Germany

From war footing to Wall Street: IAI’s Boaz Levy on business of Israel’s missile shield

Israel Aerospace Industries’ CEO explains why a minority IPO is moving forward, how Arrow proved itself under fire, and why Europe’s rush for air defense is only accelerating.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy at the Israeli-American Council event.
Members of the Syrian security forces gather at a back of a vehicle outside al-Aqtan prison, where some Islamic State detainees are held, in Raqqa, Syria January 23, 2026.

US, UK, France, Germany, call for ceasefire adherence in Syria, support political transition

The statement was released on January 27, two days after the STG and SDF announced they had extended a four-day ceasefire, which began on January 20, by 15 more days.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A recreated train car stands as a memorial at the former loading ramp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany, April 15, 2015.

Deutsche Bahn’s new rail plan cannot be allowed to erase a vital Holocaust memory site - opinion

The officials have proposed a “preferred route” for a new high-speed rail line between Hamburg and Hanover that would run less than a quarter of a mile from the Bergen-Belsen loading ramp.

|ByMENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT/JTA
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during the Italy–Germany Business Forum at the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, in Rome, Italy, January 23, 2026.

Germany establishes diplomatic ties with Niue, signaling the importance of the Pacific - opinion

Niue is not a member of the United Nations, yet it is increasingly active and visible in diplomacy, with growing confidence and widening networks.

|ByYOSEF SOLOMON

Europe is sleepwalking into the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game - opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood’s long-term strategy exploits democracy itself, and Europe is still refusing to confront the threat.

DECEMBER 18, 2025ByERAN M. TEBOUL, EDMUND FITTON-BROWN
Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi (R) speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014.

Manufacturing extremism in the West: the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game - opinion

From Europe to America, the Muslim Brotherhood exploits legal freedoms to construct influence networks.

DECEMBER 18, 2025BySALEM ALKETBI
Hiba Rahim, interim executive director of CAIR-Florida, speaks during a press conference in response to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a “foreign terror organization,” earlier this month.

Germany doubles its investment in Israel's Arrow 3 with new $3.1 billion expansion deal

Germany's defense ministry said that it and the BMVg "have agreed to significantly increase the production rate of Arrow 3 interceptors and launchers to be supplied to Germany."

DECEMBER 17, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).

This is not pre-Hitler Germany - opinion

While there are several important and certainly worrisome parallels that make the comparison between Hitler’s world and our world valid, as a whole, the parallel does not hold up.

DECEMBER 17, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream performs onstage in front of a display featuring a swastika-Star of David hybrid during a concert at the Roundhouse music venue on Dec. 08, 2025 in London, England.

German business giants led by DHL chief visit Israel to strengthen economic ties

The 70-person delegation includes industry leaders and senior officials from the German Ministry of Economics and is headed by Tobias Meyer, chairman of the global shipping group DHL.

DECEMBER 16, 2025ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
German and Israeli national flags

Germany sees reality: Why a Palestinian state is no longer realistic - opinion

After the October 7 massacre, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now rejects the idea of a two-state solution.

DECEMBER 15, 2025ByRABBI ABRAHAM COOPER 
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during an industrial sector association BDI event in Berlin, Germany, June 23, 2025.

German police foil allegedly 'Islamist-motivated' Christmas market attack, arrest five suspects

One of the suspects had presented his idea for the Christmas market attack, which the suspects planned to use a car to carry out, while at a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau area.

DECEMBER 14, 2025ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

Gad Kaynar-Kissinger channels his childhood wounds, Jewish-German ancestry into poetry that provokes and reveals.

DECEMBER 13, 2025ByBARRY DAVIS
Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

Shlomo Shamir’s daughter, Yael Driver, uncovers her father’s hidden rescue efforts and role in shaping Israel’s future.

DECEMBER 13, 2025ByBEN BRESKY
Shlomo Shamir (L) with 2nd battalion commander, on the way to secure horses for post-war agricultural training.

Israel's global standing slowly recovers as diplomatic tsunami begins to recede

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Israel's international standing is shifting, moving from isolation to slow, uneven recovery as global engagement grows.

DECEMBER 12, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Has there been a slight shift this week in Israel’s diplomatic outlook? Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speak to the media during a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday.