Angela Merkel Visits Israel

JERUSALEM - MARCH 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel raises her glass during a speech in the Chagall state hall ahead of a special session of the Israeli parliament in the Chagall state hall on March 18, 2008 at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel. Merkel is to address the Knesset in German, becoming the first head of government to do so. The honor has largely been reserved for presidents and other heads of state. Two German presidents have spoken to the Knesset in German since 2000, and hearing the language associated so strongly with the Nazi genocide of six million Jews elicited little reaction in Israel. Merkel is on a 3-day state visit to Israel. (Photo by Sebastian Scheiner-Pool/Getty Images)