German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has compared Israel's policy beyond the 1949 Armistice Line to apartheid in South Africa, according to Yisrael Hayom, which cited the Berliner Zeitung.
Arab and Muslim activists complained during discussions following recent anti-Israel demonstrations throughout Germany that instead of talking about "the suffering of the Palestinians under occupation, there is talk in Germany of apparent antisemitism among young people." Gabriel responded, "This is not true, the German government immediately criticized Trump's decision and reserves the right to express criticism of the Israeli government's policy." He also noted that during a visit he made several years ago in Hevron, he himself declared that what he saw there reminded him of apartheid.