The Jerusalem Post reports:
Reem Sahwil, the 14-year-old Palestinian girl living in north-east
Germany, who garnered world media attention because Chancellor Angela
Merkel made her cry, called for Israel’s abolishment this week.
In
an interview with newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag, responding to the
reporter’s question of “What is Palestine?” Sahwil said, “My hope is
that at some time, [Israel] is no longer there, rather only Palestine.”
She added that “the land should no longer be called Israel, but Palestine.”
The
reporter said the interview was becoming difficult and asked her, “Do
you know... that Israel and Germany have a special history? That we
stand up for the country, that we do not allow Jew-hatred?” Sahwil
answered, “Yes, there is freedom of speech. Here I am allowed to say
that. I am prepared to discuss everything.”
In a meeting with
Merkel earlier this month at an event in the northern city of Rostock,
Sahwil – a refugee seeking asylum status – broke down in tears after the
chancellor said, “If we say [to refugees], ‘You can all come,’ and,
‘You can all come from Africa’... we just can’t manage that.” More.
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