German foreign minister starts talks in Israel

Jerusalem - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier began talks with Israeli leaders Monday morning as part of a 40-hour trip to Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut and possibly Ramallah. Steinmeier landed in Tel Aviv before dawn and opened his talks by meeting Israeli President Shimon Peres at his Jerusalem residence. He was scheduled next to tour the Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance institute, before meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and opposition leader Tzipi Livni later in the day. A planned parley with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah is not expected to take place because Abbas is visiting Jordan... [read full story]                    

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