Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has been received with military honours in Berlin. He was welcomed by his German counterpart Joachim Gauck at the capital’s Schloss Bellevue presidential palace.<br /><br /> İsrail Cumhurbaşkanı Reuven Rivlin Almanya’da, Alman Dışişleri Bakanı Ursula von Der Leyen İsrail’de… pic.twitter.com/0NRU6SIe6Z— Faruk (@farukonalan) May 11, 2015<br /><br /> The visit celebrates 50 years of bilateral diplomatic relations between the two countries. It coincided with an announcement by the Israeli Defence Ministry that the government had bought four German-made corvette warships. The vessels will help secure Israel’s Mediterranean gas rigs, according to the Ministry. Berlin is said to have heavily subsidised the deal.<br /><br /> Laying a wreath at Platform 17 from where 55,000 Berlin Jews were sent to Auschwitz. We must look hatred in the eye. http://t.co/jmldI8QVP2— Reuven Rivlin (@PresidentRuvi) May 11, 2015<br /><br /> On the eve of the May 12 anniversary, Rivlin visited the ‘Gleis 17’ memorial at Grun
