Angela Merkel

Grapevine, November 21, 2025: No age limits

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu writes one of the final letters in a Torah Scroll dedicated to the memory of fallen soldier Moshe Leiter as Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the US, looks on.
JUDGES AND DANCERS in the Israel Irish Dancing Championship.

Grapevine, November 16, 2025: The Germans are coming

FROM LEFT: Nadav Fattal, Asaf, David Fattal, Orel, and Assaf Fattal.

Grapevine, November 14, 2025: A Woman of valor

 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


Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 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.

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

Letters to the editor October 13, 2021: Ben & Jerry trip on a query

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Merkel's trips to Israel at start and end of tenure not a coincidence - analysis

It is not by accident that visits to Israel will serve as bookends to Merkel's term in office: Both trips gave tangible expression to the importance she attributes to Berlin’s ties with Jerusalem.

 Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett posing with all of Israel's female ministers in the 36th government.

Merkel: Talks with Iran must be renewed urgently

Merkel is in Israel on a two-day visit as she concludes her 16 years in office, with SPD leader Olaf Scholz her likely replacement.

 Angela Merkel and Naftali Bennett during the former's visit to Israel on October 10, 2021.

Merkel should be acknowledged for her strong support for Israel - editorial

Merkel and Bennett to visit Yad Vashem and the outgoing German chancellor will also be awarded an honorary doctorate from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

 GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel speaks during the annual report handover of the National Regulatory Control Council in Berlin, September 16.

Merkel in Israel Sunday for farewell visit

This will be Merkel's seventh official trip to the Jewish state since she took office in 2005. Merkel has been a strong ally and friend of Israel during her tenure at the country's helm.

Merkel in Israel Sunday for farewell visit.

Grapevine October 8, 2021: Taking a moral stance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ukraine.

Technion to award German Chancellor Merkel honorary doctorate

The ceremony will take place in Jerusalem, as part of Merkel’s visit to Israel, with the award granted for her support of the Jewish state and fight against antisemitism.

 FORMER PRESIDENT Shimon Peres meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his official residence in Jerusalem in 2011.

Grapevine October 6, 2021: The American component in Aliyah Bet

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Arjun Ghimire, Itsik Kamilian, Snjan Shakya, yitzhak Eldan