German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies

www.aljazeera.com German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies

Government workers call on Germany and the Netherlands to stop arms deliveries due to human rights concerns.

According to the organisers of the five-page statement, around 600 civil servants have voiced support for the initiative, which has slowly been gathering traction for months through professional networks and word-of-mouth across a range of ministries.

The senior manager described a “climate of fear” within the civil service that the manager had “never experienced anything like in 15 years”. After internal complaints to ministers about supporting Israel’s war crimes dating from back in October, the manager was warned against talking about it. One director of development even advised against discussions via email, and suggested instead to only use phones so as not to leave a paper trail. “It has been hell for all of us,” said the manager, who singlehandedly gathered more than 100 signatures from colleagues and through professional networks.

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I wonder how long it’ll take the BND to identify them all. It would be a priority, given how their anonymous statement would render them constitutionally unsuitable to serve.
- Actually not unlikely that they’ll try identifying the people given that German institutions are infiltrated by literal Nazis. Actually, they have never have been properly removed in the first place.
  
  Needless to say being a nazi is something that renders you constitutionally unsuitable to serve, not being against a genocide.
The German Power elites never really stopped thinking the same as they did in the "old days" even while the rest of the population actually moved on into the XXI Century.
If you think you're violating your constitutional oath, you gotta stop drop and roll, not sign an anonymous letter.
- People: Do good thing while risking their jobs.
  
  Internet commenter: "What an awful thing, I surely would do more in that situation."
  
  I agree that more should happen, but I applaud these people for what they're doing.
  
  I'm making an ethical must statement, not an ethical ought statement. If you believe you're carrying out orders as a civil servant that violate your constitutional oath like they state in the letter you must resign. There's no gray area there.

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