Angela Merkel

Grapevine, November 16, 2025: The Germans are coming

Israel’s global relationships are deepening with new collaborations with Germany and Africa, focusing on innovative research and expanding diplomatic ties for security and human rights.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
JUDGES AND DANCERS in the Israel Irish Dancing Championship.
FROM LEFT: Nadav Fattal, Asaf, David Fattal, Orel, and Assaf Fattal.

Grapevine, November 14, 2025: A Woman of valor

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

Netanyahu wanted advisor of Germany's Angela Merkel to be fired, investigation finds - report

The former Chancellor's senior advisor conditioned the sale of submarines to Israel in exchange for stopping construction in the West Bank, which prompted Netanyahu to ask Merkel for his dismissal.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2024.

Friedrich Merz: The German leader trying to bury Angela Merkel’s legacy - analysis

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash and a major legislative defeat.

|ByELDAD BECK

Netanyahu attacks Walla over viral 'Jerusalem Post' photo at trial

The image captured the moment that Netanyahu pointed past then-German chancellor Angela Merkel, casting a shadow on her lip.

DECEMBER 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen alongside then-German chancellor Angela Merkel, raising his finger and casting a shadow to give the appearance of a mustache on her face, at Jerusalem's King David Hotel in February 2014.

How committed is Germany to Israel's security? Only time will tell

Germany's devotion to Israeli security is now more in question than in years prior under different governments.

OCTOBER 18, 2024ByELDAD BECK
GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz’s government sees itself attacked on two fronts because of weapons sales to Israel. Here, the chancellor meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv last October.

Amid extreme politics, appealing to the center can restore sanity - opinion

The political landscape may seem extreme and divisive at the moment but history teaches us that political dynamics can change quickly.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023BySRULIK EINHORN
THEN-US president Barack Obama acknowledges supporters at his election night victory rally in Chicago, on November 7, 2012. The Republican Party appeared to be dead after Obama’s decisive victories, only to be resurrected in 2016.

‘He opened up a rare door to the audience’

Ayelet Frish talks about the Netflix documentary chronicling the life of Shimon Peres.

AUGUST 4, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
AYELET FRISH with former boss Shimon Peres, whose life and legacy was chronicled in a Netflix film released on July 13

With Merkel gone, Macron moves to be new leader of Europe - opinion

The French president is seizing what he believes is a moment of French accession on the world stage.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByJUDAH WAXELBAUM
SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives French President Emmanuel Macron in Jeddah last Saturday.

New gov’t in Berlin marks end of Merkel era, maintains her Israel policy - analysis

Olaf Scholz was in Angela Merkel's coalition, and the new chancellor has said that he plans to mostly stay with her foreign policy.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem, October 10, 2021.

Olaf Scholz to be elected as new chancellor of Germany

Germany is getting a new chancellor. Olaf Scholz is to take the political helm from now on.

DECEMBER 7, 2021ByMARVIN ZIEGELE/SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST
Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a hybrid party conference for the approval of the traffic light coalition agreement at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, December 4, 2021

Angela Merkel surprises public with music request for farewell ceremony

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is given a ceremonial send-off - and chooses unconventional music.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByMARVIN ZIEGELE/SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem, October 10, 2021.

14 Days: Merkel visit

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

OCTOBER 28, 2021BySTEVE LINDE
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett posing with all of Israel's female ministers in the 36th government.

Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 13, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Rabbi Gilad Kariv at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

A message to Israelis, Palestinians, Germans about Palestinian statehood - opinion

If Germany is serious about the two-state solution, then the least it could do is recognize the State of Palestine.

OCTOBER 13, 2021ByGERSHON BASKIN
PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint news conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday.