From Angela Merkel's notes

REPORTS - 1 day ago

Merkel pauses before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of the two Germanies: not a single person was killed in the process of Germany’s integrative unification. She wonders: how much blood, how many victims, how much destruction and war have Yemenis endured for the sake of unifying Yemen?

The 1994 war alone between North and South, fought to impose the continuation of unity, claimed the lives of no fewer than 10,000 Yemenis. For what purpose? To unite two Yemens that had never been unified throughout their history. History never knew a single Yemen; rather, it knew kingdoms, sheikhdoms, and sultanates scattered across time. Meanwhile, Germany had been one country until 1945 when the Allies divided it after World War II.

A year after German reunification, Czechoslovakia a state that had undergone an integrative union engaged in discussions between its two united parts, the Czechs and the Slovaks. The dialogue focused on granting Slovakia autonomy and self-rule that did not reach the level of full separation. However, they failed to reach a viable formula, and the Slovaks decided to separate. In November 1992, they mutually agreed on their independence, and by January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two independent republics: the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.

Despite being of the same Slavic ethnicity, speaking languages that were merely dialectal variations, and sharing the same religion, they chose separation without spilling a single drop of blood. Yet, they remained cooperative, neighboring nations, with open borders and no passport checkpoints.

Why should Yemen not separate and become two independent states if the illusion of unity has been this bloody and destructive? Why not think outside the box and reconsider separating North Yemen from South Yemen to prevent further wars and bloodshed?

It is important to recall that the devastation brought by the mirage of Yemeni unity is only a drop in the ocean compared to the rivers of blood spilled in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, and elsewhere.

Torrents of blood have been shed in the name of religion, sectarianism, unity, separation, and the liberation of Palestine.

This is a call to think beyond the inherited political illusion, to reevaluate slogans, and to seek rational and peaceful solutions.

Enough bloodshed!