Abraham Cooper

December 15, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must stop cozying up to Iran

It should sever its relationship with a series of Iranian organizations

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran

Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'

July 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Asaf Romirowsky

Germany needs legislation to punish companies for pro-BDS activity

German regional governments and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration continue to ignore the federal parliament’s 2019 resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign targeting...

July 29, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Mercedes-Benz Must Crack Down on Antisemitism and Support for Iran

Political leaders in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg have shown no desire to end their promotion of BDS and support for the clerical regime in Tehran.

July 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its anti-BDS policy

Pro-boycott sentiments are present in many federal ministries and state governments.

July 14, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Dr. Charles Asher Small

Germany needs to confront Iranian regime’s antisemitism

Berlin should take the lead in punishing the Islamic republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with economic sanctions and a cessation of diplomatic relations until Tehran recognizes Israel's right to exist.

February 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Oberlin ‘professor of peace’ called for destruction of Israel in 1989 speech

Former Iranian ambassador-turned-academic defended violent Palestinian intifada in 1989

October 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Olympics refuses to discuss Iranian regime’s murder of wrestler

Iron Sheik and former Iranian Olympian wrestler urges Olympics to take action against regime

May 20, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel ‘final solution’ poster

The picture shows a conquered Jerusalem with photos of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani.

May 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal

Far-right German leader: Victory over Nazis ‘day of absolute defeat’

Gauland delivered his comment ahead of the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe started by Nazi Germany.

February 17, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Female Imam: ‘Does German FM have an antisemitism problem?’

The Foreign Ministry on Heiko Maas’s watch has faced allegations of stoking Jew-hatred.

February 11, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany stays mum over anti-Israel UN resolution

The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Germany “to declare its opposition to a draft UN Security Council resolution that would demand Israel’s return to its pre-June 1967 borders."

February 8, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US envoy urges Germany not to celebrate Iran’s Holocaust-denying regime

The US government and the Anti-Defamation League have concluded that Iran’s regime is the leading international state-sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

February 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Amb. Richard Grenell criticizes Germany for planned celebration of Iran’s terror regime

A month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps fired numerous ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq, Germany’s government is slated to celebrate the founding of the Islamic Republic, prompting...

November 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal, Abraham Cooper

Europe’s labeling of Israeli products recalls Third Reich’s boycott of Jews

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Jewish products from Israeli-controlled territories must be singled out for punitive labeling if they are to be sold in European Union countries. This attack...

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

Kippah Belongs to Germany, Declares Leading German Paper ‘BILD’

“Bild printed a kippah to cut out” because “it should not be allowed” that Jews in Germany have to hide after the Holocaust in order to be safe.

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

U.S. Ambassador Urges Jews In Germany To Wear Kippot And Not Conceal Identity

Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, tweeted: "The opposite is true. Wear your kippa. Wear your friend’s kippa. Borrow a kippa and wear it for our Jewish neighbors."

May 15, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Antisemitism Commissioner Calls On Bank To Shut BDS Account

“In past years, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin decided to deny financial support and municipal rooms, in the future, to the BDS campaign that is hostile to Israel.”

May 11, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Palestinians beat Israeli musician in Berlin for defending Israel

The YouTube video caption reads: "Germany: Man attacked at Palestinian event for allegedly yelling 'Israel.'"

April 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal Center urges removal of Anne Frank’s name from NGO due to Antisemitism

Alleged Anti-Jewish conspiracy theorist and Israel-hater Daniel Bax is slated to speak at the Anne Frank Educational Center.