Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog met today (Tuesday) with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who arrived for a visit to Israel against the background of fighting in the south.
During their meeting, the President thanked the Chancellor for Germany’s strong stand with Israel, saying: “I want to thank you for coming to Israel and express the great thanks of the Israeli People to the German People, to the parliament of Germany, and to you and your government for your support for us in one of the darkest hours we are dealing with as a nation since the establishment of the State of Israel.”
Herzog: “We are enlisted in efforts to neutralize the capabilities of Hamas”
Herzog described his visit to a number of cities in the south and his talks with the resident to the German Chancellor. “I see a wonderfully strong society, standing, full of hope and positive, despite the great pain caused us,” the President said. “We are all enlisted – enlisted in the efforts to neutralize the capabilities of Hamas, to allow us to live in peace and move on to a future peace, so we can live alongside one another.”
