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


European officials, Putin, German FM, extend Rosh Hashanah wishes to Jews

"I wish you enjoyable festivities, despite all the restrictions the COVID‑19 pandemic brings. Stay healthy! May all your good resolutions and your wishes for the new year come to fruition."

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during an official inauguration of the monument honoring the heroes of the siege of Leningrad

Israeli defense delegation en route to Germany for strategic talks

The two countries are marking 55 years of diplomatic relations

A pair of two German Air Force Eurofighter jets seen along with an Israeli Air Force F-16D from the Scorption Squadron

Ashkenazi to meet EU foreign ministers on first diplomatic trip abroad

The Foreign Minister also called on Germany to join the effort to stop the UN arms embargo from running out in October.

Minister Of Foreign Affairs Gabi Ashkenazi meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 10, 2020.

Israeli and German warplanes to perform joint flyover in Germany

The flyover comes in the midst of a historic two-week joint military exercise between Israel and Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2020

Artists sign letter calling for boycott of Berlin music festival

The letter, published on the website of "Artists for Palestine UK," was signed by filmmaker Sivan and 13 other Israeli artists who called on people to boycott the event.

BDS activists in Berlin

German parliament slated to debate ban of Hezbollah

"Germany does not classify Hezbollah as a a terrorist organization, it may continue to collect donations and propaganda. That must have an end," said one German politician.

ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS march during a demonstration in Berlin.

BDS activists disrupt Israeli author's book event in Germany

The same BDS supporters who interrupted the book reading have previously crashed a Holocaust survivor's speech. Author Arye Sharuz Shalicar had been speaking about antisemitism in Germany.

German-born Israeli writer Arye Sharuz Shalicar, author of "The New German Antisemite: Do Jews belong to Germany today? A personal analysis"

US ambassador: German anti-BDS motion should apply to Iran's regime

The US ambassador Richard Grenell suggested that the Bundestag resolution against BDS should apply to Iran's regime because it seeks the destruction of the Jewish state.

Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, attends the "Rally for Equal Rights at the United Nations (Protesting Anti-Israeli Bias)" aside of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2019

Nazi hunter: German Social Democrats appeased Iranian Holocaust deniers

Efraim Zuroff accepting the Fiddler on the Roof award in Moscow-December 2018

Frankfurt deputy mayor announces that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

Rogel Rachman, an Israeli diplomat at the Berlin embassy, tweeted on Sunday: “Uwe Becker mayor of Frankfurt in the Israel Congress ‘Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.”’

Uwe Becker