Hamas' attack against Israel being celebrated on the streets of Berlin indicates that Germany has let too many foreigners into the country, according to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
"It was a grave mistake to let in so many people of totally different culture and religion and concepts, because it creates a pressure group inside each country that does that," the 100-year-old ex-top American diplomat said in an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner for Germany's Welt TV. Axel Springer is POLITICO's parent company.
German-born Kissinger --- who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, and went on to become the architect of American foreign policy during the Vietnam War --- said that it was "painful," in response to a question about seeing Arabs in Berlin celebrating last weekend's assault on Israel.
In a surprise attack that started on Saturday morning, Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and abducting dozens more, while firing rockets at cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel has since hit back by commencing a siege of Gaza and firing its own barrage of retaliatory missiles, killing hundreds of Palestinians.
Hamas' "open act of aggression" must be met with "some penalty," Kissinger said --- while warning about the potential for dangerous escalation in the region.
"The Middle East conflict has the danger of escalating and bringing in other Arab countries under the pressure of their public opinion," Kissinger warned, while pointing to the lessons learned from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, during which an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria attacked Israel.
The real goal of Hamas and its supporters "can only be to mobilize the Arab world against Israel and to get off the track of peaceful negotiations," Kissinger said.
It is also "possible" that Israel could take action against Iran, if it considers Tehran to have had a hand in perpetrating the attack, the former top diplomat added.
More broadly, Kissinger said, Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine coupled with Hamas' attack on Israel represent a "fundamental attack on the international system."
This article has been updated to make clear that Kissinger was a Jewish refugee.
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Imagine being 100 years old, having a physique reminiscent of melted ice cream, and still being towards the top of global seethe power rankings. Good for him.
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I hope he makes it to 110 becoming a supercentenarian
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just needs a couple more fetuses
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I used to dislike Kissenger because of the trail of destruction his policies left. Now I love Kissenger because I realize that he still has a positive K:D on commies
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Every time an Arab baby dies because of bad geopolitical decisions, a minute is added too Henry Kissinger's life.
Israeli lives matter
Maybe
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Anyone with a brain said this already 10 years ago. But, oh I forgot, those were all just Nazis.
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Now that it's upsetting Jews it matters.
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We shouldn't let in countless "refugees" because culture difference, religious friction, western civ...:
WE SHOULDN'T LET IN MUSLIMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE US HECKING WHOLESOME JEWS
Why would one gradually grow to hate them?
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No lol anyone in europe with a brain knew to keep their mouth shut in public about this. But yes, everyone knew this already because it's been blatantly obvious for decades.
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Is he seriously still alive and lucid
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His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
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!bookworms spoilers!
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I unironically think Kissinger's life force is inextricably linked to the health of the burger empire, the second a carrier group gets sunk by China or smth he'll die
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The center of the Pentagon holds a black sapphire pentagram containing the soul energy keeping Kissenger alive and ahead of foreign adversaries
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The American Empire is his phylactery
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Norwood 1 hairline too
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I'll be glad to have any hair after that sort of a career and that age.
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It's hard to tell with him, he's always had that mumbling way of talking that makes one strain to understand him
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Dude looks like he has a fricking hooknose
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!friendsofbbbb !chuds !nooticers the bots are naming the jew, the millennium of the chud is upon us
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How is it possible to be in power for so long, and still have that face?
Is it a reverse
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After all, robots can only think logically.
@KinoHashira stand with israel.
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Just imagine where America would be today, if they hadn't let in all those foreign Jews like Kissinger!
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At this point, wouldn''t it make more sense for the Arab countries to join Israel and genocide the Pallies? They're such a headache.
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