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 

Nazi Germany tried to exterminate the Jews, now by the Grace of God Israel will help defend them. What a great picture of grace and healing. Rh

Israel on Wednesday handed over its Arrow 3 long-range missile defense system to the German Air Force in a ceremony at an airbase south of Berlin, completing a 4 billion euro ($4.6 billion) sale, the largest defense export deal in Israel’s history.

The completion of the sale, which was formally signed in September 2023, marked the first time the Arrow 3 system has been deployed beyond the borders of Israel and the United States, and the first time the advanced system was operated independently by another country.

The system was deployed at the Holzdorf Air Base in eastern Germany, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Berlin, with additional sites to follow.

From the Israeli side, the ceremony was attended by Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram; the chief of the ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development, Danny Gold; Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy; the director of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization, Moshe Patel; and other top officials.

German media reported that German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Chancellor Friedrich Merz would not be attending the ceremony, but other German military and defense officials were present.

“We Israelis, descendants of Holocaust survivors, want to see Germany strong and prosperous, proud and leading in Europe and throughout the world. We deeply appreciate that Israeli systems are part of Germany’s renewed force build-up. Today’s handover marks only the beginning for Israel and Germany. Our cooperation will strengthen and deepen — whether in the air, on land, or in space.”

Our partnership is strategic, and Germany is Israel’s most important ally in Europe. Today, we mark another milestone in this relationship. Who could have imagined that only 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the Jewish state, through the technologies it develops, would help defend not only Germany but all of Europe. My family, who fled Germany on the eve of the Holocaust, could never have foreseen this,” Prosor said.

Tucker Carlson, Who is He really?

For many patriots and conservatives, Tucker was a well known and staunch supporter of free speech and mostly conservative values.  I never jumped on this band wagon, although I did appreciate his stance on many issues during his last days at Fox News.  I appreciated his prior stance on conservative issues.

Unfortunately his choice of guests on his well known podcast leaves much to be desired.  Having Senator Cruz of Texas and then barrating him at every turn on Israel was not a good look, especially when some of his anti-Israel guests had free reign to disparage Israel at every turn.  It seems Tucker and his friendship of those self  proclaimed Bible aficionados have taken a toll of Tucker’s bias.  Between him and Candace Owens they lead a charge of pointing out every fault that could be brought up whether true or not. Enough of that.

Carlson’s latest podcast interview featured Professor David Collum from Cornell University. One of the topics discussed was about America entering World War II and why the US should have “sided with Hitler.”  For my money that is when I would have shut the good professor down and silenced him.  In the interview, Collum began by insisting that the population’s information surrounding World War II “is all wrong,” to which Carlson promptly agreed. Collum continued, “One can make the argument we should have sided with Hitler and fought Stalin,”

Sadly this is not the first time Tucker has had a “holocaust revisionist” on his program.  Darryl Cooper was also featured on Tucker’s show in September of 2024.  This interview drew the ire of the Lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives who put forth a resolution condemning Carlson for platforming Cooper the following month: “Darryl Cooper falsely claimed that the millions who perished in Nazi concentration camps did so because of humanitarian efforts and a lack of resources, rather than the deliberate starvation and intentional genocide meticulously orchestrated by the Nazi regime… Cooper, in his words, presented the hyperbolic assessment that Hitler launched a war in the Soviet East in 1941 and was completely unprepared to deal with the millions of prisoners-of-war, throwing millions into camps, and resulting in the deaths of millions… Cooper points to letters in July 1941 from ‘commandants in these makeshift camps’ warning the Nazi German High Command that ‘[Nazi Germany] can’t feed these people’ and instead, he claims one Nazi commander suggested it be ‘more humane to just finish them off quickly now?’”

The resolution further stated, “Holocaust revisionism is a dangerous and morally reprehensible distortion of historical truth, disrespecting the memory of over 6,000,000 Jewish victims and the countless others murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.”

While Carlson’s newfound disdain for the Jewish State has disgraced him in the eyes of many conservatives and Christians, millions of his followers remain, happily consuming content crafted to stoke public opinion against Israel and the Jewish people as a whole. Because of the influence of this show and others millions are being fed falsehoods and outright propaganda against Israel and helping to light the fires of protest for the pro Palestinian cause here in America.  

Shame on you Tucker!  Be careful little ears what you hear.  

“I Saw You Wallowing and Said ‘Live in Your Blood’” by Ariel Schneider

I hope you enjoy this article, Israel is celebrating Israel’s Memorial and Remembrance Day. It is truly important to remember and look back on events that shape our thoughts and destiny. Article below. Rh

Remembrance is in the genetic code of the Jewish people. Without supervision and adherence to memory the sheep, the people of Israel, would never have survived the wolves and nations of the world. A Jewish proverb: Remembrance and commemoration determine who we are and our relationship with God. “I said to you in your blood live,” writes the prophet Ezekiel.

Without memory we would have no God, faith and everything that makes us who we are. Which is really more important, physical participation in God’s biblical legislation on Mount Sinai, or remembrance? Some of you will probably think that the opportunity to be at Mount Sinai is more important, but no, the memory is more important because it keeps the idea and the belief alive. What use is a live recording of God’s covenant on Mount Sinai if this sensation in the desert had not been reported for generations? Therefore, remembrance and commemoration play an important role in Israel’s life.

Tonight begins Memorial Day. From my point of view, there is no day more holy as we remember those who fell. Yom Hazikaron.

As a Conservative Christian I stand with Israel and the Jewish people. Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they are in the most desperate condition since the “67 war. Shalom to Jerusalem! “memory is more important because it keeps the idea and the belief alive.”