Hoffmann

Marsh began her performing career as a teenager, appearing as a dancer in the Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger film, “The Tales of Hoffmann.”

Government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said the deal was "a unique opportunity for an agreement that we must not miss" and that Germany was working to find a compromise over French concerns.

The puppet element helped soften some of the script elements for Hoffmann.

Asked Friday under what circumstances Germany would consider suspending weapons deliveries to Israel, government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann replied that “weapons exports are always case-by-case decisions … taking into consideration political and human rights questions.”

“We demand our government to sign a deal now, no matter what is the cost,” Lee Hoffmann Agiv, who attended the protest, told The A.P.