German academics: Enough of special treatment for Israel

[Scurrilous]

Twenty five influential academics post petition calling on government to stop embracing Israel because of Holocaust, start embracing Palestinians as well

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3328858,00.html

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"Twenty five German academics published a petition Wednesday urging their government to loosen its embrace of Israel and start embracing Palestinians in an unprecedented act in the history of the relationship between Germany and Israel.

The academics in question are highly influential professors at the country’s leading universities which were mainly funded by the German government. Many of them are known for their anti-Israel stances.

The academics called on the German government to stop giving “special treatment” to Israel following the Holocaust and warned that the sympathetic attitude could lead to unrest amidst the German people."

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"The 25 petition signers called on a change in the character of the relationship between Israel and Germany, which would lead the two countries to have a “friendship free from past burdens,” one which would leave room for expressing criticism of Israel.

According to the academics, the Holocaust binds Germany to not only stand by Israel, but to also stand by the Palestinians. They said this was important since the ramifications of the Holocaust lead to much suffering for the Palestinians over the past 60 years."

[MADem]

1. Ah, ha!! Many of them are known for their anti-Israel stances.

No axe grinding there, then, eh???

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Imagine that!

It would be interesting to see what their actual stances are.

[breakaleg]

3. This is a good thing. nt