Germany and israel

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.

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.
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

 The Arrow 3 air defense system, used for the first time on November 9, 2023, to intercept a missile fired at Eilat by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Did Israel risk lives? Debate rages over Israel sending Arrow missiles to Germany mid-Iran war

Cars drive behind a truck transporting a Zim container just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

Israeli shipping giant ZIM to be sold for $4.2 billion to German, Israeli capitals - Calcalist


Germany and Israel after the Bundestag election: Will realpolitik replace illusions? - analysis

Fifteen years after the end of the Holocaust, this public meeting between the leaders of the two nations symbolized the beginning of the reconciliation process.

 German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2024.

Israel's ambassador to Germany accuses 'Der Spiegel' of abusing Holocaust memory

Prosor referred to an interview, which was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by Der Spiegel with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov.

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Meet the pro-Russia, anti-Israel populist that wants to remake German politics

Will Wagenknecht succeed in remaking Germany’s political landscape?

 Germany's BSW party holds a party congress in Bonn

Germany quietly cuts funding to two Israeli human rights organizations

An investigation by Deutsche Welle concluded the defunding of the two Israeli organizations is a precursor to cutting funds of other human rights organizations critical of Israel's conduct in Gaza.

 Germany and Israel national flag

Germany’s divided stance on Israel: Navigating history, demographics, Jewish solidarity - opinion

For decades, Germany’s commitment to Israel has been a moral constant, rooted in the weight of its history. But can that history remain a compass when so many of today’s voices feel unmoored from it?

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a joint news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem earlier this year.

How Germany’s expanded naval role could bolster regional security – opinion

From arms smuggling to aerial defense, Germany’s navy takes on new challenges in the Middle East.

 FRIGATE ‘HESSEN’ is sent off to the Red Sea from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, earlier this year.

Israel, Germany move toward 2025 delivery of Arrow missile defense system

Progress comes amidst German ban on sales of arms to Israel

 The Arrow 3 air defense system, used for the first time on November 9, 2023, to intercept a missile fired at Eilat by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Germany approves over $100 million in arms exports to Israel amid latest legal challenge

This approval coincides with the latest legal challenges against Germany by human rights groups concerned with the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

 Tank gun barrels and towers for Leopard 2A 4 tanks are pictured beside a production line of German company Rheinmetall, which produces weapons and ammunition for tanks and artillery, during a media tour at the company’s plant in Unterluess, Germany, June 6, 2023.

How my journey to Germany strengthened Israel’s global support post-October 7 – opinion

Jablinowitz's journey to Germany strengthened Israel's global support and reinforced the fight for truth post-October 7.

 YAIR JABLINOWITZ addresses the crowd at the Solidarity with Israel rally in Stuttgart on October 6, flanked by Gottfried Bühler, director of ICEJ Germany (right), and Lisa Schmid, an ICEJ English-to-German translator.

Germany thwarts planned attack on Israeli embassy in Berlin by Islamic State supporter

The suspect, a Libyan citizen, was accused by Germany of supporting the terrorist ideology of the Islamic State.

 Police secure the area of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2024