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The Holocaust ended more than half a century ago, but some Jews refuse to this day to buy German cars. Maybe they're on to something. "German authorities believe that representatives of fundamentalist Islamic organizations are using luxury car exports from Germany to Saudi Arabia to raise money for their activities," the Jerusalem Post reports, citing an article in Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
There's more: Two German car companies have simply wiped Israel off the map. The Mercedes Web site has a map of the Middle East that labels all the region's countries that have Mercedes distributors, plus several that don't (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq)--but Israel is left unlabeled. BMW is even worse: Its map calls Israel "Palestine," though it appears to show the disputed West Bank as part of Jordan.
(Fri Aug 9, 2002 - 4:53:24 am)