During their time in government , both Fischer and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder were widely considered sincerely , if not uncritically , pro-Israeli . In 1999 , Fischer led a delegation including European Commissioner Manuel Marín and the European Union ’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Miguel Ángel Moratinos on a visit to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories , but also to a range of other countries which have a crucial role in the peace process , including Lebanon , Syria , Jordan and Egypt . By 2001 , he emerged as a pivotal figure in the hopes for the Israeli – Palestinian peace process , in part because he helped bring about a lull in the violence after the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre in June 2001 . His intervention led to an announced cease-fire arranged by George Tenet , the United States Director of Central Intelligence ; Fischer had been in Tel Aviv at the time of the blast . Fischer later brokered a meeting between Arafat and the Israeli foreign minister , Shimon Peres , to discuss how to implement the cease-fire
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre
Joschka Fischer