A diplomatic spat between German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated over the portrayal of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. During their meeting, Baerbock criticized the Israeli narrative that depicted life in Gaza as normal, showing images of people sunbathing and open food markets. She argued these did not represent the real conditions, pointing out the ongoing famine in the region. Netanyahu defended the images, asserting that they were not manipulated and rebuked comparisons to Nazi propaganda. He also raised his voice during the argument. The disagreement led to a formal complaint by Germany's ambassador to Israel, reflecting the tension between the two nations over this issue.
#German Foreign Minister #AnnalenaBaerbock and #Israeli Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu were involved in a heated argument over the humanitarian situation in the war-torn #GazaStrip. Watch for details https://t.co/dOUcSOMd8V
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Netanyahu starts yelling at the German Foreign Minister that he's not a Nazi, when nobody accused him of being a Nazi. Umm. https://t.co/1vNCbe8Ojk
🇮🇱🇩🇪⚡️ Israeli Channel 13: Netanyahu raised his voice at German Foreign Minister Baerbock when she rejected his claims and the pictures he presented regarding the situation in Gaza.
‘We’re not like the Nazis’: Netanyahu said to chide German FM on Gaza ‘famine’ remark https://t.co/4Tm06BTEt0
Germany’s ambassador to Israel complains to Benjamin Netanyahu’s office after reports of a spat between Israel's prime minister and Germany's Foreign Minister were published in the media https://t.co/t3ZedhF05C
Media coverage | According to Israeli media reports, a conversation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Germany’s foreign minister became "heated up" after Baerbock mentioned the famine in Gaza. The report stated that when Annalena offered to show Netanyahu and… https://t.co/HJdqbDTkKb
Reports of a big bust-up between Israel's PM and Germany's FM: She told him people are starving in Gaza, he showed her pix of Gazans sunbathing & open food markets, she said that's not representative of the situation, he responded that Israelis are not faking pics like Nazis
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock quarreled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Channel 13 journalist Moriah Assaf Wolberg said that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a heated argument over the… https://t.co/j8QFj8Rlu8
Meeting between Baerbock and Netanyahu became difficult, as did Cameron's with Katz. Baerbock reportedly recommended that Israel stop circulating the photos of life supposedly returning to normal in the Palestinian enclave “as they don’t portray the real situation in Gaza. There…