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German business giants led by DHL chief visit Israel to strengthen economic ties

The 70-person delegation includes industry leaders and senior officials from the German Ministry of Economics and is headed by Tobias Meyer, chairman of the global shipping group DHL.

German and Israeli national flags
 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

Ben-Gvir accuses Germany of 'once again supporting Nazism' as FM visits Israel

 GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz’s government sees itself attacked on two fronts because of weapons sales to Israel. Here, the chancellor meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv last October.

How committed is Germany to Israel's security? Only time will tell

 GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz cleans the 'stumbling blocks' for the couple Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Goslar (née Klee) in Berlin in November.

German MP: Six million reasons for our unprecedented wartime support


BDS activists shut down Berlin festival event due to Israeli sponsorship

The podium panel was titled “Boycott” and had to be ended because of the hostility created by the anti-Israel activists in the audience.

Activists from the BDS movement against Israel [File]

Merkel: Bad Iran deal better than no deal

In special Independence Day interview, the German chancellor discusses antisemitism, Mideast peace and Berlin's pledge to maintain Israel's national security.

Angela Merkel gestures during a cabinet meeting in Berlin

Israel-German ministerial meetings back on after year hiatus

Disagreements over settlement policy had prevented diplomatic meetings from happening between Israeli and German ministers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak before a lunch as part of a one day governmental meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 16, 2016

Israel slams German foreign minister for comparing Jewish state to apartheid

Hamas praised the top German diplomat.

Sigmar Gabriel

Israel pulls out of Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Germany

Frankfurt museum couldn’t guarantee scrolls’ return if claimed by Palestinians or Jordanians

Visitors look at a facsimile of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, displayed inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem September 26, 2011.

Dead Sea Scrolls do not belong to Israel, Germany says

The Israel Antiquities Authority refuses to allow the scrolls to leave Israel due to Germany's decision, prompting the cancellation of a Bible Museum exhibit.

Visitors look at a facsimile of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, displayed inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem September 26, 2011.

Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt seeks to ban 'deeply antisemitic' BDS

The boycott movement targeting Israel is “deeply antisemitic and should have no place in Frankfurt,” the deputy mayor of Frankfurt said.

Protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism in Frankfurt August 31, 2014.

Major German paper: Media turning Palestinian terrorists into victims

BILD's online editor-in-chief warned that the media attacks on Israel reveal a withdrawal from historical responsibility.

BDS activists in Berlin

Report: Germany approves sale of 3 more submarines to Israel

Der Spiegel says National Security Council approves deal on condition it can be cancelled if corruption allegations are proven.

A dolphin-class submarine constructed by German company Howaldtswerke- Deutsche Werft for the Israel Navy

German president stresses special relationship with Israel, despite differences

Having come from Yad Vashem and its grim reminders, Steinmeier termed the current relationship of mutual trust between Israel and Germany as “miraculous.”

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin