At UN, Scholz urges Netanyahu to compromise on Israeli judicial plans

Contributed by NAMPA / DPA.

New York (dpa) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, again backed efforts to find a compromise on Israel's controversial judicial reforms.
Scholz stressed the importance of the broadest possible social support for such fundamental reforms and acknowledged the commitment of Israeli President Isaac Herzog on this issue, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Tuesday after the 5 ...