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Netanyahu and Merz hold expanded meeting with Israeli ministers, senior officials
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd R) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C) hold an expanded meeting with Israeli ministers in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are holding an expanded meeting with senior officials at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, following their one-on-one meeting this morning, the PMO says in a statement.
Participating in the meeting are Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Acting National Security Adviser Gil Reich, Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram, and the countries’ respective ambassadors, the statement says.
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