On Tuesday, March 22nd, the Members of Parliament, Bernd Rützel, Birgit Kömpel, Andreas Schwarz and Florian Post, Social Democratic Party (SPD), visited Israel in order to gain a better understanding of current dynamics within the Israeli society and the Middle East conflict.
In addition to a briefing by Dr. Werner Puschra, Director of FES Israel, Rami Hod, Director of the Social Economic Academy, provided them with an overview over the current economic and social situation of Israel. Apart from that, Yariv Oppenheimer, Director General of the NGO Peace Now, offered some insights into prospects for a peaceful conflict resolution.
Afterwards, the delegation met two of their Israeli counterparts, MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (Avoda) and MK Michal Rozin (Meretz), in order to strengthen German-Israeli social democratic ties.
