German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a social media storm Thursday after the release of a video showing her awkward interaction with a crying Palestinian girl threatened with deportation. In a week in which Germany has confronted international criticism for a hard line on debt-mired Greece, Merkel was hit with fresh accusations of coldness, just as others leapt to her defence. Merkel was attending a public discussion with teenagers in the **rthern city of Rostock as part of a government-initiated ****** called "Living Well in Germany".