Chancellor Merkel’s Israel visit underscores defense cooperation, but no commitment to showdown with Iran

Chancellor Merkel’s Israel visit underscores defense cooperation, but no commitment to showdown with Iran: "

This is unfortunate. It looks like the germans want to be complicit in another Holocaust

Chancellor Merkel’s Israel visit underscores defense cooperation, but no commitment to showdown with Iran: ’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Israel Sunday, March 16, accompanied by seven of her top cabinet ministers. She will launch joint German-Israel cabinet-level consultations to take place in the two capitals in turn once a year. Tuesday, she becomes the first German chancellor to address the Israeli parliament. She will speak in German. Her four-day trip honors Israel’s 60th anniversary.

DEBKAfile comments: This initiative marks the Merkel government’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. At the same time, the chancellor while promising pressure on Tehran is known to hold fast against an extreme showdown with Iran over its covert military nuclear program. Her statement in a podcast on the eve of her trip - ‘The threats to which the Israeli state is exposed are also threats to us’- neatly bridges the two positions.

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