Overview

• In Berlin, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul pledged that Germany will continue arms deliveries to Israel despite growing international calls for an embargo.
• Wadephul labeled Israel’s recent approval of 22 new West Bank settlements illegal under international law and detrimental to the two-state solution.
• He issued an urgent plea for Israel to permit unrestricted humanitarian aid to Gaza in accordance with international law.
• Israeli FM Gideon Saar advocated for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to bypass UN channels, arguing it could prevent aid diversion by Hamas.
• Demonstrations at the Foreign Ministry and reports of an antisemitic incident every hour underscored domestic tensions during Saar’s visit.