Manfred Gerstenfeld: Should Israel trust Germany? | The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

German leaders and visiting politicians to Israel regularly make statements directed to Israel that a two-state solution is the way to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. One such recidivist among many is former socialist leader and foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel, an extreme anti-Israel inciter. The not-so-explicit underlying message of these German statements is: The genocide of the Jews during our grandfathers’ generation is a horrible part of our past. Contemporary Germany is a democracy which has learned the necessary lessons from its history. We are a powerful nation on the world map. We are thus entitled to tell you how you should act toward the Palestinians.