany and the Satan worshipers of Belgium leading millions to a heinous end. It is too late, I believe, for the EU States, Islamization is near completion with the exception of Hungary and Poland. Thanks to Fuhrer Merkel the Final Solution is nearing its end. It will not only be Jews, however, who will be eradicated; Christians, and other non-Muslim religions, even non-believers, especially leftist progressives.
6 years ago
Obama’s disastrous Iran deal wasn’t made with the Iranians, they didn’t even sign onto the document. It was a deal with the EU, especially Germany which wanted to trade with Iran and strengthen ties.
The “Iran Deal” was in reality an appeasement of European Antisemitism.
6 years ago
Merkel can believe one of two things; one, that Islam is malevolent to the West and cannot be assimilated but instead cause civil war, or two, that Islam is not malevolent to the West and can be assimilated. To me and so many others, Islam is malevolent and Western countries must pass laws to keep muslims under 1% of the population. Merkel, if she secretly believes Islam is malevolent, she is a traitor conspiring to destroy her country. I believe this is the right belief about Merkel. So of course, she has no problem with the Iran treaty.
6 years ago
Reply to
Jon Sobieski
She needs money to finance this nightmare. Iran is another source for money and trade.
5 years ago
A bad pact with the Devil is better than no pact at all?
6 years ago
Merkel is twit that refuses to admit that the Moslems are a direct threat to western culture. The Muslim heathens must be eliminated. We need to start NOW.
6 years ago
Macron: US must not pull troops out of Syria or ditch Iran nuclear deal
Apr 22, 2018 @ 22:13
http://www.debka.com/mivzak/macron-us-must-not-pull-troops-out-of-syria-or-ditch-iran-nuclear-deal/
“France’s President Emmanuel Macron and US Donald Trump will hash out their disagreements during Macron’s visit to Washington starting Monday, the first state visit by a foreign leader during the Trump presidency. Macron, in a Fox interview ahead of the visit, urged the US president not to abandon the nuclear deal on May 12, because “there is no plan B.” The pullback of US troops from Syria would “leave the floor” to Iran, ISIS and Bashar Assad, the French president warned and there would be more killing. He defined President Trump as a player of “last resorts” and an “indispensable player” on the world stage. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Washington this week to add her voice to Macron’s in favor of sticking with the Iran nuclear deal.”
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Macron has terrible handlers
– he shows up in the US and immediately offends everyone
– as if rescuing France 3 times in one century wasn’t irritating enough
– WWI, WWII, and Cold War.
5 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
– France has NO troops in Syria, but wants US to stay
– France has ‘peacekeepers’ in S Lebanon [UNIFIL]
– who do nothing to stop Hezbollah re-armament
– France is being overwhelmed by Islamist murderers
– while the French fiddle with ‘the perfect croissant’
– and act arrogant
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yeah, everyone else wants the U.S. to fight THEIR wars when we have NO national interest in it and the middle east will NEVER have peace. Over due for the U.S. to GET OUT!
6 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
felix:
– step one for France is to increase its mil budget
– should be 3.3% of GDP, same as the US
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yahoo search results for ‘France was not ready’
= 62,100,000 results
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
The U.S. needs to GET OUT OF SYRIA!
Let the Syrians handle their own wars.
Supply the Kurds and LEAVE.
Put OUR TROOPS on OUR BORDER!
6 years ago
Another example of wholesale European suicide
6 years ago
Angela has done such an outstanding job in Germany she is now going to ‘share her knowledge’ with the world………………..yeah my a$$
6 years ago
Carpet Bombed Iran is better than No Iran at all
6 years ago
Remind me again – why is it that we should give a shi+ what Angela Merkel thinks about ANYTHING?
D
6 years ago
That’s what Germany did for Adolph Hitler, is she related?
6 years ago
” German chancellor Merkel: Bad Iran deal is better than no deal at all ”
She said as she watches proudly as der fatherland sinks into its self created quagmire.
6 years ago
You end and get rid of a bad deal, you stupid woman!
6 years ago
Even in the days of WW2, the Germans always preferred the Muslims to the Jews. Hitler himself had respect for many Arab and Islamic leaders.
6 years ago
With McMaster’s GONE, Trump will either dump the deal or renegotiate it.
Why would Germany care? Germany has already submitted to Iran and supplies CHEMICAL WEAPONS to Iran. She is on the side of Muslims.
Germany sold technology to Iran for use in Syrian chemical …
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 5, 2018 2
Germany sold technology to Iran for use in Syrian chemical attacks … UN chemical weapons experts inspect alleged chemical …
Germany is Iran’s largest and most important EU trade partner. German exports to Iran increased in 2017 by 19%, amounting to just under €2.4 billion in export volume. The country’s Iran regime-friendly foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel has traveled with two business delegations to Iran to boost trade.
6 years ago
“We want a Jewish and democratic Israel, but we also want a viable state for the Palestinians.”
A Jewish and democratic Israel and a viable Palestinian state are mutually exclusive, suggesting otherwise is either naive / infantile or just thinly veiled Antisemitism
“Israel’s security is constantly threatened and therefore I have repeatedly emphasized, also because of the continuing responsibility we have in the wake of the Holocaust, that Israel’s security is part of Germany’s national interest,” (A. Merkel)
If Merkel really thought that the above is true she would:
a) At a minimum, not support the myriad, decades long Antisemitic abuse of Israel in the UN (not to mention defending Israel from the Muslim Antisemites in the UN…)
b) At a minimum, tell the Palestinians that they MUST seriously compromise on their absurd, non starter demands re “67 borders”, Jerusalem and “right of return”
c) Stop supporting (support that runs in the billions of Euros cumulatively over the years from several EU members) the dozens of far left, Antisemitic, EU / German / Israeli NGO’s that are engaged in blatant, anti Israeli sedition
d) Change course re the miserable Iran deal
The fact that post Holocaust Germany has and still is trying to push Israel into a strategic corner (both the current “Two State Solution” and the disastrous Iran deal) that would seriously jeopardize Israels security / future sustainability while coddling with political Islam (both the “Muslim Brotherhood” and Iran), indicates that Merkel’s Germany is at best agnostic to Israel’s future well being and at worst, just wants to erode Israel’s long term sustainability on the behest / coercion of global Islam and the Antisemitic German left that wants to rid itself from the stain of the Holocaust and the guilt / image associated with it
6 years ago
Reply to
Tilt
We want a Jewish and democratic Israel, but we also want a viable state for the Palestinians.”
Another oxymoron enters our vocabulary courtesy of A. Merkel.
6 years ago
All this political double talk from the leader of the country that introduced mustard gas to the world during WWI and hasn’t won a war since before that.
5 years ago
Dear Merkel: Stop whining and help fix it
– waits till the last minute, then says something useless
D
6 years ago
Believes in 2-state. Hence delusional.
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
I wonder if the people who promulgate the lie of the two-state final solution really believe it? You would think 70 years of unending islamic terrorism in Israel would be a clue…
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
Let her save own country if she can. she can’t so her statements are a joke.
And Dems were paid by Iranian lobbyists to support Nuke deal http://tinyurl.com/mcake4d
And their holdovers still support it .
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
It’s a mantra to them
– if they say it often enough
– the problem might go away
