Germany and israel

German FM warns weakening PA could create power vacuum, would compromise Israel's security

"The PA is not perfect and is in urgent need of reform. However, weakening the PA does not serve Israel's security," said German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during a visit to Jerusalem.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a press conference on the day he meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, July 7, 2026.
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

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


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

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

German authorities arrested a 36-year-old Lebanese man at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, accused of supplying weapons and ammunition for Hamas-linked terror plots targeting Jewish and Israeli sites.

An illustrative silhouette of a rifle over a background of the Hamas flag.

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

Jerusalemite of the Week: A conversation with Leo Baeck Institute director Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David on preserving German Jewish history.

Irene Aue-Ben-David

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

Former military spokesman for the Prime Minister Eli Feldstein gave a public interview on Monday for the first time since he was accused over the Bild and Qatargate cases.

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

Why Germany’s Arrow 3 purchase is more than military hardware - opinion

Eight decades after the Holocaust, Germany will rely on an Israeli defense system to shield itself from ballistic missile threats. History’s wheel has turned in a way few could have imagined

Flags flutter in front of a radom of the "Arrow Weapon System for Germany" pictured in Annaburg, Germany, December 3, 2025.

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

Ran Kochav recounts to The Jerusalem Post his time as Arrow commander and the technology's role in making history.

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

Israel will not annex West Bank soon, Netanyahu assures Germany's Friedrich Merz

Friedrich Merz: Germany believes Israel should have conducted war differently • German chancellor explains imposing, removal of arms embargo

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025

Germany knows that erasing Israel from various platforms does nothing for peace - editorial

The Germans, speaking from painful experience, believe that this type of exclusion should never be normalized, and attempts to delegitimize an entire people never end well. The world should listen.

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

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.

Denial as policy: Why Israel's government fears a real October 7 inquiry - opinion

Middle Israel: A century after Hindenburg turned failure into a “stab-in-the-back,” Israel’s government now takes a page from his book.

Yariv Levin (left), Benjamin Netanyahu, and Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset last year. The question is whether  this brazen effort to bury the truth will work, and the answer is it won’t.