Germany israel relations

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.
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

People stand in front of the Arrow 3 system during an event of the German Air Force at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025

Ex-IDF air defense chief: Arrow-3 protecting Germany defies imagination after Holocaust


WATCH: Herzog, German Chancellor Merz discuss final Gaza hostage, Arrow 3 exchange in Jerusalem

Merz will also meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday morning, before visiting Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial later in the day.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025.

Defense Ministry D-G Baram flies to Germany to unveil Israeli-made Arrow missile defense system

The deal, worth $3.6 billion, will mark the first deployment of the Arrow 3 outside Israel. It also represents the end of Germany's temporary weapon sales ban on Israel.

 VISITORS VIEW a model of the Arrow 3 interceptor missile on display at an aerospace conference in Jerusalem.

Israeli, German manufacturers to supply hundreds of suicide drones to NATO

The Israeli drone manufacturer and the German defense giant signed a partnership agreement to deliver suicide drones to European nations in 2021

 Attendees examine a Uvision Hero-400 loitering munition at the Mistral Group, Inc. booth at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week for defense companies, in Tampa, Florida, US, May 7, 2024.

German Chancellor says Germany likely to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel banned

The German leader also expressed his condolences to Herzog on the upcoming two-year anniversary since Hamas had murdered 1,200 people and taken around 250 hostages in southern Israel. 

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) in Berlin, Germany, July 1, 2025.

Germany follows through on arms embargo as Berlin weapons shipment to Israel halt

Some politicians are calling for tighter restrictions than the current embargo offers.

German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the reopening of the Reichenbach Synagogue. September 15, 2025.

Germany's Merz: Israel's attack on Gaza hospital did not target journalists

Germany's chancellor defended Israeli strike on Khan Yunis hospital, supporting assertions that the IDF was not intentionally targeting innocents.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to suspend arms deliveries to Israel has unleashed quite a storm at home, says the writer.

German defense contractor Renk considers continuing Israel exports, bypassing embargo - report

Renk CEO, Alexander Sagel, told the Financial Times that the company has a “responsibility” to ensure that Israel can “maintain its deterrence capabilities.”

 Delivery of weapons from Germany to Israel, package of military aid (illustrative)

Germany threatens steps against Israel as tone shifts over 'massive military strikes' in Gaza

The shift in tone is significant in a country whose leadership follows a policy of special responsibility for Israel due to its history.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister in Turku, Finland, on May 27, 2025.

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.

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