German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called for a ceasefire in the Middle East and expressed solidarity with Israel, on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. “Dear friends in Israel, we feel for you […], we stand on your side,” Scholz said at the opening of a sustainable development conference in the northern German city of Hamburg. Scholz also highlighted the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza after a year of war. “Nothing good can come out of the daily experience of violence and hunger,” the chancellor said. “That is why the federal government …