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Helmut Kohl

Johannes Volkmann in the Reichstag building, the seat of the German Bundestag. (Tobias Koch)
November 28, 2025, 10:29 pm
Helmut Kohl’s politician grandson is ‘ashamed’ of Germany’s response to antisemitism
Johannes Volkmann, 28, up-and-coming lawmaker and scion of the longtime chancellor, urges tougher laws against Jew-hatred, warning fear has ‘become normalized’ for German Jews
By Joshua Schultheis
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit a synagogue in Strasbourg, France, on June 30, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
July 2, 2017, 1:06 pm
Netanyahu to meet with Macron, attend Paris Holocaust ceremony
PM talked briefly this weekend with French president in Strasbourg, where he joined Helmut Kohl’s funeral ceremony, spoke in synagogue
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on July 1, 2017 before a ceremony in tribute to former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. (AFP/Sebastien Bozon)
July 1, 2017, 10:39 pm
Netanyahu risks religious ire to take part in Shabbat memorial to German leader
PM attends service for Helmut Kohl in rare public display by an Israeli leader on Jewish day of rest; PMO stresses he did not violate Shabbat
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Leaders sit during an homage ceremony to former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, at the European ceremony in Strasbourg, eastern France, Saturday July 1, 2017 (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
July 1, 2017, 1:59 pm
World leaders bid farewell to German chancellor Helmut Kohl
Netanyahu attends Strasbourg ceremony, elects not to speak due to the Sabbath
By ToI Staff and AFP
A photograph of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and a white rose are seen next to a book of condolences for Kohl at the conservative Christian Democratic Union's regional party congress in Berlin on June 17, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/DPA/AFP)
June 30, 2017, 11:32 am
Netanyahu to attend funeral of former German chancellor Kohl
PM to join world leaders at Saturday’s Strasbourg service for one of ‘Israel’s greatest friends’
By ToI Staff and AFP
The April 5, 2013 file photo shows former German chancellor Helmut Kohl on the shore of Lake Tegernsee in Bad Wiessee, southern Germany. (Frank Leonhardt/dpa via AP, file)
June 16, 2017, 7:17 pm
Former German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, dies aged 87
PM Netanyahu hails Germany’s longest serving post-war leader as ‘one of the greatest friends of Israel’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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