BERLIN, Jan.29 (YPA) – The Munich Security Conference has made the decision to exclude Israel from the main stage of the event due to the ongoing war, according to an interview conducted by Israel’s Channel 12 with the event’s organizers.
The Hebrew newspaper “Jerusalem Post” said that this decision came as a surprise because the conference is considered one of the most prestigious conferences in the field of national security, and “Israel” has historically been a major contributor to this event.
The newspaper pointed out that until last year, the conference gave representatives of the Zionist entity an important place in the conference, as it gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Ministers Benny Gantz, Yoav Galant and Moshe Yaalon central seats in the conference.
But before the conference, which is expected to be held in two weeks, the conference administration decided to reject all requests submitted by the entity to participate. A request from the office of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to speak at the conference was denied, as he has done in the past. Instead, he was offered to participate as a panelist.
The interview also mentioned that the organizer of the Munich conference is former German National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, who is said to have a problematic record regarding Israel.
YPA