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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: May 31, 2005 |
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Katsav joins U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko among a small group of foreign leaders who have addressed lawmakers since the lower house, or Bundestag, moved to Berlin in 1999.
He is the second Israeli president to address the German parliament. In a 1996 speech to lawmakers in Bonn, Ezer Weizman urged them to "recognize any stirring of racism and to smash any stirring of neo-Nazism."
On Monday, Katsav commended Berlin for being resolute in the fight against anti-Semitism and far-right extremism, but cautioned that there were "worrisome" signals.
Katsav started his three-day visit to Germany Monday. It follows a trip to Israel in February by German President Horst Koehler, who in a speech to Israel's parliament expressed "shame and humility" toward the victims of the Holocaust.
Israel and West Germany established diplomatic relations on May 12, 1965.
The AP contributed to this report. |
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