[1] Feel free to mentally replace similar with any other word that you think more accurately compares the two scenarios.
I would say that Israel is historically worried about the fact that his enemies want it to make it disappear. There are many things to criticize from them but this is the basic premise.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/israel...
https://www.thefire.org/news/combat-anti-semitism-house-bill...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/us-house-passes-cont...
Germany accounted for 30% of Israel's arms imports between 2019 and 2023. In 2023 it accounted for 47% of Israel's total imports of conventional arms.
Between October 2023 and May 2025, Germany greenlighted the delivery of weapons and military equipment worth €485m to Israel
They since stopped the export of weaponry 'used in gaza' but it's naive in the extreme to accept assurances from the incumbent Israeli government to the contrary.
https://news.sky.com/story/germany-is-one-of-israels-stronge...
N.B. Israel continues to illegally carry weapons through Irish airspace, and kindly refers our government agency to El Al's Legal department on inquiry.
https://www.ontheditch.com/israels-national-airline-departme...
Because that's not the reason (Israel primarily imports weaponry and munitions from the US and India [0]).
The issue is the other way around. A significant portion of Germany's ground AD and defensive systems are sourced from Israel- most notably the Arrow 3 missile shield [1] deal that recently went through. Germany is heavily dependent on Israeli cybersecurity companies as well [2]. Germany is also subsidizing Arrow 3 sales to Ukraine [3].
Protecting your nations citizens always trumps morality, and in Germany's case, it's become even more critical after what happened in Poland this week.
[0] - https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs17/import/isr/show...
[1] - https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/06/09/israel-...
[2] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-s...
[3] - https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/israel-sells-missiles-to-ge...
Such groups are so strong in Germany that Hitler used them to strenghten the power of his discourse.
Recognizing Israel / the Jews are the ones now doing Genocide would *in the sight of the extremist groups* prove their belief that Hitler was right / the Jews are the devil. (I repeat, in their regard, not mine)
Therefore, my opinion is that the official stance in Germany must be "historical responsability" mainly not for the sake of the Jews, but for the stability of the society.
I apologize for basically repeating myself. I just wanted to refer to the conspiracy theories you mentioned because calling them that is, ironically, constructive.
On the flip side Germany did a huge amount to bring solar power into large scale usage.
