Tel Aviv
\nGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Monday for a permanent end to the violence in the Gaza Strip and stressed that long-term security for Israel goes hand in hand with lasting security for Palestinians.
\n\u201cLasting security for all Israelis will only be possible if there is lasting security for Palestinians,\u201d she said, and vice-a-versa.
\n\u201cOne is not possible without the other,\u201d Baerbock told the Herzliya Security Conference in Tel Aviv. The meeting was organized by the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Reichman University in Tel Aviv.
\nWays had to be found to halt the violence in Gaza to create durable security, Baerbock said. This was the aim of all talks in Israel, whether with US, European or Arab partners, she said.
\nReferring to Germany\u2019s reacceptance into the international community after World War II, Baerbock said Germany knew how important broad and long-term international engagement was for efforts of this kind.
\nTurning to her Israeli audience, she said that Germany wanted to be there for Israel in the way its partners had been there for Germany at the time.
\nBaerbock repeated her call for the Israeli government to respect human rights and international law in its military operations in the Gaza Strip. She termed reports of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners disturbing, while also demanding that Hamas ended \u201cthis horror\u201d and release all its hostages.
\nHamas had attempted to destroy Israel\u2019s security and its legitimacy and to unleash regional escalation with the aid of its international supporters, she said.
\nBaerbock also going to Ramallah, Beirut
\nThe visit was Baerbock\u2019s eighth since the October 7 attacks by Hamas. A meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz is planned in Jerusalem.
\nOn Tuesday, talks are planned in Ramallah with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mohammed Mustafa, on the situation in the West Bank and the PA\u2019s reform efforts.
\nOn Tuesday evening, Baerbock plans to speak with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the country\u2019s capital Beirut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tel Aviv German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Monday for a permanent end to the violence in the Gaza Strip and stressed that long-term security for Israel goes hand in hand with lasting security for Palestinians. \u201cLasting security for all Israelis will only be possible if there is lasting security for Palestinians,\u201d she said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-414596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n