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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Netanyahu meets with German defense executives amid talks on Arrow 3 purchase
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German defense executives in Berlin, March 16, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
At the end of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Berlin, the prime minister meets with almost 30 executives from leading German defense companies.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu shares with the businesspeople lessons from his experience, and discusses possibilities for cooperation between the defense industries in the two countries.
The two countries are discussing Germany’s desire to purchase Israel’s Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system, which came up in Netanyahu’s meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany announced a 100 billion euro rearmament plan.