Nightclubs in Tel Aviv and Berlin mark 50 years as funky friends | The Times of Israel

TEL AVIV (JTA) – Back in the summer of 1965, the first West German ambassador to Israel, Dr. Rolf Pauls, an ex-Wehrmacht officer, memorably kissed the hand of then-Foreign Minister Golda Meir. It was part of the early stages of official diplomatic relations for Germany and Israel – even if it was cold, informal and marred by protests.