German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in Jerusalem, Netanyahu’s office said Thursday.

The meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m., followed by a joint press conference at 12:30 p.m.

Merz, who leads Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, spoke with Netanyahu on Nov. 16, shortly after declaring in a speech that Berlin must “stand with Israel” as part of a renewed “Western alliance.”

A day earlier, Merz referenced Israel in a speech to the Junge Union Deutschlands—the youth wing of his Christian Democratic Union party—in Rust, near Stuttgart in western Germany.

“The position of the Federal Republic of Germany must be clear, where we stand. In the Western alliance,” Merz said, before pausing. He then added, “At Israel’s side, dear fri

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