Gantz to meet Scholz, Steinmeier in Berlin

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz speaks at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, DC, September 8, 2024. (Itzik Balnitzki / Courtesy)
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz speaks at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, DC, September 8, 2024. (Itzik Balnitzki / Courtesy)

Benny Gantz, the chairman of the opposition National Unity party, will leave this evening on what his spokesman describes as a “high-level political visit in Berlin” where he is slated to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Over the course of Thursday, Gantz will meet with Scholz as well as President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Policy and Security Advisor Jens Plotner and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz of the CDU party. He is set to return tomorrow evening.

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