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Citing Holocaust, Shas ministers to boycott German-made cars
By Haaretz Service

Shas Minister Itzhak Cohen said Monday that his party's ministers would be boycotting new German-made cars offered to members of the cabinet.

The government recently announced that its ministers would part with their Swedish Volvos after German car makers Skoda and Audi won the tender to provide the officials with new cars.

In response, Cohen is calling on all government ministers to refuse to drive German cars out of respect for the Holocaust and in light of what he said was a new wave of people who deny the Holocaust took place.
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After World War II ended in 1945 and the State of Israel was founded in 1948, it was common for Israelis to boycott German goods. However, as time as passed since the Holocaust and ties between the two countries developed, the phenomenon has faded.

Cohen repeatedly insisted during an Israel Radio interview that the move is "very emotional and very symbolic," and not a denunciation of all German-made products. He emphasized that Shas had no interest in the private matters of ministers, but rather sought to make a public statement with the boycott.

"On private matters, we don't get involved. Everyone in their home can do what they want."

"Especially today, as Holocaust deniers are multiplying, we're the ones who need to commemorate the Holocaust. And if, by this act, we bring about public discourse on the issue, then we reached our goal," he continued.

In the interview with Israel Radio, Cohen recalled public figures who adopted the policy against German goods, including "important men like Rabbi [Yisrael] Lau who never spent a night on German soil, or [former MK] Shevah Weiss didn't receive German representatives.
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  1.   Shas out of touch with reality as usual 13:27  |  SJ 10/09/07
  2.   Volvos are made from the same iron ore exported to Nazi Germany 13:54  |  smgorun 10/09/07
  3.   publicity drive 13:54  |  realism 10/09/07
  4.   Old story.This happen first 1933 13:57  |  Dav 10/09/07
  5.   Reply to SJ (Post No. 1) 13:58  |  Johnny Weintraub 10/09/07
  6.   Skoda is Czech and Volvo is nowadays American GM 13:59  |  Alice of Wonderland 10/09/07
  7.   What`s next? 14:01  |  Curious 10/09/07
  8.   Mercedes Benz 14:11  |  CP 10/09/07
  9.   Haaretz out of touch with reality 14:11  |  Jonathan S 10/09/07
  10.   #6 wrong 14:17  |  Dav 10/09/07
  11.   Shas is right 14:18  |  Jim 10/09/07
  12.   Today`s Nazis 14:19  |  Right Wing Extremest 10/09/07
  13.   Shas`s clever bid to attract new European members 14:20  |  Scientist 10/09/07
  14.   #10 Dav: I hold onto the FACTs, you may keep your head! 14:28  |  Alice of Wonderland 10/09/07
  15.   ignorance 14:29  |  ron 10/09/07
  16.   # SJ 14:36  |  wh 10/09/07
  17.   Under "Third Reich Agreement" german cars and goods 14:40  |  nobodsacred 10/09/07
  18.   How about 14:41  |  Axel 10/09/07
  19.   # 14 alice 14:50  |  Axel 10/09/07
  20.   What about German aid Itzhak 14:59  |  Saul 10/09/07
  21.   Much ado about nothing 15:00  |  Jonathan S 10/09/07
  22.   Ovadiahs BMW 15:01  |  Jake 10/09/07
  23.   Has been, corrupt party begging for attention 15:09  |  Alex 10/09/07
  24.   Shas and their ilk have no Holocaust link 15:29  |  Donna S 10/09/07
  25.   Rabbi Ovadia`s BMW 15:30  |  Emes 10/09/07
  26.   Axel and Dav let me enlighten you 15:32  |  Alice of Wonderland 10/09/07
  27.   German car manufacturers and slave labour 15:33  |  Jonathan S 10/09/07
  28.   boycott 15:33  |  Saba 10/09/07
  29.   A few facts: To Wonderland and Dov 15:34  |  Job 10/09/07
  30.   #6/#14--Alice, you`re also wrong... 15:38  |  Chris 10/09/07
  31.   Boycott Ferrari + Fiat + Lancia 15:48  |  Bernd 10/09/07
  32.   #15 Ron; are you talking about yourself? 15:49  |  a Scandinavian Jew 10/09/07
  33.   NOBODYSACRED.Why are Jews in Germany?because Germany has changed 15:58  |  PETER SM 10/09/07
  34.   Ovadia Yosef`s BMW 15:59  |  TK 10/09/07
  35.   #1 and #16 completely wrong! 16:03  |  Isac 10/09/07
  36.   SHAS. Why not walk! 16:05  |  PETER S.M. 10/09/07
  37.   Sj,your Great Guru,corrupt wretch Rabin bought acceptance of Oslo 16:08  |  Absolute Sweden 10/09/07
  38.   #14 Alice I think you should apologise 16:20  |  Mahona 10/09/07
  39.   AXEL How about having a really good hate Israel post. 16:21  |  PETER S.M. 10/09/07
  40.   Scrap the German submarines.... 16:27  |  Anton 10/09/07
  41.   german made car boycot 16:29  |  Robert Weir 10/09/07
  42.   Making distinctions is ridiculous 16:29  |  Mahona 10/09/07
  43.   How Pathetic 16:35  |  dan 10/09/07
  44.   To Shas: The Holocaust Is Over 16:38  |  CHGODMK 10/09/07
  45.   ANTON did you notice.Israelis DID choose those cars. 16:51  |  PETER S.M. 10/09/07
  46.   #10 Dav - Don`t worry 16:53  |  * BEN JABO 10/09/07
  47.   #18 Axel 16:55  |  * BEN JABO 10/09/07
  48.   Minister Cohen is not that stupid 16:58  |  Tosefta 10/09/07
  49.   #31 Bernd 16:58  |  * BEN JABO 10/09/07
  50.   #38 Mahona, I disagree with you 16:59  |  Alice of Wonderland 10/09/07
  51.   AXEL - In case you missed it 17:01  |  * BEN JABO 10/09/07
  52.   Germany has not run from it`s responsibility 17:09  |  Avrum 10/09/07
  53.   # 26 to Alice who enlightens people 17:19  |  Axel 10/09/07
  54.   Shas pathetic attempt at recognition 17:32  |  Chris Linthwate 10/09/07
  55.   Shas prefer Korean junk! 17:38  |  Simon Jenkins 10/09/07
  56.   but German submarines are OK? 17:46  |  chris 10/09/07
  57.   hunger 17:52  |  chaim 10/09/07
  58.   People, Not Cars, Shas 17:54  |  Yoram 10/09/07
  59.   holocaust is the hand of G-d 17:56  |  Humble Jew 10/09/07
  60.   Germany 18:08  |  Choni Davidowitz 10/09/07
  61.   German Cars Are not Made by Nazis 18:13  |  RHW 10/09/07
  62.   An idiot move by our corrupt MK`s who should devote themselves... 18:30  |  bat yam 10/09/07
  63.   Ummm.. today Germany is an ally of Israel 18:37  |  David 10/09/07
  64.   Shas and its lessons 18:51  |  franck_m 10/09/07
  65.   # 39 petersm 18:51  |  Axel 10/09/07
  66.   peter sm 33 18:59  |  realism 10/09/07
  67.   Absurd 19:01  |  Chick 10/09/07
  68.   #42 You forgot to mention 19:10  |  Frederique 10/09/07
  69.   JonathanS and other 240000 Jews 19:13  |  Dav 10/09/07
  70.   please leave Axel alone - he lives under occupation 19:17  |  17 10/09/07
  71.   Shas - shooting Israel in the foot 19:19  |  Dr. Simon Barak 10/09/07
  72.   Shas "lets move on" 19:23  |  Danite 10/09/07
  73.   Why not boycott gas guzzlers? 19:26  |  Nadav 10/09/07
  74.   SHAS - Polical Party - Regular Scoundrels 19:32  |  17 10/09/07
  75.   Well that will make Israel more "popular" in Germany 19:47  |  Petteri 10/09/07
  76.   Drive American Cars 19:49  |  mike 10/09/07
  77.   Israeli-made tanks are much better... 19:52  |  ben 10/09/07
  78.   Reply to Johnny Weintraub 19:59  |  Petteri 10/09/07
  79.   Geniuses,,,,,,,,,,,, 20:00  |  mike 10/09/07
  80.   Alice in Wonderland 20:14  |  Michael 10/09/07
  81.   Mercedes is Jewish 20:31  |  charles 10/09/07
  82.   In some countries MP`s walk to work......... 20:32  |  L A 10/09/07
  83.   # 24 Donna S, the ignorant 20:36  |  Kris 10/09/07
  84.   An idiot move by our corrupt MK`s who should devote themselves... 20:47  |  bat yam 10/09/07
  85.   GET OVER IT !!!!!! 20:51  |  Fred Farkelsteinman 10/09/07
  86.   #51, Ben Jabo... 20:53  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
  87.   Xenophobia, anger and revenge 21:02  |  Alon 10/09/07
  88.   Shas describe Gays same way as the Nazis 21:04  |  Laila 10/09/07
  89.   They are Right; Insult to the Victims 21:06  |  Fortunee 10/09/07
  90.   Conspiracy theory regarding Slowman 21:18  |  Barak Ravid 10/09/07
  91.   ON the Backs of the Victims 21:42  |  Neil Golan 10/09/07
  92.   I thought bocotts were anti-semitic, hypocritical, racist etc? 22:02  |  Don Camillo 10/09/07
  93.   shas would do better to buy german and boycott kadima 22:20  |  virginia orrall 10/09/07
  94.   #59 Neil Golan 22:23  |  * BEN JABO 10/09/07
  95.   # 39 peter sm 22:30  |  Axel 10/09/07
  96.   # 60 neil golan 22:33  |  Axel 10/09/07
  97.   How About Buying Some American Cars? 22:36  |  mike 10/09/07
  98.   # 61 D/Camillo - civil servant 22:48  |  17 10/09/07
  99.   NO GERMAN CARS HERE 22:50  |  Robbie 10/09/07
  100.   #61 Don Camillo 23:02  |  Labhras 10/09/07
  101.   66 Mike Excellent point!!! But the Honda & Prius get better fuel 23:08  |  bat yam 10/09/07
  102.   # 68 robbie 23:12  |  Axel 10/09/07
  103.   63 Virginia. Excellent observation! 23:13  |  bat yam 10/09/07
  104.   # 68 NO GERMAN CARS HERE 23:15  |  Axel 10/09/07
  105.   re Alice in wonderland 23:25  |  Labhras 10/09/07
  106.   #68 17 23:31  |  Labhras 10/09/07
  107.   Alice of wonderland..for your info 23:43  |  j 10/09/07
  108.   gadol mr cohen 23:55  |  K F N 10/09/07
  109.   # 71 Labhras 00:08  |  17 11/09/07
  110.   Dear Gentlemen: J,Labhras and Michael, Thank You 00:13  |  Alice of Wonderland 11/09/07
  111.   #32 Scandinavian 00:18  |  ron 11/09/07
  112.   AXEL Try the internet...... 12 seats out of 120 00:21  |  PETER S.M. 11/09/07
  113.   # 75 Labhras to D/Camillo 00:46  |  17 11/09/07
  114.   #90 Ron; I will look into this matter! 00:56  |  Scandinavian 11/09/07
  115.   I never buy Spanish goods 01:00  |  Gerrit 11/09/07
  116.   #94 Ron 01:04  |  Fairhair 11/09/07
  117.   # 98 peter sm 01:09  |  Axel 11/09/07
  118.   D.CAMILLO Whiff of hypocracy? your total lack of insight 01:10  |  PETER S.M. 11/09/07
  119.   I am looking 01:19  |  wh 11/09/07
  120.   What an amusing discussion 01:24  |  Jonathan S 11/09/07
  121.   Predictable reactions Shas haters crawl out of the woodwork. 01:26  |  S Judah 11/09/07
  122.   D.CAMILLO.Mos Israelis Do Not support boycotting the German cars 01:43  |  PETER S.M. 11/09/07
  123.   # 99 Ron - Growing dislike of Muslims in Scandinavia 01:48  |  Paul Henzen 11/09/07
  124.   REALISM.Palestine Jews fought against Hitler not FOR Stalin 02:02  |  PETER S.M. 11/09/07
  125.   Boycott 02:10  |  Gary Sutton 11/09/07
  126.   AXEL grandstanding fools are diluted out.You sure you are inmmune 02:15  |  PETER S.M. 11/09/07
  127.   #110 Scandinavian 02:20  |  Fairhair 11/09/07
  128.   It won`t bring them back 02:35  |  Bill 11/09/07
  129.   Bravo to #1 03:15  |  leucippe 11/09/07
  130.   Labrhas the Hypocrite 03:37  |  Danite 11/09/07
  131.   Don Camillo can he read the English language? 03:39  |  Danite 11/09/07
  132.   These guys should get their heads out of their asses 04:54  |  TT 11/09/07
  133.   There is not buisiness like 05:40  |  Mark Lincoln 11/09/07
  134.   Mark Lincoln are you insane?? 07:11  |  Danite 11/09/07
  135.   Zionist whining and whining and whining,yet again 07:53  |  Hannah 11/09/07
  136.   Can`t think objectively about such a simple question? 09:12  |  HH 11/09/07
  137.   To all German 09:46  |  Dav 11/09/07
  138.   #133 Mark Lincoln-Comparing Shas and Nazis?Shame 10:14  |  A.B. 11/09/07
  139.   Mark Linclon-My preferred slogan would be... 10:17  |  A.B. 11/09/07
  140.   Will Cohen also boycott German Submarines? 12:26  |  Franz von Fear 11/09/07
  141.   Alice in blunderland 16:18  |  Jewboy and proud 11/09/07
  142.   Kris, read some history on Austria and Shas 20:17  |  Donna S 11/09/07
  143.   to #81 22:09  |  jehiel chaleff 11/09/07
  144.   #133 Lincoln - you still don`t see the light 00:19  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  145.   Gush Shalom +Shas,Boycotts 01:06  |  Bernd 12/09/07
  146.   # 145 Bernd 13:24  |  Axel 12/09/07
  147.   #145 Axel 17:56  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  148.   # 147 ben jabber 19:27  |  Axel 12/09/07
  149.   I drive a Merc 14:33  |  sweis Melbourne 14/09/07
  150.   Shas never killed anybody 14:42  |  sweis Melbourne 14/09/07
  151.   axel 148 15:04  |  realism 14/09/07
  152.   #151 realism to axel 21:47  |  * BEN JABO 14/09/07
  153.   why not boycott German language too? 19:16  |  nobodysacred 15/09/07
  154.   Axel - give it some thought 19:42  |  * BEN JABO 15/09/07
  155.   German language 00:16  |  sweis Melbourne 16/09/07
  156.   # !55 sweis Melbourne 17:59  |  * BEN JABO 16/09/07
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