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German Firm Fights for Israel's Security
[Jerusalem Post] Benjamin Weinthal - The journalistic ethos of the Axel Springer publishing house - Europe's largest media conglomerate - is governed by a set of principles spelled out in the employment contract of each journalist, one of which advocates "the support of the State of Israel and its existence and reconciliation between Germans and Jews." Dr. Mathias Dopfner, CEO of the Axel Springer AG media empire and a self-described "non-Jewish Zionist," explained that Springer "clearly said that the Holocaust cannot be compensated, but in order to find a new self-definition, Germany has to support from now on the State of Israel and its people." "Israel and Europe should have an understanding of absolutely common interests in the defense of democracy and the values of the free Western world," Dopfner told the Post. "Israel is the bridgehead of democracy in the Middle East. So it is in the interests of Europe to support it and to strengthen it. We share the same cultural roots and we share the same security interests and foreign policy interests."