On April 25, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a meeting with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel over Gabriel's decision to meet while in Israel with two anti-occupation organizations, a decision that keeps making waves in the Israeli media.
The outgoing director of Breaking the Silence, Yuli Novak, said on the evening of April 25 at a meeting with Meretz activists, “The prime minister is behaving unreasonably. A bull in a diplomatic china shop is a compliment for Netanyahu’s conduct, and that is certainly what is not expected from a seasoned politician. … It’s so insane. … The amazing thing is that Netanyahu issued an ultimatum: ‘You either meet with us or with them.’ You give an ultimatum when you think you can win. Here he ate his hat.”