Germany is a staunch supporter of Israel and its response to the Hamas attacks and ensuing conflict has been driven by its own dark past, and the slaughter of six million Jews by the Nazis during the second world war Germany announced Thursday its provision of €25 million (US$27 million) to support Holocaust survivors in Israel in dealing with the repercussions of the conflict in Gaza. According to the Claims Conference, an organization advocating for Holocaust survivors and collaborating with the German government on this initiative, each of the 113,000 Jewish survivors in Israel will receive a one-time payment of...