World IN BRIEF : GERMANY : Parliament Hears Israeli President
From Times Wire Reports
In the first speech by an Israeli president to the German parliament, Ezer Weizman said he can never forgive the Nazis for killing 6 million Jews. The 71-year-old Weizman warned Germans to remain vigilant against neo-Nazism and racism, but he also said the two nations “have to find common ground” to improve ties. Weizman’s speech in Hebrew was a highlight of a four-day state visit that has included a wreath-laying at a World War II concentration camp outside Berlin.
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