Former government spokesman Steffen Seibert becomes Germany’s new ambassador to Israel. The 62-year-old published a video of himself on Twitter on Monday and introduced himself as the designated ambassador in Tel Aviv.
In the video speech in Hebrew and English, Seibert emphasizes that Germany and Israel are “partners and friends” today. “For us Germans, for me personally, that means so much.” “After the barbarism and the monstrous crimes of the Shoa, friendship with Israel is not something that we Germans can take for granted,” said Seibert, who was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman from 2010 to 2021 ( CDU) was.
Germany is “very grateful” for this friendship. Germany has also learned lessons from its history. One of the most important is to stand with Israel and work for the security of the country. Seibert replaces the previous Ambassador Susanne Wasum-Rainer in Tel Aviv. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” had already reported in March that the former ZDF television journalist was to become the new ambassador in Israel.
