Israel launched a campaign Wednesday to improve its image in what was formerly East Germany with the first of a series of “Israel Days.”
The opening event, attended by the Israeli ambassador to Germany, Benjamin Navon, was held in Magdeburg, a city which as recently as last summer was still dominated by a Communist Party hostile to Israel.
Participants in the event said it drew thousands of people, who attended various discussion panels dealing with the Jewish state.
Anti-Semitism and negative attitudes toward Israel and Jews in general are believed to be widespread in the former East German territory.
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