They probably felt that way in November 1938, too.............
Posted on 01/14/2009 1:36:18 PM PST by Red Badger
Almost half of Germans believe Israel is an aggressive country, according to a poll released by news magazine Stern on Wednesday.
While 49 percent of those asked by pollster Forsa said the country was combative, 59 percent also said Israel follows its own interests without considering other countries.
Only 30 percent of Germans polled said they were confident that Israel follows human rights laws. Paradoxically, 45 percent poll participants also said they found Israel to be a likeable country.
Some 13 percent even said they questioned if the country automatically has a right to exist - which has been German government policy since Israel was founded in 1948 in the wake of World War II and the Holocaust.
Poll participants varied in their response to who is responsible for the current violence between Israelis and Palestinians. About 30 percent named Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, with older Germans and those who support Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) more likely to take this opinion. Meanwhile younger Germans and supporters of the hard-line socialist Left party were more likely to blame Israel for the conflict. Some 35 percent said both sides bear responsibility for the violence.
Meanwhile, the majority of Germans – 60 percent – said they didn’t think Germany had any particular responsibility to Israel some 60 years after the end of the Third Reich. Young people, those from the formerly communist East Germany and supporters of the Left party were most likely to hold this opinion.
Forsa director Manfred Güllner told the magazine it was a "dangerous developement" when young people no longer feel responsible for the history of National Socialism.
Forsa polled 1,000 representative Germans on January 8 for Stern.
They probably felt that way in November 1938, too.............
Almost 100% of Israeli’s think the Germans are monsters.
Gee, wonder why....;
Remind them of this the next time they bitch and moan about Turkish immigrants.
Next time no quarter!
I wonder if we polled the rest of Europe and asked THEM what they thought of the Germans?............
When it's not Germans that are doing it..............
>> Almost 100% of Israeli’s think the Germans are monsters.
... and another six million Jews were not available for comment.
Headlines are manipulative...it could have just as well read:
More than half of Germans find Israel non-agressive
“I was only 8 years old...” (Obama excuse)
Wish I had included that line...appreciate the backup.
“While 49 percent of those asked by pollster Forsa said the country was combative, 59 percent also said Israel follows its own interests without considering other countries.”
Well, Germany should certainly know about that!
No crap! We lived in Germany for about 5 years, and my German neighbors were almost comabative over the subject of which country makes better baby food and pet food, America or Germany? LOL!!!
No crap! We lived in Germany for about 5 years, and my German neighbors were almost comabative over the subject of which country makes better baby food and pet food, America or Germany? LOL!!!
I have to admit, I’d never have the guts to ask Germans what they thought of Jews fighting back.
Can't help but wonder how the Germans view muslims...
Just wondering.
And 90% of all Germans under the age of 70 have never met a Jew either, and probably never stopped to wonder why...
Die Juden sind unser Unglück
Actually, I don’t know how the typical German regards Muslims, but Adolf Hitler admired them greatly, and considered them to be a valuable ally in dealing with the British.
Didn’t hurt that the National Socialists viewed the Jews about the same way the Muslims do. And “Mein Kampf”, in Arabic translation, is a BIG seller throughout the Arabic-speaking world.
Do not mistake “assertive” for “aggressive”. VAST difference in meaning there.
They also thought that about the Poles.
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