Anti-German for newbies

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Otto cited the Anti-Germans and wrote:
>"the current commitment of the Germans in the Near East could lead in =
the long run to Israel losing its sovereignity step by step and to put =
Israel under international supervision, which would probably lead to its =
destruction."

This is so off the track that it's just ridiculous.<

Sorry Otto,  I am tempted to argue about this.
I harbour little sympathy for so Anti-Germans, yet I see some truth in your
quotation. Even the supposedly neutral "Tagesschau" TV-news from the
federal TV-network ARD, has a significant pro-palestinian bias in it's
reporting. I only came to realise this after visiting Israel AND the
Westbank some time ago. Issues looked significantly different on the
ground, than in the german media. It was quite a shock to me.  There is
some long-time palastinian propaganda going on, trying to establish the
image of a palestine people tortutred in the hands of zionist madmen and
abandoned by the rest of the world. It began with all this PLO
merchandising in the seventies, and profits from some unreflected leftist
ideology (p-listers excluded)that established itself as "intellectual" in
the last decades.  Some of the brighter palestinian leaders have learned to
benefit from this victim image and shurely have some phantasies like this
quotation above.
Anyway, I don't believe they will succeed, for they act much too stupid on
the ground, and have learned nothing about coordination and the finer
skills of psychological warefare.
best,
Christian.
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