Netanyahu advisers secretly worked with Germany’s CDU on campaign backing Hesse bill to criminalize denial of Israel’s right to exist

Two close advisers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly cooperated with Germany’s co-ruling Christian Democratic Union on a public relations campaign supporting proposed legislation in the southern state of Hesse, according to a media report.

The bill aims to criminalize denial of Israel’s right to exist. The report says the two advisers helped the CDU advance the legislative effort.