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German President Addresses Knesset in Hebrew and German
(Jerusalem Post) Nina Gilbert - German President Horst Koehler, addressing the Knesset on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of ties between Israel and Germany, stunned the parliament when he began his speech in Hebrew. "Germany will always stand by Israel and its people," he said in a gentle voice that shook when he spoke about the victims of the Holocaust. He said Germany would ensure that Israel can "live within internationally recognized borders, free of fear and terror." The German president noted there could never be "normality" in ties between the two countries. MK Yosef Lapid, a Holocaust survivor, noted that while Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was written in German, it was also the language of Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, and his work Der Judenstat (The Jewish State). "A language is not to blame, but those who misuse it," he said.