Marian Wendt (MdB, CDU): As Israel strides toward peace, Germany must get off the sidelines – We need to stop castigating the Jewish state, admit the Oslo process is no longer viable, and embrace structural change in the Middle East | Timesofisrael

The establishment of Israel in May 1948 in the aftermath of the Shoah stands like nothing else for Jews’ self-evident right to exist and the protection of Jewish life. Ever since, however, Israel has also been a modern Sparta, a nation-state located in an enemy desert, akin to a fortress, the survival of which depends on its internal cohesion and its military strength…