Overview
- Berlin says the chancellor will raise compliance with international law, condemn settler violence, and reject steps toward West Bank annexation.
- The visit starts Saturday with talks with King Abdullah II in Aqaba before a planned Sunday meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
- The government confirms a previously imposed partial halt on arms exports to Israel has been lifted after tensions over Gaza policy.
- The Left party and Amnesty International denounce the planned meeting due to the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu and call for a comprehensive arms embargo.
- Former Israeli ambassador Shimon Stein urges Germany to impose entry bans on ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, arguing dialogue must be matched by pressure.