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| January 3, 2013
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Israel & Germany to fund Jerusalem brain research center

Hebrew University of Jerusalem & the Max Planck Society agree to build a new brain research center to serve as top teaching and research facility in the field.

 

 

A brain research center costing 3 million euro during its first five years of existence will be established by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Max Planck Society, an independent non-governmental and nonprofit association of German research institutes publicly funded by Germany’s federal and state governments.

It will be established on the the university’s Givat Ram campus in the capital, where the signing ceremony will be held on January 9.

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| December 6, 2012
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Netanyahu & Merkel ‘agree to disagree’ on construction plans for E-1

At a news conference with Netanyahu, Merkel warns against unilateral moves and pushes for direct negotiations

The two leaders “agree to disagree” on plans to build the controversial E-1 corridor building in the Judean Desert.

By HERB KEINON, REUTERS

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to disagree on the question of plans to build more settlements in the West Bank, the chancellor said on Thursday. “We agreed that we disagree on this,” Merkel said at a news conference with Netanyahu in Berlin.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and German Chancellor Mer - Photo: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom

Prime Minister Netanyahu and German Chancellor Mer – Photo: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom

“We in Germany believe the work on a two-state solution must be continued … we must keep trying to come to negotiations and one-sided moves should be avoided,” she added.

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| December 5, 2012
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Merkel’s message: Promote the peace process or face world seclusion

PM Netanyahu will be meeting German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday evening to discuss Palestinian issues.

 

With Israel and European Union states embroiled in a diplomatic crisis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday night in Berlin.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel – Photo by AP

Merkel, who has had a rocky relationship with Netanyahu over the past four years, is expected to stress that the Israeli leader must choose between promoting the peace process, including establishing a Palestinian state, or facing international seclusion.

Despite the diplomatic crisis and the tension with Netanyahu, Merkel insisted on holding the government summit with Israel in Berlin. Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2012
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France & UK mull recalling their Israel ambassadors

Great Britain is considering withdrawing their ambassador to Israel and suspending all trade in protest against ‘settlement construction plans’.

France, Germany, Russia and Sweden echo criticism

By Reuters

 

Britain and France on Monday weighed measures against Israel to protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron – Photo: AP

Sky News reported that the suspension of trade agreements with the Jewish state is also among the sanctions under consideration in the UK

Germany urged Israel to refrain from expanding settlements and Russia said it viewed plans to put more new homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem with serious concern. Continue Reading »

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| December 1, 2012
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2 days after UNGA vote, Merkel reaffirms German support for Israel’s security

2 days after Germany disappointed Jerusalem by abstaining on Palestinians’ status vote at UN, German chancellor says her country “will always stand on the side of Israel” on the issue of Israel’s security.

By REUTERS

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country’s support on Saturday, two days after Berlin disappointed the Jewish state by abstaining in a UN vote on the Palestinians’ status.

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel – Photo: REUTERS

Germany, which will host Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and many of his ministers next week, abstained in Thursday’s vote in the UN General Assembly which provided de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state.

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| November 14, 2012
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Israel’s special relationship with Germany won’t hold to next generation

A German Foreign Ministry official says the younger generation’s criticism of Israel’s handling of Palestinian issues is growing in Germany

By Itamar Eichner

 

German criticism of Israel’s foreign policy is growing, particularly in regards to the Palestinian issue, a German Foreign Ministry official told Israeli officials in a closed meeting earlier this week.

Netanyahu and Merkel – Photo: Reuters

Germany’s younger generation feels more at liberty to criticize Israel, he added.

The official said that in 20 years time, “the special relationship” between the two countries will not be as it is today.

He stressed that Germany feels it is very important to maintain its relations with Israel but doubted this would still be relevant in 20 years. Continue Reading »

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