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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Netanyahu meets German president, who also gets Presidential Medal of Honor from Herzog
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the premier’s office in Jerusalem, May 13, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met this evening with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the premier’s office in Jerusalem, the Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement, without detailing the meeting’s content.
Following his state visit to Berlin, President Isaac Herzog arrived in Israel with Steinmeier this morning, kicking off a reciprocal visit by the German head of state.
Steinmeier received the Presidential Medal of Honor from Herzog at a ceremony held this evening.
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