From IRIS. Israel is shown in blue. Mauritania, Sudan and Somalia are somewhat cut off at the edge of the map.Germans are suffering from an acquired reflex: Each and every time the word "Israel" resounds, they start slobbering and salivating. The tiny little sliver of land more than 3000 km away is the focal point and catalyst for everything that is great and good in Germany. Never mind hundreds of thousands killed in Sudan, never mind the decade-long occupation of Tibet by China, never mind the security wall that India has put up to protect itself against Pakistan and the millons of people involved in all this. Who cares? It's Israel that makes the German glands work overtime.
[To continue reading about Germany and their take on the Middle East situation click HERE.]
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