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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/13/anger-at-israel-blows-hole-europe-iron-dome-plans/
Europe's Iron Dome Plans at Risk over Anti-Israel Backlash
(Telegraph-UK) Joe Barnes - Europe's plans to construct an Iron Dome-style missile and drone shield risks being scuppered by mounting anti-Israel sentiment over the war in Gaza. The German-led Sky Shield Initiative aims to create an air-defense dome stretching from Turkey to Finland as part of a continental rearmament drive to face down Russian aggression. For high-altitude interceptions it is planning to use the Israeli Arrow 3 - the world's first air-defense system dedicated to shooting down hypersonic missiles and capable of exo-atmospheric interceptions. Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, Israel's former military intelligence chief, said: "If Germany takes significant steps that will harm Israel's national security, Israel will have no choice but to walk back certain elements in the relations that are beneficial to both sides."