Israel was too quick to forgive Germany’s crimes – The entire German nation, and not just Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, perpetrated the genocide of the Jews. As such, Jerusalem should never cease to base its ties with Berlin on these atrocities. | israelhayom.com

„History has given us a stroke of good fortune that after the crimes against humanity of the Holocaust it has been possible to reset and reestablish the relations between Germany and Israel to the extent that we have done,“ Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said during her farewell visit to the Jewish state, adding that „it would be a mistake to base the relationship solely on the memory of the Holocaust.“