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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

US President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, November 7, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
November 8, 2020, 6:04 pm
Biden’s US will be Europe’s friend but not its military muscle, say analysts
New administration is not expected to reverse Washington’s trend in focusing more on Asia and on pulling its forces out of conflict zones
By Christian SPILLMANN
Masked soldiers of the German military special commando forces, 'Kommando Spezialkraefte' (KSK), hold their weapons ready as they move along a wall during an exercise in Baumholder, southwestern Germany, in this Sept. 11, 1997. (Hermann J. Knippertz/AP)
October 6, 2020, 8:57 am
Germany to present report on far-right extremism in police, military
Around 300,000 members of security forces fill out anonymous questionnaires in the hope of breaking what unions and experts have called a culture of silence
By Mathieu FOULKES
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Minister of Defense, delivers her speech at the Ploetzense Lake Memorial in memory of those murdered in the resistance against the Nazis in Berlin, Germany, Monday, July 20, 2020. The day commemorates the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
July 21, 2020, 1:14 am
German defense minister calls anti-Hitler plotters a model for today’s military
76 years after Claus von Stauffenberg’s failed assassination attempt, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer says right-wing soldiers who admire Nazi-era Wehrmacht have no place in German army
By AP
German soldiers pictured in the German state of Saxony, May 26, 2020. (Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
June 2, 2020, 9:15 am
Rabbis can be military chaplains in Germany for first time since 1930s
Defense Ministry says up to ten ‘pastoral workers of the Jewish faith’ are to serve in armed forces; minister says move shows ‘Jewish life is self-evident in our country’
By Joe Baur
President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster (center) attends the 'Gemeindetag 2019' meeting of Jewish organizations and members of Jewish communities from all over the country, where he and the German defense minister signed an agreement on the implementation of a Jewish military chaplaincy within the German armed forces Bundeswehr on December 20, 2019 in Berlin. (Photo by Gregor Fischer / dpa / AFP)
December 20, 2019, 8:38 pm
Germany signs accord to reintroduce military rabbis after more than a century
Defense chief says agreement ‘a strong sign for Jewish life’ in the country; move expected to be approved by parliament early next year
By AP
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer waves on stage after she was elected as party's leader during the CDU congress on December 7, 2018 at a fair hall in Hamburg, northern Germany. (John MacDougall/AFP)
December 7, 2018, 7:07 pm
Merkel loyalist wins German party leadership battle
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will head the Christian Democratic Union, making it likely Merkel will be able to see out her fourth term until 2021
By Deborah Cole
In this Wednesday, November 21, 2018 file photo, Friedrich Merz, former German Christian Democratic Union faction leader, left, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, General Secretary of the CDU, and Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn, right, all members of the CDU, attend a party regional conference candidates for the CDU chairmanship in Seebach, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
December 6, 2018, 3:15 pm
In Germany, three very different contenders vie to succeed Merkel
After 18 years at the helm of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, retiring chancellor sees rivals old and new looking to remake the party
By Geir Moulson
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