German President Horst Kohler has addressed the Parliament of the Jewish State in Jerusalem. Kohler is on an official visit marking forty years since the establishment of diplomatic relations. After opening his address in Hebrew, Professor Kohler then said ‘I want to reaffirm here today that responsibility for the Shoah is part of Germany’s identity’ and he added ‘I bow my head in shame and humility before the victims’. He condemned the Palestinian terrorism against Israel saying the terror must end: ‘Suicide bombings are crimes for which there can be no excuse or justification’. The German President visited the town of Sderot, the Israeli town that was repeatedly shelled by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip.