BERLIN, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC applauds German President Joachim Gauck's strong reaffirmation of German-Jewish relations, but is concerned by his remarks on Israel's security

President Meets with Peres, Netanyahu and Lieberman during official visit to Israel NICOSIA, Cyprus, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During his official visit to Israel on March 13-14, President Christofias described Israel as one of Cyprus' "most important strategic partners" while President Shimon Peres spoke of the tremendous scope for cooperation, as "there is a treasure to develop - natural gas." The two countries have recently signed and ratified an agreement on the delimitation of their Exclusive Economic Zones, expected to lead to further co-operation in the field of energy. During the visit, the President of the Republic of Cyprus met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman.

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The right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party left Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government over a row with components of the Palestinian peace deal.