{"id":281910,"date":"2025-09-26T18:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-wont-recognize-palestine-yet-berlin-briefing\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:05:56","slug":"why-germany-wont-recognize-palestine-yet-berlin-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-wont-recognize-palestine-yet-berlin-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany won&#8217;t recognize Palestine (yet)\u00a0| Berlin Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/u-XomDs0_Ek\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Germany won't recognize Palestine (yet)\u00a0| Berlin Briefing\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-XomDs0_Ek\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>157 UN member states have recognized Palestine as a state. Not Germany. Or not yet? The German government says it supports a two-state solution, but it insists that recognition must come at the end of a peace process\u2014not before. So what&#8217;s standing in the way? And what would it take for Friedrich Merz and his cabinet to change their stance? To unpack Germany\u2019s delicate balancing act, host Nina Haase is joined by DW\u2019s top Middle East experts Sarah Hofmann and Aya Ibrahim as well as Michaela K\u00fcfner, who joins from New York, where German foreign minister Johann Wadephul is having one of his busier weeks at the United Nations General Assembly. <\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n04:33 Germany\u2019s Position<br \/>\n07:26 Staatsr\u00e4son<br \/>\n10:41 Historical Context<br \/>\n13:44 Olaf Scholz<br \/>\n14:09 How Germany\u2019s position changed<br \/>\n18:41 Friedrich Merz<br \/>\n20:55 International Law<br \/>\n29:20 Donald Trump<br \/>\n33:35 Two-State Solution?<br \/>\n36:00 United Nations<br \/>\n42:00 Outlook<br \/>\n46:23 End<\/p>\n<p>DW Berlin Briefing on<\/p>\n<p>Apple Podcasts: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics\/id1775699172<\/p>\n<p>Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ<\/p>\n<p>RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https:\/\/rss.dw.com\/xml\/podcast_Berlin_Briefing<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/top-stories\/s-9097<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media: \u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews\/ \u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews \u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/ \u25baTwitter: https:\/\/x.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>157 UN member states have recognized Palestine as a state. Not Germany. Or not yet? The German government says it supports a two-state solution, but it insists that recognition must come at the end of a peace process\u2014not before. So what&#8217;s standing in the way? And what would it take for Friedrich Merz and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":281911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129040,129734,129402],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-281910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-have","tag-member","tag-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Germany won&#039;t recognize Palestine (yet)\u00a0| Berlin Briefing | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why Germany won&#039;t recognize Palestine (yet)\u00a0| Berlin Briefing for free, here on News ISC. 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