The media in Germany reported on Sunday that Israel has made it clear to Germany that it rejects Berlin's mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to Kol Yisrael government radio. Israel's ambassador to Germany, Yaakov Hadas, told the weekly Der Spiegel that Israel does not need mediation, explaining, "We are very familiar with the other side,"
German Foreign Minister Zigmar Gabriel will arrive in Jordan this evening and on Tuesday he will come to Israel and Ramallah. The Social Democratic denounced what he called Israel's apartheid policy several years ago on his Facebook page and refused to apologize for it. After signing the nuclear agreement with Iran, Gabriel was the first Western official to visit Tehran in an effort to sign agreements following the lifting of the sanctions against Iran.