Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with German Chancellor Scholz

The meeting comes as Israel moves to finalize its sale to Germany of its advanced Arrow 3 missile defense system.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, on September 19, 2023. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, on September 19, 2023.
(photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the high-level opening portion of the 78th UN General Assembly.

Netanyahu is also expected to meet later today with the presidents of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, and of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Among those in attendance are Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and the heads of the Mossad, the National Security Council, and Israel’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan.

The meeting comes as Israel moves to finalize its sale to Germany of its advanced Arrow 3 missile defense system.