Knesset Speaker Refuses to Greet German Dignitaries
The speakers of the East and West German parliaments arrived in Israel on a historic joint trip abroad today but their Israeli counterpart, Dov Shilansky, a survivor of the Holocaust, refused to greet them.
Other Israeli officials, however, hailed the visit of Sabine Bergmann-Pohl of East Germany and Rita Suessmuth of West Germany as a special goodwill gesture.
Knesset Speaker Shilansky, a Nazi death camp survivor who has vowed never to receive German delegations officially, took a vacation today to avoid attending ceremonies for the visitors.
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