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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) chats with her foreign policy adviser Christoph Heusgen before the opening session of the North Atlantic Council during the NATO Summit on May 20, 2012, at McCormick Place in Chicago. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
July 11, 2025, 10:33 am
Report: PM tried to get Merkel adviser fired 13 years ago over pro-Palestinian demands
Christoph Heusgen reportedly sought to condition submarine deal on settlement freeze, Palestinian state; Netanyahu confidant Dermer, acting on orders, said to have demanded his sacking
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden answers questions about Israel after speaking about the Special Counsel report in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
February 9, 2024, 10:22 am
After fumbling Hamas’s name, Biden mistakes dead leader for living one, again
In series of gaffes, president calls terror group ‘opposition’ before correcting himself, says he met ex-German leader Helmut Kohl 4 years after his death, confuses Egypt, Mexico
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israelis place rubber submarines in the Yarkon river as part of a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 28, 2023, 7:05 am
A year after its launch, details of submarine affair probe’s work yet to surface
While the identities of the witnesses and the materials studied remain unknown, some believe staying under the radar may save panel from being torpedoed by Netanyahu government
By Tal Schneider
Refugees from many different countries - from Africa, Middle East and India - mostly students of Ukrainian universities are seen at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland on February 27, 2022 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
February 28, 2022, 12:13 pm
Ukraine refugee crisis highlights mistreatment of those fleeing Middle East, Africa
Warm welcome at borders contrasts with hostility, harsh language faced by others looking for safe haven
By Renata Brito
Knessset Speaker MK Mickey Levy breaks down in tears during a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day held in the Bundestag, the German Parliament, January 27, 2022. (Courtesy Boaz Arad)
January 27, 2022, 5:21 pm
In tears, Knesset speaker recites mourner’s Kaddish in German parliament
Addressing the Bundestag in Berlin on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mickey Levy says world has a duty to educate the next generation in these horrors
By Stuart Winer and AP
From left, candidate Helge Braun, new elected party chairman Friedrich Merz and candidate Norbert Roettgen, attend a press conference of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 2021 to announce the results of a ballot on who will become its new leader. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
December 18, 2021, 12:56 am
Merkel’s former party, now in German opposition, elects conservative Merz as leader
Center-right Christian Democratic Union’s new chair previously served as opposition leader when he led the party in early 2000s
By Geir Moulson
Lawmakers applaud outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center on top, in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Stefanie Loos)
December 8, 2021, 12:29 pm
Ovation for Merkel as Scholz voted in as Germany’s leader, ending her 16-year tenure
Former vice chancellor heads a three-party coalition being sworn in during one of Germany’s worst moments in the COVID-19 pandemic
By Geir Moulson
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a a speech at the defence ministry during the ceremonial send-off for her in Berlin, on December 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool/AFP)
December 5, 2021, 5:35 am
In last podcast as chancellor, Merkel urges Germans to get vaccinated
Days before she leaves office, Germany’s longtime leader warns current COVID wave is ‘very serious,’ lauds those who ‘stick to the rules’
By AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) arrives with her designated successor Olaf Scholz (L) for a press conference following a meeting with the heads of Germany's federal states, at the Chancellery in Berlin, on December 2, 2021. (John MacDougall/Pool/AFP)
December 2, 2021, 6:45 pm
Germany excludes unvaccinated from public life as COVID surges
Merkel announces sweeping rules banning those without immunity against coronavirus from restaurants, markets, gatherings and more; voices support for compulsory vaccination
By Femke COLBORNE
Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister and SPD candidate for Chancellor, waves to his supporters after German parliament election at the Social Democratic Party, SPD, headquarters in Berlin, September 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
November 24, 2021, 7:17 pm
German center-left parties agree to form government, ending Merkel era
3 German parties reach deal to form new coalition headed by Social Democrats leader Olaf Scholz, the outgoing chancellor’s finance minister since 2018
By Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson
US President Joe Biden addresses the media with President of the European Commission during the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 31, 2021 at the convention center "La Nuvola" in the EUR district of Rome. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
October 31, 2021, 8:13 pm
Biden pledges to only leave renewed Iran deal if Tehran clearly violates it
Joint statement by US president and European leaders says if new nuclear deal reached, Washington will ‘stay in full compliance, so long as Iran does the same’
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Joe Biden greets French President Emmanuel Macron (right), as Democratic Republic of Congo's President and African Union Chair Felix Tshisekedi looks on prior to a group photo of world leaders at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, on October 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
October 30, 2021, 2:22 pm
US, European leaders express ‘grave, growing concern’ over Iran
Biden, Macron, Johnson and Merkel say they’re determined ‘to ensure Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon,’ but restoration of nuke deal only possible if Tehran changes course
By Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Oct. 22, 2021 (Aris Oikonomou, Pool Photo via AP)
October 23, 2021, 8:59 am
‘You are a monument’: Merkel gets standing ovation at her final EU summit
Council chief: EU summit ‘without Angela is like Rome without Vatican, Paris without Eiffel tower’; Obama sends video tribute; German chancellor warns of bloc’s future challenges
By Alex Pigman
View of the main road in the Arab-Israeli village of Majd al-Krum, near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, on November 8, 2017 (Courtesy Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
October 11, 2021, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 11 – Can NIS 35 billion effect change in the Arab community?
Arab affairs writer Aaron Boxerman and political correspondent Tal Schneider discuss planned funding for Arab cities and minister Elazar Stern’s document-shredding admission
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a private dinner in Jerusalem on October 10, 2021. (Koby Gideon/GPO)
October 11, 2021, 10:42 am
Bennett said to tell Merkel Israel wants to advance controversial submarine deal
PM says he ordered review of deal after taking office; Merkel says countries agree that ‘there must always be a vision of a lasting democratic Jewish State of Israel’
By Raoul Wootliff
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