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      <title>Merz in Israel for first visit as German chancellor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Following a meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the European leader said his country “will stand by your side in friendship.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:32:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Germany's Merz to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The two leaders will then hold a joint press conference.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Merz: Germany should boycott Eurovision if Israel excluded</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four European public broadcasters have already announced they will withdraw from the singing contest if Israeli artists take part.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:28:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Merz fights tears as he recalls Nazi crimes, declares 'war' on antisemitism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Berlin had "turned a blind eye" to the fact that many refugees who arrived in Germany "were socialized in countries of origin where hatred of Israel is taught even to children," said the German chancellor.]]></description>
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      <title>With arms embargo on Israel, Germany crosses a historic red line</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chancellor Friedrich Merz has severely weakened his ability to prevent harmful E.U. measures against the Jewish state from being passed.]]></description>
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      <title>America’s fair-weather friends</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Germany, Britain and France make it harder to get a ceasefire in Gaza.]]></description>
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      <title>German chancellor: Israel doing the world's ‘dirty work' in Iran</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz's party defended his remarks against critics on the left.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In Berlin address, Israel's FM decries soaring antisemitism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Standing at the German capital's Holocaust memorial, Gideon Sa’ar blasted European antisemitism and defended Israel’s right to self-defense.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:37:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>German chancellor: Israel's actions ‘no longer justified'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz's comments are the harshest by a German top official since the outbreak of war on Oct. 7, 2023.]]></description>
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      <title>German chancellor speaks to Netanyahu first</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz reiterated Berlin's commitment to Israel’s security, condemning the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 15:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
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