According to President Geingob, its former colonial master could not “morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the genocide in Namibia” and at the same time support Israel. In 2021, Berlin acknowledged committing genocide in Namibia between 1904 and 1908 when German colonizers massacred more than 70,000 Herero and Nama indigenous people. “The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil,” Geingob added. Berlin on Friday (12 January) said the accusation of genocide against Israel was completely unfounded and amounted to a “political instrumentalization” of the UN genocide convention. “In view of Germany’s history and the crime against humanity of the Holocaust, the government sees itself as particularly committed to the genocide convention,” it said.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 15, 2024 19:51 UTC