Germany israel relations

Elbit signs deal with German submarine manufacturer TMKS to expand ties between Israel, Germany

The latest deal will focus on advancing technological capabilities while simultaneously strengthening the strategic ties between Germany and Israel, Oliver Burkhard, CEO of TKMS, said in a statement.

Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa
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

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

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


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.

Dozen NATO allies aim for joint air defense systems such as Israel's Arrow 3

Germany, Britain, Slovakia, Norway, Latvia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovenia took part in the considerations,

SPYDER quick reaction air defense system of Indian Air Force firing a Derby missile

With the Jewish New Year coming up, we should ask forgiveness - opinion

Slihot is a special prayer recited in the lead-up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So should Israel really be this friendly with Germany?

 ONE OF the Holocaust survivors who accompanied Prime Minister Yair Lapid on his trip to Germanyl ast week stands between the prime minister and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on a visit to the Wannsee Villa.

Reviving Iran deal will spark arms race, terror wave, Lapid tell Scholz

"It is time to move past the failed negotiations with Iran. They can not and will not achieve the goals we all share to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon," said Lapid.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, September 12, 2022.

An Israeli president in the Bundestag: Still moving after all these years - analysis

Even though an Israeli president addressing the German parliament is no longer novel, it remains symbolic and significant and moving.

 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his wife Elke Buedenbender, Israel's President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog visit the memorial site of the former WWII concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in Lohheide, Germany, September 6, 2022.

Germany agrees to $28m. in compensation for families of Munich Olympics victims

The federal government will contribute 22.5 million euro, while 5 million euros will come from the state of Bavaria and 500,000 euros will come from Munich.

 A stone cutter renovates a memorial stone for the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympic Games, at the site of the hostage-taking at the former Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, August 18, 2022

Lapid to US, Europe: Walk away from Iran talks or look weak

The renewed deal, as drafted by the EU, does not extend the JCPOA’s nonproliferation benefits, while offering the same sanctions relief as in 2015.

 Prime Minister and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid speaks to party members during a Yesh Atid party conference in Tel Aviv, August 3, 2022

Germany's Scholz 'disgusted' at Abbas’s '50 holocausts' comments

The German chancellor rejected the use of the word 'apartheid' in a meeting with the PA president • Liberman: Abbas is alive today only because of security coordination with Israel

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands as they attend a news conference, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022

Israel, Germany to expand bilateral defense and industrial cooperation

Berlin has increased its defense budget and has set up special fund to upgrade its armed forces

 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.

Israelis, Germans agree Germany should play mediator role in Middle East

While cooperation between the two nations was celebrated, the people’s lack of knowledge about each other’s countries was highlighted in the survey results.

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 2/3/2022.