"This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us." With his statements on the Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran in June 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz clearly expressed solidarity with the Netanyahu government. The US attack on the production sites of the Iranian nuclear programme a few days later also met with the approval of the German government.

Middle East expert and SPIEGEL bestselling author Michael Lüders takes a critical look at supposed truths in the Middle East and asks important questions ...