German president sees signs of political awakening in Israel

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Following the change of government in Israel, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees new movement in the country’s politics and society. “After years of political stagnation here in Israel – four elections in two years in which no stable government was formed – something like a political awakening can now be felt,” Steinmeier said on Friday at the end of his three-day state visit to Israel, adding that he had experienced this in all his talks. On Friday, he visited the gravesite of the first Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion and his wife Paula in the Negev Desert together with Isr…

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