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German Chancellor Addresses Israel's Knesset
[Ynet News] Amnon Meranda - "Standing here before you is a great honor," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hebrew, as she addressed the Knesset Tuesday. "The Shoah fills us Germans with shame. I bow before the victims. I bow before the survivors and before all those who helped them survive," she said, this time in German. As for the Iranian threat, the German chancellor said: "It is not up to the world to prove that Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb, but rather up to Iran to prove that it is not. If Iran does not accept this, Germany will push for further sanctions. If Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons, it would have disastrous consequences." "Especially in this place, I emphasize: Every German government and every chancellor before me was committed to the special responsibility Germany has for Israel's security. This historic responsibility is part of my country's fundamental policy. It means that for me, as a German chancellor, Israel's security is non-negotiable," she added.