1st German in Knesset

February 4, 2008 - 8:30 AM by

Next month a delegation of ministers will be coming to Israel.

Leading the group will be Germany’s Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. While she’s here, Merkel plans to address Israel’s parliament, i.e. the Knesset.

That’ll make her the first German head of state to go before the Knesset.

Hmmm.

The delegation visit is also precedent setting. It’s an effort at kick starting a top level government exchange between Germany and Israel – the type exchange Israel currently shares (publicly) only with the U.S.

Hmmm.

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4 Comments on 1st German in Knesset

  1. Gliker on Mon, Feb 4th 2008 4:48 PM

    2. Why are you saying ‘hmmmm’?

  2. Stephanie on Mon, Feb 4th 2008 8:34 PM

    3. First of all because in that picture up there, Chancellor Merkel looks sort of like she’s saying “hmmmm”…don’t you think?

    Secondly…well no reason, really. Just pondering. I find it interesting. And view it as a good thing as things go concerning the mutual Jewish/German history.

    No ill insinuations intended in that “hmmmm” whatsoever. Promise.

  3. martin sauter on Tue, Mar 18th 2008 1:15 AM

    4. Merkel is NOT the head of state, that being Horst Koehler, Germany’s President. This is precisely what makes her visit and her being allowed to address the Knesset – in her native tongue, to boot! – so special as she’s ‘merely’ Germany’s chanceller, meaning one below Koehler! And usually only heads of state are allowed to address the Knesset!
    I, for one, think it’s WUNDERBAR that German/Israeli ties are approaching something resembling normality.

  4. Michael Kerjman on Thu, Mar 20th 2008 3:12 AM

    5. Grounded on a personal survival expertise, a clever JEWISH approach to Kosovo “independence” makes definitely a good for Israel round a globe.

    Where does come from this linguistic exercising mimicking the worst in Rwanda, Chad, Chechnya, Tibet and Kosovo mentioned already?

    Dr A. Merkel is not first Germany’s leader addressing knesset in German.

    German language is a language of Kant, Einstein, and dozens of millions other Jews, and at the end of a day, none but Hebrew and, probably, some near-extinguished tribal tongues must be left on the Earth if judging on merits of hatred the Jews being experienced with from neighbours since the dawn of history recorded.

    My grandfather had spent twelve years in German PW camps after WW-I, and it did not prevent father of mine, a Holocaust victim, still by date communicating in a German language.

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