Trip to the war zone: Merz meets Netanyahu – why?. On his first visit after the Islamist Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the CDU chairman also wants to speak with Foreign Minister Israel Katz, opposition leader Jair Lapid and opposition politician Benny Gantz.
Merz is accompanied by the deputy parliamentary group leaders Johann Wadephul and Jens Spahn as well as the deputy chairwoman of the German-Israeli parliamentary group, Gitta Connemann.