A new poll conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation shows that 70 years after the outbreak of World War Two, only 5% of Israelis still make sure to boycott German products sold in Israel.
"The poll's findings show that, contrary to the official position and the media's stance, the feelings of the Israeli public, and in particular the Jewish public in Israel, towards Germany are not only neutral, but are even sympathetic," Professor Moshe Zimmerman of the university's Koebner Center explained.
"The past has not cast its shadow on attitudes towards Germany in the present, and the Israeli public feels it is dealing with its past appropriately," he said.
The poll, which was conducted among a representative sample of 1,200 Jews and 500 Arabs, showed that there is actually more fondness of Germany among the Jewish public than among the Arabs.
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