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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Mr Netanyahu said Israel "will always insist [that] the sovereign power of security from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean Sea will always remain in Israel's hand".
48% : Last week, Israel supplied Germany with its Arrow 3 missile defence system in a deal worth $4.6 billion, the largest defence export in Israeli history.
47% : He doubled down on Israel's insistence that Hamas rule in the strip must end, calling it "an essential part of ensuring a different future for Gaza and a different future for us facing Gaza".
46% : Mr Merz also reiterated Germany's opposition to "any [Israeli] annexation in the West Bank", a key policy priority of many in Israel's government.
38% : He added Israel's military occupation of the West Bank "has nothing to do with the question of political annexation that remains a subject of discussion".
37% : During the press conference, Mr Merz said Israel's military operations put Germany in a "dilemma" and that "unusual circumstances in those weeks and months" compelled him to enact the partial embargo.
36% : The court last year issued warrants against him and Israel's former defence minister Yoav Gallant on allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
36% : Germany is one of Israel's closest allies but took unprecedented measures against it during the Gaza war, including issuing a partial arms embargo in response to an offensive in Gaza city.

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