Germans march in support of Israel

[The German]

After the disgusting scenes of last Sunday when middle eastern immigrants marched through Berlin yelling slogans like "Jewish Pig! Jewish Pig!" in scenes that horribly rememberd us of what occured in our country between 1939 and 1945, today the protests by these "pro palestinian" protesters were finaly met by a large group of counter pro Israeli protesters.

It is important to note that most of those "pro palestinian" protesters where again middle eastern immigrants,

The vast majority of the demonstrators were from Germany's large Muslim community: women in headscarves; a protest leader reciting words from the Koran into a loudspeaker.

whilest the pro Israeli camp was German.

They looked very different though. Some were older members of Germany's Jewish community.

But the most outspoken and loudest were student left-wing activists - most not Jewish, but passionate about fighting what they called anti-Semitism.

The pro-Israeli left-wing activists screamed at police, provocatively running towards the pro-Palestinian protestors waving Israeli flags. While young Muslim men jeered and shouted threats over the police lines.

Scuffles broke out repeatedly. And tourists in a nearby restaurant looked startled as suddenly pro-Israeli activists jumped on tables waving flags, and riot police formed a line around the restaurant to stop young pro-Palestinian men attacking.

Makes me proud to be German. This seems to be the biggest pro Israeli protest in Europe so far and contrary to what some people here rant about, it was the left that marched with the pro Israeli side and was most passionate about it.

I am disturbed by how the BBC wrote about this:

The difficulty for many Germans is to know which side to support: Holocaust guilt has made supporting Israel a doctrine of faith for the German government. And anything that calls Israel's existence into question is beyond the pale.

So?

Yes, guilt has become a big part of our national identety. And that is a good thing! We know our historic responsibilities.

And sometimes when I look at the rest of Europe, I think we might just be the only people on this continent who actualy tried to learn something from history!

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