Nadene Goldfoot
Recent reports indicate that Germany is not planning to recognize a Palestinian state in the short term. This stance is distinct from other countries such as France, the UK, Canada, and Australia, which have indicated their intention to recognize a Palestinian state, potentially at the UN General Assembly in September. Germany's government has stated that its priority is to make progress towards a two-state solution, and it sees the recognition of Palestine as one of the final steps in that process. Germany has emphasized the importance of Israel's security, and its government's current position is that recognition of a Palestinian state should be the culmination of a negotiated peace process, not a premature action. 
Those recognizing another Muslim State, Palestine, in September. Green shows those who will do it. Yellow is pending. Gray is do not recognize. Australia is the latest country to have said it is ready to bestow recognition on a Palestinian state. In late July and August 2025, Australia, Canada, and France announced plans to recognize Palestine as a state at the upcoming UN General Assembly in September 2025.
Of the 193 states in the UN, 147 already have decided without the forethought of Germany to recognize a Palestine. While the German government maintains this position, there has been a shift in public opinion within Germany, with a recent poll indicating that a majority of Germans (54%) support recognizing a Palestinian state. 
Liquidation of Jewish bodies from gassing
Germany's mind-set brought on the Holocaust that caused 6 million Jews to lose their lives, and since then, the German guilt has caused its younger population to help bring about aid to create Israel.
Germany was one of the first countries that Jews of Judea populated after the Roman attack on Jerusalem in 70 CE that caused the burning of the Temple, city and destruction of the people. Over one million Jews died, and many of those died from starvation as that's how the Romans killed many of them first.
During the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE), particularly the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, estimates of Jewish deaths range from under 300,000 to over 1 million. While some historians like Josephus claim over a million deaths, these figures are debated and considered inflated. The most commonly cited figure is around 600,000, including those who died from famine and disease, according to Roman historian Tacitus.
In addition to those killed, an estimated 97,000 Jews were taken captive, according to Facts and Details. The war also resulted in widespread destruction and loss of life in other parts of Palestine. 
Ancient Germanic People discovered by Romans: The first major contact between the Romans and Germanic peoples occurred in the late 2nd century BCE, when Germanic tribes began invading Roman territories. This initial interaction was marked by conflict, particularly with the Cimbri and Teutones tribes. Later, Julius Caesar's commentaries on the Gallic Wars provide the first written record of the term "Germanic" and describe their territories east of the Rhine.
The term "barbarian" was a Roman label for groups outside their culture, including the Germanic tribes. While the Romans viewed them as uncivilized and warlike, the relationship was complex, involving conflict, trade, and even military service for some Germanic individuals within the Roman Empire. The Germanic tribes' incursions and eventual settlement within Roman territories contributed to the Western Roman Empire's decline.
In ancient German history, the relationship with Rome was a complex mix of conflict and cooperation. While the Romans expanded into parts of Germany, particularly along the Rhine and Danube rivers, they never fully conquered the entire region, which they called Germania. The Germanic tribes, in turn, both resisted Roman advances and engaged in trade and even military service within the Roman Empire. This sounds a lot like Judea's history with Romans.
Following the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE, some Jews migrated to the Rhineland area of Germany, primarily as refugees or captives, contributing to the formation and growth of Jewish communities there. While the exact number is unknown, this migration, along with earlier Jewish presence in the region, led to the establishment of Jewish communities in cities like Cologne.
Cause: The primary reason for Jewish migration to the Rhineland was the aftermath of the Roman destruction of Jerusalem. Specifically: Some Jews were taken as prisoners of war and transported to various parts of the Roman Empire, including Italy, from where they later migrated to other areas. Jewish communities in the Roman Empire were involved in trade and commerce, and some Jews likely migrated to the Rhineland for economic opportunities.
Tacitus, in his 98 CE(AD) work “Germany” as well as other Roman scholars never described the Germans with a sense of “fear”.. instead they very specifically describe them as "vigorous at the first onset but not tolerant of exhausting labour, tolerant of hunger and cold, but not of heat or thirst”. It would be unfathomable in the Roman context to describe them as “fearsome”. In fact, they were very settled people.
It was here in the Rhineland that Jews picked up the German language and combined it with their Hebrew and possibly Aramaic, which had started to replaceHebrew in some communities. Yiddish emerged as a distinct language around the 10th century in the Rhineland region of Germany, as Jewish communities from France and Italy migrated there and combined their languages with the local Germanic dialects. This process of language formation is considered to have taken
place over several centuries.
Jews in Germany in 13th century
In 13th century Germany, Jewish men were required to wear a distinctive, pointed hat, often called a "Judenhut" or "Jewish hat," as a form of public identification and segregation. This practice, along with other discriminatory measures, was formalized at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, which decreed that Jews should be visually distinguishable from Christians. 
The hat served as a visual marker, similar to the yellow badge that would later be imposed, to prevent "confusion" and prevent "accidental" interactions between Christians and Jews.
There were already Jewish communities in parts of the Roman Empire, including Italy, from which some Jews likely migrated to the Rhineland. A theory suggests that Jews migrated from Italy, where they had established communities, to the Rhineland during the Late Roman Empire. Early Jewish settlements in the Rhineland were often near the Rhine River, with some Jews settling on the eastern bank. Over time, these settlements grew into well-established Jewish communities, particularly in cities like Cologne. In the early 4th century, the legal status of Jews in Cologne was similar to that of Jews in other parts of the Roman Empire, indicating a recognized presence. .jpg%20Crusaders.jpg)
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Along the Rhine River developed cities such as Mainz, Worms, Speyer with Jews. The first Crusade (1096-1099) attacks were made on Jews in Northern France and especially in the Rhineland where massacres occurred in the cities along theRhine River. Reports of the Crusade told of a rise to a messianic ferment, causingthe capture of Jerusalem in 1099 when Jews were massacred.
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