best friends forever?

i was just talking to a friend last night about the question of germany's role in (for lack of a better term) the arab-israeli conflict.

haaretz offers a first response in its coverage of olmert's solicitation of german peacekeeping troops. apparently there is some hesitancy in some german publics, e.g. those
"opposed to the deployment of German troops along the Israeli border [who] say they fear it would hurt the feelings of Holocaust survivors and that the troops would find it difficult to be impartially [sic] and operate against Israel if necessary."

according to olmert, "There is no nation acting in a friendlier manner towards Israel than Germany."