Posts Tagged: Germany Israel relations
Germany to Intervene in Hague Case to Defend Israel Against ‘Baseless’ Charge of ‘Genocide’
i24 News - Israel is acting in self-defense following the Hamas atrocities on October 7, a German state official said on Friday, announcing the country...
Israel and the New ‘Old Europe’
JNS.org - The end of the Merkel era raises questions about the foreign policy of the next German government. Olaf Scholz has been confirmed as...
Germany, Israel Complete Live-Fire Tests on Israel’s TROPHY Defense System
JNS.org - The Israeli and German defense ministries have completed the first series of live-fire tests of Israel’s TROPHY active protection system on German soil,...
Merkel’s Approach to Israel Has Not Progressed
JNS.org - German-Israeli relations are difficult in view of Germany’s Nazi past. Angela Merkel does not ignore her country’s history, and has played a significant...
German Military to Move Forward With Plan to Lease Israeli Drones
The German Defense Ministry will notify lawmakers shortly that it will proceed with plans to lease Israeli-built Heron-TP surveillance drones, a program that was delayed...
Germany Rejects Criticism of Bid for UN Seat Against Israel
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas rejected on Wednesday criticism of Berlin's decision to compete against Israel for a seat on the UN Security Council in...
German Coalition Negotiations Spark Concern in Israel
JNS.org - A blueprint for coalition negotiations between Germany’s Christian Democratic Union Party, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the country’s Social Democratic Party, headed by...
German President Vows to ‘Stand Firmly Alongside Israel’ Ahead of Netanyahu Meeting
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a solemn visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial on Sunday. "We Germans have burdened ourselves with unfathomable guilt," Steinmeier said on Sunday, adding...
German President Might Meet With Anti-IDF Groups on First Israel Trip
JNS.org - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has indicated he will make “no promises” regarding the possibility of meeting with anti-IDF organizations operating in the Jewish...
German Foreign Minister’s Holocaust Argument Widens Diplomatic Row With Israel
JNS.org - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came under fire on Friday for grouping together Jews and members of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) as victims...
The EU, Terror-Funding and Israel’s Transparency Bill
On 7 December 1970, then-German Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt solemnly before the Warsaw Ghetto in contrition. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Israel faced...
Jewish Filmmaker: German Hotel Removed Israel From Phone List Over Arab-Guest Pressure
JNS.org - French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann has accused a five-star hotel in Berlin of intentionally removing Israel off a list of international dialing codes in...
Merkel to Netanyahu: Germany’s Israel Policy Won’t Change
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who clarified that a recent report in German newspaper Der...
Germany Denies Reconsidering Unwavering Support for Israel
JNS.org - A German government official is denying a report by the German magazine Der Spiegel claiming that the German government might stop supporting Israel unconditionally...