People & Politics | German-Israeli Relations

Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel got off to a hugely difficult start 60 years ago in light of the Holocaust,and the Nazi era has a lasting legacy for German-Israeli relations. The two countries have made significant steps towards normalizing ties,however,and as a sign of their close relations Chancellor Angela Merkel was able to address the Knesset in German while visiting Israel in March 2008. Michael Wolffsohn was born to German-Jewish parents in Tel Aviv shortly before the creation of the state of Israel and has been living in Germany for over 50 years. He gives us his insights into German-Israeli relations.

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[KidDabura]

god bless israel and germany!

heyy deutschewellenglish greetings from israel

[kensai7gr]

This is a great evolution!

[Mangano22]

we will never ever forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

i dont have nothing against germany today

but remmber this one!!!!!!!!

6,000,000 people !!!!(camp nouX60) we will never forget.

sorry i cant.

[ofri75]

In my opinion all countries in Europe should learn from Germany today, and act like Germany. After all - MOST of the Europeans during WW2 were nazis and nazi supporters, not only Germans (who were the source). French, Poles, Ukrtains, Hungarians, Dutch - all of them supported the nazis and turned in hundreds of thousands of Jews.

[mujahedeen1987]

wow so the germans bend over backwards to help the poor israelis and they israelis just spit in thier face. not to mention the zionists murder rampage that continues in palestine to this day.

[grazyarnie]

@grazyarnie

i mean all what the Nazis said and did was bullshit and "merchandised" by the Nazis.....it was a bigger plan behind it....we are not talking about Nazis here...we are talking about the economics in person

[grazyarnie]

Germans have not changed we never were anti---X....the germans of the past just tried to find a true future...jews were unfortunatly the "criminals" in many european countries...the Nazis just used that stereotype in order to manifest the so called aryan.....all bullshit and now broadcasted in a mainstream way....I am sorry for all victims of the shoa and WW2

[tukidream]

@Adeebster The Germans have not been Nazis since the defeat of Adolf the Inbred in 1945.The idiots who post pro nazi comments and videos on YouTube are mainly rednecks from USA and Britain.

[gbyelenin]

@Adeebster they are the number one trading partner within europe and still play massive reperations :P

btw everyone in germany (im a german jew) feels sorry and as though its their fault about wut happened, even the grandchilren