German development minister to visit Israel, Palestinian territories

Reem Alabali Radovan has previously called for Germany to suspend the sales of weapons that could be used in Gaza to Israel, and condemned Hamas terrorism, demanding the release of all hostages.

Germany’s development and foreign aid minister, Reem Alabali Radovan, will depart on Monday for a three-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, according to a ministry spokesperson.

“The minister is thus continuing her commitment to the future of Gaza and the stabilization of the entire region. This requires a joint approach by the international community and important regional powers such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia,” the spokesperson said at a press conference in Berlin.

Alabali Radovan has made previous statements showing concern over hunger across the world, including in the Gaza Strip.

She also called for Germany to suspend the sales of weapons that could be used in Gaza to Israel in an August 8 post on her ministry’s official Instagram page, adding that Israel must allow “unrestricted humanitarian aid deliveries via the United Nations” into the enclave.

In the post, she affirmed that Hamas must release all hostages and end terror against Israel, and that there must be no place for the terror organization in any future for the enclave.

Hamas must release all hostages, end terror, has no future in Gaza, minister affirms

In the same post, she called on the German government to provide immediate aid to the people of Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire, while denouncing any plans to annex parts of the enclave or forcibly relocate any part of the populace.

She also stated that Germany will play a role in the "crucial" reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

Alabali Radovan is the youngest minister in the German Cabinet, born in Moscow to an Iraqi-Kurdish family in 1990, who later fled to Germany due to political persecution, a biography shared by a German embassy stated.

In July, she stated that she wished Germany had signed on to the joint statement by the EU Crisis Management Commissioner and 28 Western countries, including Britain and France, that called on Israel to immediately end the war.