Capping off his state visit to Berlin, President Isaac Herzog arrives back in Israel, welcoming his German counterpart for a reciprocal visit.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier touches down in Israel about half an hour after Herzog’s return, and is welcomed at the airport in a brief ceremony.
The two leaders will head straight to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, and later this evening Steinmeier will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Herzog.
Tomorrow, they will tour Kibbutz Be’eri, which was devastated by Hamas’s October 7 attack, and will present plans to rebuild a new art gallery there. They will also plant a tree together.
Steinmeier’s visit comes after Herzog’s whirlwind one-day trip to Berlin yesterday to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties with Germany, including a meeting with the newly sworn in Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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