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German foreign minister calls Netanyahu threat to cancel meeting 'regrettable'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday it would be "regrettable" if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called off a meeting between the two in Israel, as he threatened to do if the foreign minister met with an Israeli rights group.

Gabriel said it would be a "remarkable event, to put it mildly," if Netanyahu canceled their planned talks, arguing it was normal to talk to civil society representatives.

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