Sometimes a single sentence is enough to make me take notice. That’s what happened to me on Saturday when I saw a clip from Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s speech at the CSU party conference in Munich. I’m actually mostly focused on political developments here in Israel right now. But what Merz said made me pause for a moment.
“Antisemites and enemies of Israel will find in us bitter opponents.”
A clear statement. And one that I, as an Israeli, was glad to hear.
I was born in Germany, but have been living in Israel since 1988. Germany is the country of my childhood; Israel is my home. This is where I started my family, where my children grew up, where I have been experiencing the good and the not-so-good sides of our country for nearly four decades. And of course I continue to follow what is happening in Germany.
Perhaps that is why I listen particularly carefully when German politicians talk about Israel. Sometimes their words make me happy, sometimes they make me...
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