Merkel Wimps Out on Israeli Cluster Bombs

Kurt Nimmo

German Development Aid Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul was spot on when she criticized Israel for its obscene and wanton use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. But Chancellor Angela Merkel was quick to jump up and kiss the hem of Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central Council of German Jews, after she angrily complained that mentioning such is antisemitic. "Knobloch, a Holocaust survivor, has repeatedly complained about what she terms a growing mood against Israel and Jews in Germany," reports Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Wieczorek-Zeul and Oskar Lafontaine, members of Germany’s Left Party, according to Knobloch, "support the anti-mood against Jews in Germany." In other words, if a German complains about Israel’s obvious war crimes—and in Germany, considerable parliamentary activity on cluster munitions is underway—he or she is obviously a raving antisemite, an accusation that imputes unspoken comparisons with Hitler and the Nazis...

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