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Resolution A/RES/ES-10/22 adopted by the UN General Assembly on Dec. 12, 2023, demands “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” and urges all parties to “comply with their obligations under international law.” It calls for an “immediate and unconditional” hostage release and “humanitarian access.” While 153 states voted in favor of this resolution, Germany abstained, along with the United Kingdom and 21 other states. 

A few days later, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her British counterpart David Cameron called half-heartedly for a kind of conditional ceasefire.

Instead of sending a frigate to the Red Sea, Germany should call on Israel and the Palestinian militant groups in Gaza to respect international humanitarian law and to immediately implement a permanent ceasefire. This implies the instant end of Israel’s disproportionate and indiscriminate military campaign, its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the immediate release of all hostages.

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