Germany’s historical guilt over the Holocaust just got a surprise sequel: ‘Support for Israel’ now with extra plot twists and awkward pauses. We’re all terrible drivers of our own histories, aren’t we?

Nothing like guilt as a foreign policy glue—Germany’s diplomatic strategy screams ‘holding on for dear decades’ while the world moves on.

If historical guilt was a credit card, Germany just maxed it out with Israel and now has to explain the balance to the global board.