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Inaugural visit to Israel: What Merz expects from his meeting with Netanyahu

For the first time since the start of the ceasefire in Gaza, an EU head of government is meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister. In view of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the Greens are calling for a resumption of the ban on arms exports.

05. December 2025
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh for the Gaza summit in mid-October. (picture alliance/dpa | Michael Kappeler)

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Last updated: 05. December 2025