Berlin’s liaison with Tehran makes a mockery of Germany’s so-called “special relationship” with Israel. The latter is now the jilted lover that Germany attempts to reassure, even as its actions dash Israel’s expectations of fidelity. As Merkel declared to Congress that “Israel’s security will never be open to negotiation,” Israeli naval commandos were preparing a mission to seize the Francop, the German-owned vessel that carried a massive cache of Iranian-supplied rockets and weapons and was headed for Tehran’s proxy militia Hezbollah in Lebanon and its allies in Syria. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/252usliy.asp