Kissinger on German Hamas Support Rally: "Painful... Due to Refugee Policy"

"Hamas' Goal Is to Mobilize the Arab World"

Henry Kissinger, the Jewish former U.S. Secretary of State, said that the protest supporting the Palestinian armed group Hamas held in Berlin, Germany, shows that Germany has accepted too many foreigners into the country, according to a report by the political media outlet Politico citing German broadcasts on the 12th (local time).

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According to the report, in an interview with Matthias D?pfner, CEO of Axel Springer, former Secretary Kissinger said, "It was a serious mistake to let in many people with completely different cultures, religions, and concepts," adding, "Because that creates internal interest groups within each country."

Born into a Jewish family in Germany, Kissinger fled Germany with his family in 1938 when the Nazis rose to power. He described seeing Arabs supporting Hamas's attack on Israel as "painful."

Regarding the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, Kissinger cited the example of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, saying, "The conflict in the Middle East risks drawing in other Arab countries due to popular pressure," and diagnosed Hamas's goal as "mobilizing the Arab world against Israel and deviating from the path of peaceful negotiations."

Additionally, Kissinger mentioned that if Israel considers Tehran (Iran) to have assisted in this attack, there is a possibility of taking measures against Iran. More broadly, he emphasized that Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Hamas's attack on Israel represent "a fundamental attack on the international system."

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