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This past week, German’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel decided to go ahead with meeting with an anti-Israeli NGO, instead of meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The decision to snub the prime minister comes at a time when anti-Israel sentiment is on the rise inside Germany. On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal argues that over the past decade, Merkel’s positive personal stance toward the Jews has largely hidden the anti-Israel views of the German public; views that are now coming to the surface as Merkel’s rule looks to be coming to an end.