Most Israeli Jews satisfied with Germany's attitude towards Holocaust: poll

JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 -- A majority of Israeli Jews believe that Germany takes a proper attitude towards its past, according to a survey published Thursday on local daily The Jerusalem Post.

The poll, conducted by Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation, showed 61 percent of Israeli Jews are satisfied with the level of responsibility taken nowadays by Germany for its role in the Holocaust during World War Two.

Meanwhile, only 5 percent of Israelis are still boycotting German products sold in Israel, according to the poll.

"The poll's findings showed that the feelings of the Jewish public in Israel towards Germany are not only neutral, but are even sympathetic," Moshe Zimmerman, head of Hebrew University's Koebner Minerva Center for German History, was quoted by Israeli news service Ynet as saying.

The poll, with a representative sample of 1,200 Jews and 500 Arabs, also said 52 percent of Israeli Jews view German's political involvement in the Middle East in a positive manner, while 27 percent of Arabs in Israel take the similar position.