Did you ever struggle for the right words?
Well, I can say that I did a lot of times.
Participating in the Third Generation Initiative … I can tell you I have struggled for the right words a lot lately.
How would you describe what Germans are today … and most of all … why they are the way they are? And could you please at the same time explain why Israel is the way it is?
We heard a speaker yesterday that could do exactly that.
Let me just take one of the statements that really stuck in my mind.
What did Germans and Israeli learn from World War II?
Israeli: We will never again be victims.
Germans: We will never again be perpetrators.
And rightly so!
Those three simple lines do explain a lot about why Germany is so passive sometimes in its international relations, especially when military force comes into play. And it explains pretty well Israels standpoint.
For today I will just leave you with this statement to think about it yourself.
I think it is well worth it.