Strategic partnership between Germany and Israel to strengthen arms production
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Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been striving to build up defense capacities abroad in order to secure supply chains. Germany serves as a strategic partner due to its industrial strength.
A car factory is to be turned into an armaments site. Three days before the announcement of the takeover of the VW Osnabrück plant, former Israeli army finance chief Gil Pinchas described the strategy behind it in Tel Aviv: Because of the war, Israel wants to build production, personnel and locations abroad since October 7, 2023 in order to secure supply chains and relieve pressure on vulnerable factories.
Germany is considered an ideal partner because it is industrially strong, cooperates closely with Israel politically and is massively arming itself, which is already evident in new joint ventures, Arrow orders and the planned Rafael site in Osnabrück. The main aim is to produce non-explosive components for missile defense and missiles, but experts doubt that the arms industry will be able to significantly absorb the crisis in the auto industry.
At the same time, resistance to militarization and cooperation with Israeli companies because of the Gaza war is growing, while companies like Elbit and strategists like Pinchas see the German-Israeli arms partnership as just beginning.
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Establishment of production capacities for missile defense components in Osnabrück.
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