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Last update - 23:29 01/05/2008 German delegation: We were threatened by Hebron settlers, IDF did nothing By The Associated Press Tags: settlers, Germany, Hebron  German lawmakers touring the West Bank city of Hebron said Thursday they were threatened by Jewish settlers and broke off the visit after Israel Defense Forces troops refused to step in. Advertisement The IDF declined comment. In Berlin, the Israeli embassy apologized for the incident. Seven members of the German parliament's law committee toured Hebron, the West Bank's largest city, on Wednesday. Israeli forces control the center of the Palestinian city to protect several hundred Jewish settlers there. At the start of the visit, the legislators were cursed, insulted and threatened by a small group of settlers, the visitors said in a statement. "The Israeli police and army showed no willingness to step in and said they couldn't guarantee the safety of the delegation," the statement said. "In order to give the peace process a chance, the members of the law committee, as friends of Israel, appeal to the Israeli authorities to rein in the fanaticism of Jewish settlers." The legislators represented a range of parties. The Israeli ambassador in Germany, Yoram Ben-Zeev, spoke to the lawmakers by phone, said embassy spokesman Aaron Sagui. "The ambassador here has expressed his regret for the incident and during the next week Ambassador Ben-Zeev intends to meet personally with each one of the members of the committee that were part of this delegation to express personally his feelings and to apologize for what has happened," Sagui said. 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I Can`t Support Picking On Germans 23:23  |  Yosemite 17/04/08   13.   Hebron Haters 23:31  |  Tbart 17/04/08   14.   Jews were massacred in Hebron; Jewish life there ended. These... 23:32  |  Rick 17/04/08   15.   # 1 sy 23:34  |  Axel 17/04/08   16.   Hebron settler thugs 23:35  |  Boycott 17/04/08   17.   sy dill 1 23:35  |  potobac 17/04/08   18.   # binyamin 23:41  |  Axel 17/04/08   19.   # 6 eve 23:45  |  Axel 17/04/08   20.   They... 23:48  |  Michael 17/04/08   21.   No Comment 23:52  |  Dave Duncan 17/04/08   22.   #2 Axel 00:06  |  MR 18/04/08   23.   Settlers curse Germans LIES!!!!!! 00:07  |  Izzy 18/04/08   24.   bloody Antisemites, nobody was even touched, just plain agitators 00:08  |  Genuine Tosefta 18/04/08   25.   Say BOOOOO 00:11  |  IL supporter 18/04/08   26.   Offspring of those that perpetrated 1st Holocaust of 6 mill Jews 00:16  |  Joel Stein 18/04/08   27.   settlers and settlements 00:16  |  ruben siedner 18/04/08   28.   German Visitors 00:24  |  John G 18/04/08   29.   # 11 mr 00:26  |  Axel 18/04/08   30.   Disgrace 00:37  |  Esther 18/04/08   31.   "Palestinian city"?? Hebron is an ancient Jewish City 00:37  |  spade 18/04/08   32.   Iran can help protect the palest* and visitors against settlers 00:39  |  Aounist 18/04/08   33.   i am the most rabid anti-semite i know 00:44  |  Genuine Tosefta 18/04/08   34.   why not go to the source? 00:44  |  Raelson 18/04/08   35.   boy can i k`vetch huh? 00:44  |  Joel Stein 18/04/08   36.   The police and soldiers do not do anything.... 00:47  |  Rafe 18/04/08   37.   if we are not able... 00:48  |  watcher 18/04/08   38.   Settlers-Hamas, same s### 00:52  |  j 18/04/08   39.   and Merkel supports Israel blindly.. 00:58  |  Ray 18/04/08   40.   go figure 01:08  |  jon 18/04/08   41.   hebron 01:33  |  Ricardo Levy 18/04/08   42.   Why should Jews respect Jew-haters? 01:53  |  Salomon S Mizrahi 18/04/08   43.   The problem in a nut shell 02:03  |  Mark Lincoln 18/04/08   44.   I particularly like the way these settlers are described.. 02:15  |  Johnboy 18/04/08   45.   Did I commit the logical fallacy? 02:15  |  Mark Lincoln 18/04/08   46.   cursed and insulted -- boo hoo 03:51  |  vik 18/04/08   47.   Settlers 10:52  |  Uzi 18/04/08   48.   When will the persecution of Germans by Jews finally end? 20:36  |  Jack 20/04/08

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