[af_vet_1981]

... but in Germany's defense, they are OVER-compensating in their wrestling with guilt...hence the migrant crisis. They feel that by taking in this generation's refugees, they are atoning for their past.

Cognitive dissonance

The assertion that Germany OVER-compensating in their wrestling with guilt by importing radical Islamic immigrants who hate Israel and the Jews and by that Germany is atoning for their past makes no sense whatsover.

The German government, led by Angela Merkel, is against Jerusalem. The Russian goverment, led by Vladimir Putin, is celebrating Russia Day in Jerusalem. Netanyahu said that he has “great respect for Russia for its contributions to civilization and for the courage of its people.” The prime minister noted the critical role the Red Army played in the defeat of Nazi Germany, saying “we never forget the sacrifice of the Russian people and the Red Army in the defeat of the Nazi monster.”

[CondoleezzaProtege]

With all due respect af_vet_1981,

Russia has a greater influx of Muslim migrants than Germany (albeit from different parts of the Muslim world) and far stronger Islamic holdouts such as Chechnya, led by Ramzan Kadyrov who is heavily propped by Putin, and is home to numerous homegrown terrorists. Russia allows Muslim migrants to enter visa free from former Soviet holdouts because ethnic-Russia is in demographic free-fall and there is a shortage of labor.

Moscow is second only to Paris in terms of sheer size of Islamic presence in a major European city.

Both Germany and Russia support the Iran Nuclear Deal with Russia being FAR more the ally not just economically but militarily. Both Germany and Russia voted AGAINST declaring Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. With Russia going out of their way to reach out to Palestinians in paving the way for a 2-state solution.

Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad HATES Israel.

And it’s only because of Trump’s staunch support strategic approach to the Middle East that Russia has to answer to Israel (and not the other way around as it was before.)

Not to mention the large presence of Jews from Russia/Ukraine/greater USSR who make up the population of Israel. So there’s only so much of a button you can push.