<p>**UNLOCKED premium episode 40, now available for all listeners. Support us here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse⁠</a>**</p><p>Germany&#39;s material and rhetorical support of Israel has long been unyielding, even in the face of genocide charges from international organizations and other European countries&#39; growing condemnations of it&#39;s conduct in Gaza. However, in the last few weeks, a growing chorus of German politicians and media figures have begun to finally criticism Israel. Is something finally changing?</p><p>To answer, Ted speaks to German journalist Hanno Hauenstein (<a href="https://x.com/hahauenstein" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@hahauenstein</a>), a rare media figure with actual expertise in the region and an important voice of reason in Germany&#39;s (to date virtually non-existent) Israel debate. They discuss the history of pro-Israel <em>Staatsräson</em>, the radicalization of the concept after October 7, and why the conversation might be now changing.</p><p>Read Hanno&#39;s Substack here: <a href="https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/</a></p><p>Listen to our episode with Daniel Marwecki (which we reference multiple times) here: <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spassbremse/episodes/52---Whitewashing-and-Statebuilding-German-Israeli-relations-wDaniel-Marwecki-e2dgpn5/a-aaovn89" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spassbremse/episodes/52---Whitewashing-and-Statebuilding-German-Israeli-relations-wDaniel-Marwecki-e2dgpn5/a-aaovn89</a></p><p>Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/spassbremse_pod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@spassbremse_pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>). Music by <a href="https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/more-on-that-later-2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lee Rosevere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Art by Franziska Schneider. Edited by Nick.</p><p>Support us on Patreon here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse</a></p>