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Germany’s Merz hails ‘miracle’ friendship with Israel in meeting with Herzog

07 December 2025 01:50 (UTC +04:00)

Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at his official residence in Jerusalem, hours after the German leader touched down in Israel for his first visit since entering the role, APA reports citing Times of Israel.

“We have become very close friends, and for me to see the Arrow 3 missiles being installed in Germany to defend Germany and Europe, Israeli-made products, is something very unique and moving and important,” Herzog tells Merz, according to remarks published by his office.

He says Germany has a “huge role to play” in creating a “new horizon” for Israelis and Palestinians, and the region.

Merz expresses hope that the war against Hamas will end soon when the terror group “has laid down all its arms,” and that a two-state solution will be realized, calling it an “important factor for good coexistence between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Israeli people, the Palestinian people, and the Arab world, for it to be able to live peacefully in peace and security and in dignity.”