Editing Anti-German sentiment (section)

=== Israel ===
In the 21st century, the long debate about whether the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] should play the works of [[Richard Wagner]] is mostly considered a remnant of the past. In March 2008, German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] became the first foreign head of government invited to deliver a speech in the Israeli parliament, which she gave in German. Several members of parliament left in protest during the speech and claimed the need to create a [[collective memory]] that "will create a kind of electric wave when Jews will hear the sounds of the German language, they'll remember the Holocaust."<ref>{{cite news |date=19 March 2008 |title=German Chancellor's speech to Israel upsets MPs |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2194102.htm |access-date=16 September 2008 |work=[[The World Today (Australian radio program)|The World Today]]}}</ref>

In an October 2008 interview, the researcher Hanan Bar (חנן בר) summed up the ambiguous Israeli attitude to Germany: "If the average Israeli happens to see a football match between Germany and Holland{{sic}}, he would automatically root for the Dutch. But the same person, when buying a washing machine, would prefer a German model, considering it to be the best."<ref>Interview in "Shamenet" (שמנת), monthly supplement of ''[[Haaretz]]'', October 2008.</ref>