Netanyahu: Kohl a great friend to Israel
BERLIN -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl means that Israel has lost one of its "greatest friends."
Netanyahu said in a statement Friday that "Kohl was the leader who united Germany with a determined and steady hand."
He says "among the State of Israel's greatest friends, he was completely dedicated to its security."
Netanyahu says he sends "condolences to the Kohl family and to the German people."
