Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday evening telephoned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and reiterated his remarks in an interview on NPR radio in the United States, in which he said that Israelis have the right to defend themselves against violence in Jerusalem's Old City and everywhere.
Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, later told CNN that the two agreed to try to meet in Berlin next week, during Netanyahu's visit to the German capital where he will hold a working meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The State Department was not immediately able to confirm that Kerry plans to meet the Israeli leader, but the news broke as he was already on a flight to Europe for planned meetings in Milan, Madrid and Paris.
