German foreign minister starts talks in Israel - Update

Jerusalem - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier began talks with Israeli leaders Monday morning as part of a 40-hour trip to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. 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 stopover in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which was to include an inaugural ceremony for some new, German-funded classrooms, was cancelled due to an unannounced, last-minute visit by... [read full story]                    

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