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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Germany denies Merkel threatened to cancel visit if Bedouin village razes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany is denying reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened to cancel her visit to Israel this week if Jerusalem carried out the demolition of the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar prior to her arrival.
“There was never a doubt that the government to government consultations would take place. A cancellation was not considered at any point in time,” a spokeswoman for Germany’s embassy in Tel Aviv tells The Times of Israel.
However, the spokeswoman declined to say whether Merkel has asked Prime Minister Netanyahu to cancel plans to demolish the West Bank hamlet or plans to do so upon landing this evening for a one-day visit.
— Raphael Ahren and Jacob Magid
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