Germany and israel

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

The move, which was approved by the ZIM board of directors, came after both the ZIM’s workers’ committee and senior Israeli politicians expressed opposition to the acquisition.

Cars drive behind a truck transporting a Zim container just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012
An illustrative silhouette of a rifle over a background of the Hamas flag.

German police arrest Lebanese Hamas terror suspect linked with planning attacks on Jews, Israelis

Irene Aue-Ben-David

Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David: Preserving the history of German Jewry - interview

 Eli Feldstein, who were arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation seen at the District Court in Tel Aviv, on May 15, 2025.

Feldstein says 'Netanyahu erased concept of responsibility for October 7,' in first KAN interview


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

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.

 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.

 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

 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?

 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.

Holocaust survivor honored with Germany's Order of Merit

Lesser survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, a seven-week Death March, and the notorious ill-fated three-week Death Train from Buchenwald to Dachau.

 Ben Lesser at the award ceremony in Los Angeles.

Scholz urges Netanyahu to accept Herzog’s compromise on judicial overhaul

Scholz said that “democracy is not just minority rule but its also about the security of those who remain a minority,” he said.

 President Isaac Herzog meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Germany.

Entebbe Op. veterans join airport protest as Netanyahu flies to Germany

Police have given out approximately 30 tickets for blocking emergency routes at the airport, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit. 

 Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023.

Germany to advance purchase of Israel's Arrow-3 defense system - exclusive

The letter is set to be signed in about two weeks, but the final parliamentary approval will be delayed until the fall session.

 Israel's Arrow 3 interceptor.

1,000 authors, academics ask Germany to cancel Netanyahu visit

The letter, signed by over 1,000 authors, professors and academics, asked Germany to cancel the Israeli prime minister's visit due to his government's policies.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem October 4, 2018.