Germany to give Holocaust survivors $236 payout to help them cope with October 7 attacksNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.world – 146 points – 2 months agoedition.cnn.com18Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all comments25 million, that's a few percent of the over 350 million of revenue Germany made from selling weapons to Israel [1]. This is a symbolic gesture to keep up good relations with the state of Israel. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rights-lawyers-go-court-stop-german-arms-deliveries-israel-2024-04-05/Given that one third of Israeli Holocaust survivors are living in poverty, a couple hundred bucks for each are more than just symbolic: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/one-third-of-israeli-holocaust-survivors-live-in-poverty-advocates-say4 more...
25 million, that's a few percent of the over 350 million of revenue Germany made from selling weapons to Israel [1]. This is a symbolic gesture to keep up good relations with the state of Israel. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rights-lawyers-go-court-stop-german-arms-deliveries-israel-2024-04-05/Given that one third of Israeli Holocaust survivors are living in poverty, a couple hundred bucks for each are more than just symbolic: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/one-third-of-israeli-holocaust-survivors-live-in-poverty-advocates-say4 more...
Given that one third of Israeli Holocaust survivors are living in poverty, a couple hundred bucks for each are more than just symbolic: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/one-third-of-israeli-holocaust-survivors-live-in-poverty-advocates-say
25 million, that's a few percent of the over 350 million of revenue Germany made from selling weapons to Israel [1]. This is a symbolic gesture to keep up good relations with the state of Israel.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rights-lawyers-go-court-stop-german-arms-deliveries-israel-2024-04-05/
Given that one third of Israeli Holocaust survivors are living in poverty, a couple hundred bucks for each are more than just symbolic:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/one-third-of-israeli-holocaust-survivors-live-in-poverty-advocates-say