PM cancels Germany trip due to illness
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled trip to Germany has been cancelled due to a non-serious illness afflicting the prime minister.
Netanyahu's office reported, "The prime minister did not feel well this evening. Following an examination by his doctor, Dr. Tzvi Herman Berkovitch, he was diagnosed with a viral infection and a low fever. Dr. Berkovitch recommended that the prime minister rest at home. In conjunction with the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was decided to delay the meeting between the two governments to January." (Roni Sofer)