Germany and israel

Germany opposes EU trade embargo on West Bank settlements, freezes latest attack against Israel

Pro-Palestinians in the EU have so far failed in their demand to suspend the EU's association agreement with Israel, or to harm trade with the Jewish state

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt sign a cybersecurity agreement between Israel and Germany.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a press conference on the day he meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, July 7, 2026.

German FM warns weakening PA could create power vacuum, would compromise Israel's security

"The PA is not perfect and is in urgent need of reform. However, weakening the PA does not serve Israel's security," said German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during a visit to Jerusalem.

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Israel's Iron Dome aerial defence system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, above the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

VW's Qatari investors push back against Iron Dome plant deal talks with Rafael, sources say

The QIA is Volkswagen's third-largest shareholder after the Porsche SE investment vehicle of the family owners and the state of Lower Saxony. It has two seats on the carmaker's supervisory board.

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A Helsing HX2 loitering monition drone is presented at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, June 10, 2026

Israel’s war-tested weapons are becoming Europe’s new obsession

Over a dozen Israeli companies are participating in ILA Berlin, bringing combat-proven technology to Germany

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Defense Minister Gallant to fly to Germany Wednesday for Arrow deal signing

In Berlin, Gallant and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will discuss security threats and regional challenges in Europe and the Middle East.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addressing the the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya on September 11, 2023

Grapevine September 15, 2023: Chabad in Poland

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
AYALIM youth cleaning tombstones in Jewish cemetery in Sala, Morocco

US approves Israel's historic sale of Arrow 3 to Germany

The Arrow 3 Missile defense system is designed to intercept exo-atmospheric ballistic missiles.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israel's Arrow 3 interceptor.

Should Israel continue to boycott right-wing parties in Germany? - opinion

Consideration is being given to the question of whether Israel should continue its boycott of the right-wing AfD party in Germany and right-wing AUR party in Romania.

AUGUST 11, 2023ByJEREMY ISSACHAROFF
CO-LEADERS OF the far-right German AfD party, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, attend a plenary session of the Bundestag, earlier this year.

Israeli minister demands accountability for Berlin's Holocaust comparison

Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs condemned a comparison between the Holocaust and the "Nakba" in Charlotte Wiedemann's new book.

JULY 20, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Amichai Chikli speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023

Top Israeli, German defense officials advance $4.3 billion Arrow 3 deal

Defense Ministry Director-General Eyal Zamir met with State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Defense to discuss the sale of the Arrow 3 missile system to Germany.

JUNE 20, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israel, US carry out successful test of Arrow-3 missile over Alaska

Germany and Israel's strategic relationship - editorial

Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, sees Israel-German ties as the number two strategic relationship that Israel has after the US.

JUNE 18, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A German and an Israeli flag are pictured in front of the warship "Atzmaut" (Independence, in Hebrew), built by a German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), during a handover ceremony, in Kiel, Germany July 27, 2021.

Grapevine June 14, 2023: A major move

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 14, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

German and Israeli researchers test novel titanium-air battery

Useful when compact size is important or in large-scale stationary storage systems

MARCH 28, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Graphic illustration of titanium-air battery properties, in the style of the periodic table of elements

Should Israel heed German warnings about a failing democracy? - analysis

Netanyahu has rejected the idea that judicial reform would harm democracy. But should he listen to German warnings, and lessons of the past?

MARCH 19, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Platform 17 (Gleis 17), the memorial to those who were deported to the death camps by Deutsche Reichsbahn trains in 1941-1945, at Berlin-Grunewald train station in Berlin, Germany March 16, 2023.