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| June 20, 2016
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EU thinks ‘throwing Israel to the crocs means Europe will be eaten last’

 

The fourth German-Israel Congress held in Frankfurt sent a strong message to the EU bureaucrats.

By GIL HOFFMAN

 

More than 3,000 supporters of Israel attended a pro-Israel event in Frankfurt on Sunday, sending a message to European foreign ministers who were expected to endorse a French diplomatic initiative opposed by Israel in Brussels the next day.

AYOUB KARA (second left), the deputy regional cooperation minister, attends the German Israel Congress in Frankfurt yesterday. – Photo:Courtesy

Billed as the largest pro-Israel event of its type in Europe, the fourth German Israel Congress marked the close of the year of celebrations commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel. Continue Reading »

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| May 26, 2016
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Israel Navy engineers made the next Sa’ar 6 missile ship stealthy

 

Since the newest Sa’ar 6 missile corvettes will have to deal with Hezbollah’s radar-guided shore-to-sea missiles, engineers redesigned it with a low radar signature.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

When German engineers from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, who are building Israel’s next-generation Sa’ar-6 class missile corvette, showed Israel Navy engineers the first blueprints for the strategically vital vessel, the Israelis realized there was a problem.

Israel IDF Navy anti-missile systems Eilat Class Sa’ar Corvette with helicopter on helipad

The plans outlined a ship based on Germany’s own sea platforms, and was similar in design. Yet Israel must deal with a far more challenging environment, in which Hezbollah is stockpiling radar-guided shore-to-sea missiles that can target the navy, offshore gas drilling rigs in the Mediterranean and strategically vital sites, such as civilian sea ports – just the type of threat the Sa’ar-6 will be designed to counter. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2016
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Report: German official says Berlin to rethink policy of blind-support for Israel

 

According to ‘Der Spiegel’, coalition member reveals how Berlin has grown frustrated with Israel’s PM, who is perceived as opposed to a 2-state solution.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Germany is beginning to re-examine its longstanding policy of near-automatic support for Israel in light of what it perceives as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s disinclination to move toward a two-state solution to the Palestine question.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. – Photo: REUTERS

According to a report in the prestigious magazine Der Spiegel, diplomatic officials in Berlin are taking a hard look at a decades-long policy of “unconditional support” for Israel in light of continued settlement expansion in the West Bank.
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| March 10, 2016
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Mossad agents stuck in mud, burnt in Germany in possession of handguns

 

Police & firefighters show up to extricate 2 Mossad agents who were stuck in mud in northern Germany and find their guns in the car.

By Matt Wanderman

 

Two Mossad agents were reportedly exposed when their car became stuck in the mud in a northern German town.

The pair were in Germany to accompany the recently-completed INS Rahav submarine from the Kiel shipyard to Haifa last December. Ynet quotes Hamburg television station NDR as saying that trouble started when they came across a locked fence that was labeled “no entry” in the town of Quarnbek.

The agents picked the lock and drove through the gate, but quickly became stuck in mud and were unable to free their Ford Focus. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2016
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Israel receives latest German-made submarine, with ‘2nd-strike (nuclear) capabilities’

 

view videoWATCH: Israel’s cutting edge 5th Dolphin-class submarine, the INS Rahav, with reported 2nd-strike capabilities, arrived at Israel’s Haifa port with much fanfare after first stopping to honor the INS Dakar off Israel’s coast, where in 1968 the Israeli submarine sank with its crew of 69 on board.

By i24news

 

Germany’s fifth Dolphin-class submarine arrived in Israel’s Haifa port Tuesday, where top government and military officials welcomed the newest addition to Israel’s navy.

The INS Rahav, which cost the Israel Navy two billion dollars, was first unveiled in a ceremony in April 2013 in Kiel, Germany. After the unveiling, the submarine underwent a year and a half of work to make it operational. Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2015
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German Parliament President: EU labeling decision “unnecessary and unwise”

 

Bundestag President says Germany rejects settlement labeling, and understand Israel’s anger, “Because it’s specifically against Israel, I repeat that it is unnecessary and not very smart,” Lammert said.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

BERLIN – Germany opposes the “unwise” European Commission decision to label products from the West Bank, Golan and Jerusalem, Bundestag President Prof. Norbert Lammert said Wednesday.

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EU Commission approves Israeli ‘settlement’ product guidelines (Illustrative)‏ – photo: REUTERS, JPOST STAFF

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein also addressed the labeling issue in his speech to the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Edelstein quoted Heinrich Heine, who said that “in a place where books are burned, people will be burned.” Continue Reading »

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| November 7, 2015
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Munich mayor rejects Israel’s request to cancel tax-funded BDS lecture

 

Outlawed in France as anti-Semitic, and reported in the Spanish press as a violent organization’ after Matisyahu’s concert ban & then reinvitation, the BDS city-sponsored lecture will take place on the eve of the Nazis’ ‘Kristallnacht’, in Munich, of all places.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

“We are in touch with the municipality of Munich in order to prevent this event from happening,” the head of Israel’s consulate, Dan Shaham, wrote to ‘The Jerusalem Post’ on Friday.

Demonstrators take part in a pro-Israel rally in Munich. – Photo: REUTERS

BERLIN – Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter on Friday refused a request from Israel’s top diplomat in the city to pull the plug on an allegedly anti-Semitic event advocating a boycott of the Jewish state in a municipal building. Continue Reading »

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| October 22, 2015
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Kerry Meets Netanyahu in Germany Where PM Condemned Palestinians for Perpetuating 90 yr-old Lie

 

WATCH: In Berlin, Netanyahu denied again Israel’s intentions at changing Temple Mount status quo, saying Palestinian leadership is propagating the exact same lie mufti of Jerusalem did when he supported Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’ during WWII.
* Palestinian resolution at UNESCO was attempt at changing status quo at Western Wall.

By Reuters

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday in an effort to help ease spiraling tensions and violence with the Palestinians

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A senior official traveling with Kerry says the secretary would use the Germany talks to try to “change the tone of the public discourse” between Israel and the Palestinians and clarify the status of the Temple Mount, the holy site at the center of the tensions. Continue Reading »

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| August 28, 2015
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Israeli navy engineers in Germany suggesting improvement with warship capabilities

 

According to the Israeli plan, the electrical systems and the hull of the German-made corvette warships will be built at the shipyard, while the combat systems will be installed once the ships are delivered, by 2020.

By i24news

 

Israel has huge and mostly untapped gas fields that cover some 23,000 square km (9,000 square miles) of sea — more than Israel’s territory on land.

Israeli planners see possible sea-borne or rocket threats to gas facilities from Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, making expanding the naval presence a priority for them.

Leviathan gas field in Israel – Photo: AFP

Israel’s navy chief, Admiral Ram Rotberg, said in a separate statement that the corvettes would be classed as “Saar 6″ missile boats — suggesting a major improvement in capabilities. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2015
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100 major German company heads to visit Israel at month’s end

Celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, German’s leading industry leaders will enjoy a 2-day innovation conference with cutting-edge Israeli researchers.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

While many in Europe are calling for a boycott of Israel, a delegation of 100 German industry leaders is preparing for a trip to Israel to meet with top businesspeople in an extraordinary show of support for the Jewish state, marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Israel’s Commercial Attaché in Berlin Hemdat Sagi – Photo: Boaz Arad

Some of the companies to be represented in the group that arrives in 10 days’ time are SAP SE, BMW, Bosch, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Merck & Co., Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2015
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Germany cancels anti-Israel propaganda exhibit

Breaking the Silence propaganda exhibit featuring testimonies of anonymous IDF soldiers alleging human right violations was cancelled for it’s irrelevance to the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli relations.

By Polina Garae

 

Israel succeeded in its efforts to cancel a controversial Breaking the Silence exhibition planned to be held in Cologne as part of the official events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Israeli-German diplomatic relations.

Breaking the Silence exhibition in Zurich – Photo: AFP

The Israeli embassy in Berlin, which coordinates the events held across Germany, was surprised to learn that Cologne municipality had included in its program an exhibit of photos and testimonies of Israeli soldiers alleging human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| June 2, 2015
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German magazine, Der Spiegel fabricates untrue diplomatic crisis with Israel

Based on an ‘unnamed source’, Der Spiegel erroneously reported Israel denying Germany’s Foreign Minister’s plane permission to fly through Israeli airspace in May, because he snubbed a visit to Israel.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

Israel’s embassy in Berlin and the Foreign Ministry vehemently denied a German Der Spiegel article alleging that Israel’s air traffic authority denied German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s plane permission to fly through its airspace during a trip to the Middle East in May because he snubbed a visit to Israel.

German news magazine Der Spiegel is seen at a newsstand in Athens. – Photo: REUTERS

”With regret we take note of the news item in the new Spiegel edition,” Adi Farjon, the spokeswoman for Israel’s embassy in Berlin, wrote to The Jerusalem Post. Continue Reading »

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| May 14, 2015
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Israel’s President inspects new IDF submarine during visit to Germany

President Rivlin visits German shipyard in Kiel, where Israeli commandos are presently training to operate new INS Rahav, which is expected to arrive in Haifa during the upcoming year.

By Roi Yanovsky

 

President Reuven Rivlin visited the Kiel shipyards in Germany on Wednesday, receiving a private tour aboard the INS Rahav – the fifth submarine expected to arrive in Israel.

Rivlin visits new submarine in Germany – עמוס בן גרשום, לע”מ

“You are our fortified wall on our maritime borders, and nowhere is too far for you when it comes to Israel’s safety,” the president told the submarine commandos.

The tour of the submarine was held on the last day of Rivlin’s visit to Germany to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Continue Reading »

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| May 11, 2015
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Germany to build 4 corvette class warships for Israel’s Navy to defend gas rigs

In a major deal with Berlin, announced a day before Israel & Germany mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, they will provide the IDF with 4 vessels to protect Israel’s offshore gas rigs.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen signed a contract Monday under which Israel will purchase four ships from Germany to protect its offshore gas rigs. The total cost of the vessels is estimated at about NIS 1.8 billion. The German government will finance a third of the deal, which was announced a day before Israel and Germany will mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. Continue Reading »

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| April 13, 2015
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German Gov’t Approves 5th ‘Special’ Submarine for Israel

WATCH: By Germany giving approval for this advanced sub that can hold nuclear weapons, Israel’s defensive capabilities increase dramatically.

By Hillel Fendel

 

Germany has approved the delivery of the fifth of six promised submarines to Israel – amid claims that the sub will be outfitted with nuclear weapons. Is this part of Israel’s answer to the US nuclear agreement with Iran?

The German Federal Security Council, which monitors Germany’s export of military goods, has given the green light for the delivery of another submarine to Israel. The news has renewed claims that Israel will fit the sub with one or more nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Continue Reading »

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