Angela Merkel

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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.

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 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


Trump says he is postponing G7 summit

The G7 is currently "outdated," Trump said, as he suggested alternate countries which might join instead.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi (not pictured) for bilateral talks during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019

Germany's Merkel rejects Trump invite to G7 summit in Washington - report

"She will of course continue to monitor the development of the pandemic."

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019

Merkel’s party and the Middle East

A leadership race in the CDU party may shape the future of German-Israeli ties

Germany’s CDU Secretary General Paul Ziemiak, Defense Minister and CDU Chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Armin Laschet, federal Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, attend a CDU board meeting in Berlin last year

Malta envoy to Helsinki resigns after comparing Merkel to Hitler

Michael Zammit Tabona, a businessman and political appointee who was appointed in 2014, could not be contacted for comment.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel lights a candle at the memorial of the divided city and the victims of communist tyranny during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2019

‘Merkel worse than Hitler, envoy Israeli spy,' says antisemitic Iran paper

German commissioner to combat antisemitism tells 'Post': "There is no space for Iran-backed terror in our country'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 2, 2019

Anti-Israel party complain Merkel aided in Soleimani killing dismissed

The Left Party MPs filed their criminal complaint against Merkel in late February.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 2, 2019

Netanyahu, Merkel discuss cooperation on coronavirus response

Netanyahu's office described the conversation as "warm and long."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during a press conference, October 4, 2018

Merkel: Most people will get the coronavirus, aim is to slow its spread

"When the virus is out there, the population has no immunity and no therapy exists, then 60 to 70% of the population will be infected," she told a news conference in Berlin.

erman Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during her visit of Herrenknecht AG in Schwanau, Germany, October 7, 2019

Merkel again permits Iranian protest calling for Israel’s destruction

German Jews and politicians urged Berlin authorities to cancel the scheduled May Al Quds Day protest against the existence of Israel, in which Hezbollah and neo-Nazi members routinely take part.

Demonstrators attend an 'al-Quds Day' protest rally in Berlin, Germany, July 11, 2015

Alleged outbreak of antisemitism in Angela Merkel’s chancellery

Jewish man of Lebanese origin called "Jewish pig"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel lights a candle at the memorial of the divided city and the victims of communist tyranny during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2019