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December 1971
many and Israel comes as a direct
result of the Hitlerian atrocities com–
mitted against tbe Jewry of Europe. Yet
Israel cannot count on the past guilt
and shame of the Germans as its sole
basis for a special relationship with
West Germany.
German leaders such as Chancellcr
Willy Brandt harbor no such guilt feel–
ings in that they have impeccable
records of anti-Nazi standing. They
seek a "normalizatioo" of relations with
Israel by attempting to reconcile them–
selves with all nations of the Middle
East in order to step in aod
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the void
should the U. S. opt out.
While a definite rapport presently
exists bctween Israel and Germany, how
long can such a uoique relationship
last? Surrounded by bostile neighbors,
confronted with increasingly overt hos–
tility from one of the world's two
superpowers and frequeotly given the
cold shoulder by the other ( witness the
U. S. halt of arms shipments to Israel
after the Suez crisis), what can a nation
of only 3 million people hope to
achieve?
What of the Future?
The irony sets in with the realization
that the survival of European Jewry was
also at stake during WW II under the
genocidal practice of Adolph Hitler and
the Nazi Party.
Less than a generation later Israel
must turn to that very nation under
whose name the atrocities were com–
mitted. Yet it is this nation which today
stands in a position to support Israel.
Would Germany provide military aid
to Israel in case of an overwhelming
Arab attack on the Jewish nation ?
Would the EEC oations become a deci–
sive and powerful unified force in the
face of Russian threats to the East?
Both Romanía and Yugoslavia are
dangerously teasing the U.S.S.R. in
their liberal policies and open courtship
of Red China. Russiao intervention
would force the oations of Western
Europe to drastically increase their mili–
tary strength. A Middle East conflict
that resulted in complete oil stoppage
either through Arab embargo against
Europe or through destruction due to
war cannot be tolerated in Europe.
According to Rolf E. Pauls, the first
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West German Ambassador to Israel and
present West German Ambassador to
the United States: "The Middle East is
the greatest threat to world peace. More
so thao the situation in Southeast Asia,
because the Southeast Asia situation
does not take place at the crossroads of
civi lization."
Then there is Jerusalem. Recognized
as the Holy City by three of the world's
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monothiestic religions, Jerusalem finds
itself in the eye of the gathering storm.
Complex political, economic and reli–
gious problems surround tbis city and
make it a potential international hotbcd.
In the event of a potential upheaval,
the unic¡ue relatiooship between West
Germany and Israel will take on ncw
meaning. Which direction aod with
what repercussions? O
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