 Following her recent trip to the Middle East, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbach paints a bleak picture of the situation in the region. The rifts seem to be getting deeper, Baerbach said ahead of consultations between EU foreign ministers and Brussels. The bitter reality is that diplomacy is progressing only in the smallest steps. The goal remains that Israelis and Palestinians can live in security and peace, the minister emphasized. In the short term, however, humanitarian pauses in the fighting in the Gaza Strip are needed in order to be able to provide aid for the people. At the same time, Israel's security must be guaranteed. In the Gaza Strip, however, it does not help to follow impulses, but the bitter reality is that we are only coming forward in the smallest steps. And that is why we have to be able to achieve this in every minute of the hour, every minute of the day, every minute of the day, every minute of the hour, every minute of the day, every minute of the day. The humanitarian catastrophe situation in Gaza is being suppressed and that the non-stop danger of Israel, through the Hamas, through the terrorist actors, is being suppressed so that Israel and its people can live in security and peace, just like Palestinians and Palestinians. Of course, this can only happen in the context of a two-state solution in the future. Even if it seems to continue as far as possible, the political horizon in these days is more important than ever to lose hope in this terrible and unbelievable situation, where at the moment many people are losing hope, to continue to achieve this hope. We can really live in peace and security. Thank you.