Germany israel relations

Mysterious drone over Germany’s Arrow 3 battery may open door for Rafael, Elbit laser deal

Germany’s Defense Ministry is expected to soon launch a project to develop a 60-kilowatt laser demonstrator designed to defend mobile facilities against drone swarms.

Flags flutter in front of a radom of the "Arrow Weapon System for Germany" pictured in Annaburg, Germany, December 3, 2025.
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

Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa

Elbit signs deal with German submarine manufacturer TMKS to expand ties between Israel, Germany

Diehl Defence UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) Ziesel

Rafael's Spike missile successfully fired from German unmanned ground vehicle


Individuals who post 'From the River to the Sea' to be denied German citizenship

The use of maps in which the territory of the State of Israel is replaced with the colors of the Palestinian flag is also in contravention of the law.

 Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

German foreign policy expert call on Berlin to join coalition to protect Israel against Iran

CDU foreign policy expert Roderich Kiesewetter told Spiegel that Germany should offer Israel military support to defend against Iran's attacks.

 An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

German Minister of Justice expresses support for Israel

He made a plea with the media: “That Hamas not be confused with a news agency.”

 German Minister of Justice Dr. Marco Buschmann.

Israel-Germany business ties are strong and growing – German minister

Several Israeli tech executives discussed the future of innovation and the ties between the two countries at ‘Joint Perspectives – A German-Israeli Summit’

 Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

Berlin film festival bars far-right party criticized by Jews from gala opening event

The festival has dealt with sufficient turmoil since barring the group from one of the largest events of its kind worldwide.

Berlin Cityscape seen from Victory Column

EU, Germany, and Austria seek to suspend funds to Palestinians

The European Union, Austria, and Germany look to suspend millions of euros in financial assistance to the Palestinians in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Southern Israel in which over 800 people

 EU enlargement commissioner Oliver Varhelyi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, September 6, 2023.

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.

 Israel's Arrow 3 interceptor.

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.

Israel, US carry out successful test of Arrow-3 missile over Alaska

German museum curator returns looted art to Holocaust victim descendants

The campaign comes amid attempts to speed up the process of restitution in Europe and the United States.

File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany

Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.