Israel backs idea of peacekeeping role for Germans

IT’S a prospect loaded with historical baggage: German troops joining a proposed international force in Lebanon to police the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2006 - 01:00
Geir Moulson, Berlin

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he likes the idea.

Berlin, however, mindful of the Nazi past, seems in no hurry.

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