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| December 15, 2014
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German Media Reports Warships Being Built For Israel

German newspaper reports Merkel gov’t helping to finance 4 new warships for Israeli navy in €1 billion deal, as defense cooperation between Germany & Israel strengthening.

By Eldad Beck, Berlin

 

Israel is buying four ships from Germany with a total value of one billion euros, German newspaper Bild am Sontag reported Sunday, claiming possession of a leaked official memo, and Berlin will contribute a significant amount of funding. The project will be funded largely by Israel, but the German government plans to invest 115 million euros in the construction project.

President Rivlin onboard the Tanin, a German-made sub sold to Israel.

President Rivlin onboard the Tanin, a German-made sub sold to Israel.

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| November 18, 2014
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German Air Force planes to get Israeli anti-missile lasers installed

 

Israel’s Elbit system designed to protect large military & commercial aircraft against  ground attacks by heat seeking portable missiles to be installed on German Air Force planes.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

Elbit Systems will install its J-Music anti-missile laser protection system on German Air Force transport planes, the Israeli defense firm announced Monday.

Elbit anti-missle laser

Elbit anti-missle laser. – Photo :ELBIT

Elbit was awarded the contract by Germany’s DIEHL Defence company, and within a year, the system will be operational on new German A400M Airbus aircraft.

“Designed to protect large military and commercial aircraft against attacks by ground to air heat seeking man-portable missiles (MANPADS), the J-MUSIC systems, will be integrated into a multi-turret DIRCM (Direct Infra Red Counter-Measures) system, ensuring 360 degree protection of the aircraft,” Elbit said in a statement. Continue Reading »

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| October 22, 2014
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Israel Navy opting acquisition of German missile ships

 

Germany’s offer to sell missile ships taken seriously as Israel has installed multiple  defenses tiers around its underwater gas reservoirs & offshore platforms.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Ministry of Defense said this week that it is examining a proposal by the German government to sell Israel navy ships for the protection of Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Mediterranean Sea.

The navy patrols off the coast of Gaza on Monday

The navy patrols off the coast of Gaza on Monday. – Photo: YAAKOV LAPPIN

The bid came months after the Ministry of Defense issued a tender for the purchase of ships to defend the zone, which contains underwater gas reservoirs and offshore platforms. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2014
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German Chancellor: Whoever attacks a Jew attacks us all

Under the banner “Stand Up: Jew Hatred – Never Again!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins political & religious leaders at a rally against anti-Semitism in Berlin.

By i24news

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jewish leaders spoke Sunday at a Berlin rally against anti-Semitism after the latest Gaza conflict sparked an upsurge in hate speech against Jews.

John MacDougall (AFP)

Supporters of Israel – John MacDougall (AFP)

Under the banner “Stand Up: Jew Hatred – Never Again!” political and religious leaders and thousands of people gathered at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.

The event, attended by German President Joachim Gauck, coincided with a meeting in the capital of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), whose president Ronald S. Continue Reading »

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| September 3, 2014
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Israel welcomes 4th German-made Dolphin-II class advanced submarine

Jerusalem’s 2013 purchase of 6 Dolphin-II class submarines was made using an incredibly generous discount, with 1st 3 being delivered as a gift.

By i24news

 

 

A fourth German-made Dolphin II class submarine will reach Israel in next few days, Navy Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Ram Rothberg announced Tuesday. “At this very moment, after leaving Germany, the INS Tanin, the Navy and the State of Israel’s fourth submarine, is making its way to Israel,” Vice Admiral Ram Rothberg said during the closing ceremony for a captain’s course at the Haifa naval base. “It can dive deeper, go farther for a longer time and can operate at a level we have not seen until today,” he stressed. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2014
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Netanyahu: Hamas dismissal of truce gives Israel justification for operational expansion

 

 

Israel’s Security Cabinet announces it accepts Egyptian cease-fire offer.

Ignoring ceasefire, Hamas continues firing rockets at Israel, and as far as Zikhron Ya’akov, just south of Haifa.

By Reuters

 

Hamas’s rejection of the cease fire “gives Israel full legitimacy to expand the operation to protect our people,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, after dozens of rockets hit Israel after the 9am start of the Egyptian-offered truce. Israel’s cabinet voted in favor of the truce, while Hamas’ military wing rejected the proposal.

PM Netanyahu's Meeting with German Foreign Minister

PM Netanyahu’s Meeting with German Foreign Minister – Screenshot

“We agreed to the Egyptian proposal in order to give an opportunity for the demilitarization of the (Gaza) Strip – from missiles, from rockets and from tunnels – through diplomatic means,” he told reporters during an earlier press conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Continue Reading »

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| February 25, 2014
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Germany’s Merkel Receives Medal of Distinction from Israel’s President Peres

German Chancellor Merkel is awarded Israel’s highest civilian honor for her commitment to ensuring Israel’s security and for fighting anti-Semitism.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

President Shimon Peres awarded German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Distinction on Tuesday.

Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, “For your contribution to Israel’s revival and security. For your contribution to the cause of peace in this region and for your unrelenting efforts to build a better world. For being a stateswoman of great courage, humility and vision not only for the present but for future generations. As the President of the State of Israel, I present the Presidential Medal of Distinction to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr.

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| February 25, 2014
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Watch Israel’s PM Welcome Merkel on Arrival in Jerusalem with 16 German Ministers

 

 

Upon arriving at the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem, German Chancellor Merkel says Germany has been working with Israel ‘shoulder to shoulder’, will discuss regional peace initiative, and Iran’s nuclear program with PM Netanyahu.

By Associated Press

 

 

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that she is visiting Israel with most of her new cabinet in order to show Germany’s friendship with the Jewish state and that her country is working to secure the future of Israel.

Merkel and Netanyahu at the initial press conference (Photo: Noam Moskowitz)

Merkel and Netanyahu at the initial press conference – Photo: Noam Moskowitz

Merkel was speaking at an evening press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading »

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| February 21, 2014
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Germany to assist Israelis in countries without Israel embassy

Arrangement offered by Merkel is ‘a special message’ from Berlin, says Yakov Hadas-Handelsman, Israel’s ambassador to Germany.

By Reuters

 

Germany is to offer Israeli citizens consular assistance in states such as Indonesia or Malaysia where Israel has no official diplomatic representation, under a new deal to be signed by Angela Merkel when she visits Jerusalem next week.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, near Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, January 22, 2014.- Photo: AP

Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Yakov Hadas-Handelsman, said the offer was “a special message” from Germany and underscored the importance of relations between the two countries.

Chancellor Merkel travels to Jerusalem on Monday with her cabinet for consultations between the two governments.

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| December 7, 2013
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Berlin agreed to sell 2 naval destroyers to Israel

 

German newspaper Bild reports Merkel’s gov’t grants Israeli request, will sell 2 advanced destroyers for protecting Israeli gas fields at sea, for sum of  €1 billion.

By AFP

Earlier this year, a significant deal between Germany and the Israeli security establishment was completed, as the Germans handed a fifth Dolphin-class submarine to Israel. The handover was marked in an official ceremony in Germany’s city of Kiel.Germany will sell two destroyers to Israel for one billion euros ($1.3 billion), the Bild daily reported Saturday.

German Navy destroyer - File Photo: Reuters

German Navy destroyer – File Photo: Reuters

The torpedo-carrying war vessels will be used to protect Israeli pipelines, the paper said, without citing a source. Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2013
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Jerusalem asks Berlin to return stolen Nazi loot to Jewish hands

 

Deputy FM Zeev Elkin urges Germany to donate all Jewish-owned art from a trove discovered in Munich in 2012 to Jewish or Israeli museums if owners or heirs can’t be found.

Jerusalem asks to join German investigation into the discovery of 1,400 works of art seized by the Nazis.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin has urged Germany to give any Jewish-owned art from a trove discovered in Munich to Jewish or Israeli museums if heirs are not found.

Otto Griebel’s “Kind am Tisch” (“Child at a table”), which was among the more than 1,400 works of art seized by German authorities in a Munich apartment in February 2012 – Photo: AP

He said Israel has requested to join the German investigation into the roughly 1,400 artworks found in the apartment of a reclusive Munich collector last year. Continue Reading »

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| October 27, 2013
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Germany Threatens Israel to Attend UN Human Rights Council

Germany & Others Countries are Pressuring Israel to Attend the Openly anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council Review or Face a Possible Diplomatic Disaster.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has warned Israel to face a periodic United Nations Human Rights Council (U.N.H.R.C.) Periodic Review — or face severe diplomatic consequences, according to a Haaretz report (Sunday).

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a session of the UNHRC
– AFP/File

Israel severed ties with the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in March 2012, after it announced it would investigate how the Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria would affect the rights of local Arabs. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2013
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German neo-Nazis & Green Party proposes anti-Israel legislation

 

Neo Nazi & Green parties submit legislation to label settlement products. Professor calls the move “political warfare & demonization” of Israel.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 

MADRID – An initiative by Germany’s neo-Nazi NPD party last year in a state parliament to demarcate Israeli products came to light this month and closely resembles the recent Green Party bill that would label Israeli products from settlements.

 

The Reichstag building seen from the west. Inscription translates to “For/To the German People” – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The revelation last week that an anti-Israel bill from the mainstream left-liberal Green Party in the Federal Bundestag mirrors, in key provisions, the language of a far-right party stirred criticism from Israeli and German experts on modern anti-Semitism.

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| April 17, 2013
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Germany favors procuring Israel’s Heron attack UAV

 

German magazine Der Spiege Reports: Israel’s Heron TP has attack capabilities & is considered by Germany to be more cutting-edge than the U.S.-made Predator.

Germany’s air force chief was in Israel recently to attend a presentation on the Heron UAV.

By Eli Leon, Lilach Shoval, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Germany is examining the procurement of the Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, which has attack capabilities and is more technologically advanced than the American UAVs it currently uses, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel.

Israel’s Heron TP UAV. – Photot: Israel Aerospace Industries

According to the report, the German defense ministry has already held two meetings with Israel on the matter, and Lt.

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| January 20, 2013
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Israeli ambassador appalled at ‘Der Spiegel’ columnist

German envoy says comparison of Gaza to concentration camp, “shameful.” He warns of “rising left-wing anti-Semitism”.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT

 

BERLIN – Israel’s Ambassador to Germany,Yaakov Hadas-Handelsman, weighed in on the heated row over the alleged anti-Semitism of Der Spiegel columnist Jakob Augstein and growing left-wing anti-Semitism in the Federal Republic.

Jakob Augstein

Jakob Augstein Photo: Wikimedia Commons

“That is shameful,”said Hadas-Handelsman of Augstein’s comparison between the Gaza Strip and a concentration camp. The Israeli ambassador gave a wide-ranging interview on Saturday to the daily Rheinische Post, a regional paper in Düsseldorf.

When asked whether Augstein is an anti-Semite, Hadas-Handelsman said he could not delve into the psyche of anti-Israel authors and journalists like Guenther Grass and Augstein to determine if they are anti-Semites. Continue Reading »

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