German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference at the end of a European Union (EU) leaders summit discussing the EU's long-term budget at the EU council headquarters in Brussels November 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country's support on Saturday, two days after Berlin disappointed the Jewish state by abstaining in a U.N. vote on the Palestinians' status.
Germany, which will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and many of his ministers next week, abstained in Thursday's vote in the U.N. General Assembly which provided de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state.
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