Israel’s Largest State-Owned Arms Firm Plans Production in Berlin. The Left Wants to Stop It. (Hanno Hauenstein, 2026-056-30)
https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/israels-largest-state-owned-arms
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>> As [Mayor] Kai Wegner turns Berlin into a defense hub, Israel’s state-owned arms maker #IAI is set to establish a local presence here. The Left vows to stop the project “immediately” if elected in September.
>> The plan is to create an “innovation center” for aerospace and defense technology… The agreement explicitly refers to “local production” by IAI. Wegner welcomed the partnership, saying it would bring “first-class expertise.”
>> The Left Party repeatedly criticized the CDU’s and other parties’ efforts to transform #Berlin into a centre for the military industrial complex. For the party, the political stakes have grown: just over a week ago, it (finally, belatedly) adopted a resolution at its federal congress calling Israel’s actions in #Gaza a genocide…
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