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L-R: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of final votes on the 2026 state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Israel's Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor addresses the Conference of Minister-Presidents, March 12, 2025 (Media Service Saxony); German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks to the media at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
April 14, 2026, 1:52 pm
Israel’s ambassador to Germany assails Smotrich for attack on chancellor
In rare rebuke for a diplomat, Ron Prosor slams far-right minister for saying ‘you will not force us into ghettos again’ after Merz criticized Israel on Holocaust memorial day
By ToI Staff
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its order on the request by Nicaragua to order Germany to cease arms sales to Israel against the background of the conflict in Gaza at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the ICJ, April 30, 2024. (Courtesy: International Court of Justice)
March 21, 2026, 5:25 am
Germany pulls support for Israel in ICJ genocide case as it faces own accusations
Berlin says it cannot support Israel’s case against charges without compromising defense of accusations by Nicaragua that Germany violated international law by backing Gaza war
By Shira Li Bartov
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visit the site of a deadly Iranian missile impact days earlier in Beit Shemesh, March 10, 2026. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
March 10, 2026, 8:57 pm
Alongside visiting German FM, Sa’ar says Israel not seeking ‘endless war’ in Iran
Wadephul says Iran ‘not ready’ for diplomatic end to war; Sa’ar warns newly selected Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘no less extremist’ than his father
By Nava Freiberg
The team of the film "Chronicles from the Siege" hold a Palestinian flag as they arrive on the red carpet for the Award Ceremony of the 76th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, in Berlin on February 21, 2026. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 7:10 pm
Filmmakers back Berlin festival chief after director’s Gaza ‘genocide’ speech sparks row
Writers group says possible firing of Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle over Abdallah Al-Khatib’s anti-Israel comments would mean ‘wanton destruction of German cultural scene’
By AFP
An undated handout photo of an autonomous unmanned BlueWhale submarine. (Israel Aerospace Industries)
February 26, 2026, 2:49 am
Israel delivers unmanned spy submarine to German military
Dubbed BlueWhale, the Israeli-made underwater drone has been made specifically for Germany and tested in the Baltic Sea, which has been a flashpoint for NATO-Russia tensions
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
President of the German Bundestag Julia Kloeckner meets with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (not pictured) during a welcome ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2026, 5:09 pm
German court again rejects suit over arms exports to Israel, as lawmaker visits Gaza
Palestinian sought to sue Berlin over weapons sales to Jerusalem; speaker of Berlin’s lower parliament visits IDF-controlled part of Gaza, calls for truce line not to become new border
By AFP
Energy Minister Eli Cohen speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 10:33 pm
Likud minister says latest West Bank measures amount to ‘de facto sovereignty’
German envoys to Israel and Palestinian Authority join international condemnation of policies extending control over West Bank, insisting area key part of future Palestinian state
By AP, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and visiting German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt sign a joint declaration in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 12, 2026, 4:37 am
Israel, Germany agree to boost counterterrorism cooperation amid threat from Iran
Declaration signed by Netanyahu and visiting German interior minister a message to Israel’s enemies that ‘our eyes are on them at all times and everywhere,’ PM says
By AFP
This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire in the street in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
January 11, 2026, 2:08 pm
Iran threatens to hit Israel in response to any US strike; Israel said to be on high alert
Iranian parliament speaker: US bases, ships could be targets; rights groups: Iran committing ‘massacre’ with at least 192 killed; Israel calls on EU to label IRGC a terror group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 West Bank settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2026, 5:24 pm
Germany calls on Israel to halt E1 West Bank settlement plan, warns of instability risk
IDF arrests two Palestinian brothers after attempted settler attack on West Bank village; no Israelis detained; military probing series of overnight attacks on Palestinian school, vehicles
By Reuters, Stav Levaton and Noam Lehmann
A view of Esh Kodesh, an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, on December 14, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
December 24, 2025, 9:55 pm
14 countries condemn Israeli approval of new West Bank settlements
France, Britain, Germany and others say authorization of 19 sites is illegal under international law, warn unilateral actions in West Bank could derail fragile Gaza ceasefire
By AFP and Jeremy Sharon
German soldiers play in a military brass band in front of the Arrow 3 shield system during an event of the German Air Force to declare the Initial Operating Capability for the Arrow Weapon System for Germany at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025 (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP)
December 17, 2025, 11:46 pm
German parliament approves $3.5 billion expansion of Arrow 3 deal with Israel
Follow-up contract to include interceptors for Israeli-made system, which was recently delivered to Germany as part of earlier $4.6 billion sale
By Emanuel Fabian
The flags of Israel and Germany fly in front of the Arrow 3 missile defense system and a radar dome during an event of the German Air Force at the Holzdorf Air Base, eastern Germany, on December 3, 2025. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
December 16, 2025, 11:55 pm
As Germany rearms, Holocaust-begotten ties with Israel take on increasing importance
Delivery of Jerusalem’s Arrow 3 missile defense system to Berlin marks historic reversal, reflecting growing relationship forged by guilt and anchored today in strategic necessity
By Stav Levaton
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Germany's then-opposition leader, now Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 12, 2024. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
December 6, 2025, 3:25 pm
Hosting friendly German leader, Israel looks to put war-battered ties back on track
Arriving days after major Israeli defense sale, German chancellor hopes to restore influence, but unsolved problems in Gaza, West Bank loom large over relationship
By Nava Freiberg and Joshua Schultheis
The flags of Israel and Germany fly in front of the Arrow 3 missile defense system and a radar dome during an event of the German Air Force at the Holzdorf Air Base, eastern Germany, on December 3, 2025. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
December 3, 2025, 5:23 pm
Israel delivers Arrow 3 to Germany, in largest defense export deal ever
Completing $4.6 billion deal, missile defense system being operated by another country for 1st time; ministry chief: ‘We Israelis, descendants of Holocaust survivors, want to see Germany strong’
By Emanuel Fabian
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