JAKARTA - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated that his country plans to establish deeper cooperation with Israel in cyber defense. This includes establishing a cyber research center with Germany-Israel. This collaboration will also include increased coordination between intelligence and security agencies of the two countries.
Germany is one of Israel's closest allies in Europe, and in recent years Berlin has increasingly relied on Israel's defense expertise in line with Germany's efforts to increase its military capabilities and its contribution to NATO, particularly facing threats from Russia and China.
"Military defense alone is not enough in a security turning point situation like now. A major increase in civil defense is also important to strengthen our overall defense capabilities," Dobrindt said during his visit to Israel, the Bild newspaper reported.
Dobrindt, newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs by the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, arrived in Israel on Saturday, June 28.
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According to Bild's report, Dobrindt described a five-point plan aimed at building what he called a "Cyber Dome" for Germany, as part of a national cyber defense strategy.
On the same day, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder called for the purchase of 2,000 interceptor missiles to build an air defense system such as Israel's Iron Dome, which is known to be effective in countering short-range missile attacks.
This move underscores Germany's seriousness in strengthening its national defense system, both conventional and cyber defense, amid increasing global geopolitical tensions.
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