Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt signed a joint declaration establishing a broad security framework.
- The agreement formalizes cooperation across cybersecurity, advanced technology, policing, counterterrorism, and civil defense.
- Netanyahu's office said the pact addresses risks posed by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis while pledging deep cooperation on cyber defense.
- Netanyahu described the countries as natural partners and cited previous collaboration including the Arrow 3 program and recent defense talks with Chancellor Mertz.
- During meetings in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar urged the European Union to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.