Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met today (Sunday May 31) in Jerusalem with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The two discussed the issue of European pressure on Israel to the negotiate with the Palestinian Authority, as well as the ongoing Iranian nuclear threat.
Steinmeier also met with Israeli president Ruby Rivlin and Opposition leader Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Zionist Union merger of the Labor and Hatnua parties.
Herzog hosted Steinmeier at his home on Saturday night. He praised Germany for its support during last week’s PA attempts to expel Israel’s soccer league from FIFA, the international soccer federation.
The Opposition leader also released a statement on relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and his views on the chances for the success of peace.
Herzog has been working to project an image of himself as a parallel government leader at various events abroad. Several months ago he appeared at an international conference and met with world leaders on the sidelines in talks normally arranged solely between government ministers.
Rivlin hosted Steinmeier on Sunday.
