“The fear of being defamed as an antisemite or Israel-hater by Bild reverberates through politics, reaching the highest echelons,”

It is impossible in Germany to voice anything even resembling critique of Israel’s government.

supposedly left-wing publications like Die Tageszeitung

I can’t find the article in question by the taz but in any case they are (now) firmly on the side of condemning the genocide. Yes, I’m miffed at the implication on behalf of a newspaper, I know it’s silly.