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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israel of
Germany's "Holocaust shame," and asserted its support for the Jewish
state during an unprecedented speech to the Knesset on Tuesday.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, addresses the Knesset, Israel's
parliament, during a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Germany and Israel are linked "in a very special way" by the memory
of the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed under Nazi
Germany and its allies in World War II, she said in the first address
a German chancellor has ever made to the Knesset.

"The Holocaust fills us with shame," she said. "I bow my head before
the survivors and I bow my head before you in tribute to the fact that
you were able to survive."

Anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia "must never take root again in
Germany or in Europe," she said, and vowed to battle any flare-ups.

Speaking to the Knesset, Angela Merkel also spoke of Germany's
unwavering support for Israel calling the Iranian president's nuclear
ambitions "a major danger" not only to Israel, but to the world as
well. The German Chancellor called on him to prove that he does not
want a nuclear bomb.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country's nuclear
program is intended for peaceful purposes only, but Merkel told the
Israeli parliament that he needs to provide clear evidence supporting
that assertion.

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"It is not the world that has to prove that Iran is building a bomb,"
she said. "Rather, Iran has to prove to the world that it does not
want the nuclear bomb."

Ahmadinejad has also said Israel should not exist as a sovereign
nation, but Merkel said Israel's right to exist is not open to
negotiation. "These are not just empty words," she said, adding that
Germany would support further sanctions on Iran if it fails to
cooperate.

"What do we do when a majority says the greatest threat to the world
comes from Israel and not from Iran?" she asked. "Do we bow our heads?
Do we give up our efforts to combat the Iranian threat? However
inconvenient and uncomfortable the alternative is, we do not do that."

"If we were to do that, then we would not have understood our
historical responsibility, nor would we be able to properly develop a
way to deal with the challenges of our day, and both options would be
lethal."

  The letter is such an obvious forgery that even deniers don't
try to defend it anymore.  Even the Germar Rudolph turd basically
admits it's a forgery.

  And Broszat never spoke of *all* the "Old Reich" camps.

  Do you understand the difference between "all camps" and
"part of the camps"?  With all your screeching about "LOGIC!"
I hoped that,  at least,  would be clear.

RJ.