Berlin landmark lit up by Israeli flag following Jerusalem attack

Record ID: 163574

  • Title: Berlin landmark lit up by Israeli flag following Jerusalem attack
  • Date: 9th January 2017
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JANUARY 9, 2017) (NIGHT SHOTS) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BERLIN'S LANDMARK, THE BRANDENBURG GATE, LIT UP IN THE COLOURS OF THE ISRAELI FLAG, PEOPLE LOOKING ON ISRAEL FLAG IN SNOW NEAR CANDLES PEOPLE LOOKING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S CHIEF RABBI, WARREN GOLDSTEIN, LOOKING AT BRANDENBURG GATE STAR OF DAVID PROJECTED ONTO PILLARS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA'S CHIEF RABBI, WARREN GOLDSTEIN, SAYING: "I think what is so moving and important about seeing on the Brandenburg Gate the Israeli flag is that it's a sign of solidarity, that it's a recognition of the fact that democracies throughout the world, civilised people, civilised values throughout the world are under attack and under threat. And when there is a threat good people stand together and the way to defeat the threats in the world is when good people come together and stand shoulder to shoulder with one another, whether it is in Germany or in Israel or in France or America. Wherever it may be, we all stand together." WIDE OF GATE LARGE ISRAELI FLAG IN MAN'S HAND (SOUNDBITE) (German) FRIEND OF ISRAEL, ANDREW WALDE, SAYING: "It happened the same brutal way and my thoughts were immediately with the people in Israel, the victims, their families. I immediately suggested that something like this should take place to give a deliver message as the city of Berlin and from the people here." SMALL CHILD JUMPING UP AND DOWN (SOUNDBITE) (German) FRIEND OF ISRAEL, ANDREW WALDE, SAYING: "I find the country incredibly wonderful and I find the people incredibly wonderful. My first time in Israel was in 1980 and I fell in love with that country. I have since been there many times and I organised a lot of youth trips there. Here in Berlin, I'm working for the German-Israeli society." ISRAEL FLAG IN SNOW NEAR CANDLES WIDE OF BRANDENBURG GATE
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2017 20:06
  • Keywords: Germany Jerusalem attack Brandenburg Gate illuminated Berlin
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015YD1YYV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Berlin's landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, was lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag on Monday night (January 9) in solidarity with the victims of a truck ramming in Jerusalem a day earlier, which killed four Israeli soldiers.
    Sunday's attack in Jerusalem came some three weeks after a similar incident in Berlin killed 12 people when a truck ploughed through a crowded Christmas market.
    "What is so moving and important about seeing on the Brandenburg Gate the Israeli flag is that it's a sign of solidarity," said South Africa's chief rabbi, Warren Goldstein.
    Goldstein said he was in Berlin to give a speech at nearby Humboldt University earlier in the evening and then passed by after being told of the illumination.
    "It's a recognition of the fact that democracies throughout the world, civilised people, civilised values throughout the world are under attack and under threat," Goldstein said.
    "The way to defeat the threats in the world is when good people come together and stand shoulder to shoulder with one another, whether it is in Germany or in Israel or in France or America. Wherever it may be, we all stand together," said the chief rabbi.
    Andrew Walde, who was carrying a large Israeli flag, said he had fallen in love with the country ever since he first visited Israel in 1980.
    Asked what his thoughts were when he heard about the Jerusalem attack, three weeks after Berlin's Christmas market carnage, Walde said "it happened the same brutal way and my thoughts were immediately with the people in Israel, the victims, their families."
    In recent times, the Brandenburg Gate has been lit in national colours to express solidarity with different countries, such as after the Paris attacks.
    Most recently, Berlin's landmark was draped in the colours of Turkey after the January 2 attack on an Istanbul night club.
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