Israel and Germany signed a cyber protection cooperation settlement on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced.
In a video posted on Twitter/X, Netanyahu asserted the significance of Israel and Germany’s cooperation, notably within the matter of cybersecurity.
“I feel Germany and Israel are pure companions,” he said. “We have cooperated on the Arrow III, we have cooperated in lots of areas. We cooperate technologically. Chancellor Mertz was right here not too long ago. We talked about protection cooperation.”
After Netanyahu and German Inside Minister Alexander Dobrindt signed the settlement, the prime minister expressed that it was a optimistic signal for Israel’s future.
“This displays the rising closeness of many international locations and main powers like Germany, and there are others, after all, that you’re accustomed to, which search cooperation with us and wish to promote not solely safety issues but additionally financial ones,” Netanyahu stated.
“The State of Israel is on the rise,” he concluded.
The signing of the cyber protection cooperation settlement follows a Letter of Intent signed on December 9, 2025, by the Director Basic of the Israel Nationwide Cyber Directorate, Yossi Karadi, and the Head of the Cyber Division on the German Federal Ministry of the Inside, Friederike Dahns.
The letter expressed the 2 international locations’ intent to cooperate in increasing their cyber protection capabilities. The main target was on 4 areas: improvement of the subsequent technology of the “Cyber Dome”; institution of a Cyber Heart of Excellence; joint workouts and simulations in cybersecurity and AI; and development of regulation in cyber danger administration.
