The French and German threat to NATO
President Trump’s targeted killing of the world’s master of international terrorism, Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, highlighted Washington’s improved cooperation and concordance with Middle Eastern...
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US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison
The U.S. ambassador to Germany chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economics affairs minister for drawing an insulting parallel between communist China and America. Richard Grenell did not mention...
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Qatar had prior knowledge of Iran attack on vessels, failed to tell allies: report
Qatar had advance knowledge on an Iranian attack on four commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in May and may have failed to warn its U.S., French and British allies, a western intelligence report alleges. The...
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US rebukes Germany for refusal to say Iran’s threat to destroy Israel is anti-Semitic
Threats by Iran to obliterate Israel have been played down by Germany, prompting the Trump administration’s highest-profile ambassador to criticize Chancellor Angela Merkel government’s attitude...
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German intelligence reports on Iran’s illicit nuclear activities met with silence from European powers
Serious questions have emerged about the International Atomic Energy Agency’s and the European powers’ silence regarding a series of German intelligence reports documenting the Iranian regime’s...
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German Mainstream Parties Vote For Neo-Nazi As Community Leader
Stefan Jagsch is a member of the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany that supports a boycott of the Jewish state.
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U.S. Ambassador: German Law Permits Ban of Hezbollah
Grenell debunks Merkel’s excuses in blistering commentary
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Network Widens Between German Hezbollah Center and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
“In Germany, there are currently about 30 known cultural and mosque associations in which a clientele regularly meets that is close to Hezbollah or its ideology.”
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NATO Defense Expenditures Rising But More Needed
President Donald Trump recently tweeted a graph showing the defense expenditures of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies. He called the failure of many allies to spend two percent of GDP...
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After ‘Post’ expose, Germany investigates terror in pro-Hezbollah center
Prosecutor opens probes but states pro-terrorism pledge is not criminal
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German Federal Criminal Police Investigate Hamas Twitter Due To Propaganda
“The accounts of Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing infrastructure," said Volker Beck.
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Germany must re-embrace America, Europe
President Trump has been pointedly criticized for putting pressure on America’s European allies. Critics have even insinuated that he is endangering the alliance. Yet it is Chancellor Angela Merkel’s...
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German Jews slam Merkel’s FM for belittling Palestinian terrorist attack
Daniel Botmann, the executive director of the nearly 100,000 Central Council of Jews in Germany, wrote on Twitter: “Dear Foreign Ministry, the Tweet has a mistake."
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‘German foreign minister ignoring lessons of Auschwitz,’ supports Iran
“With all due respect, it is time for the German foreign minister to drop his assertion that it was the lessons of Auschwitz that propelled him into public life."
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Germany’s Merkel reneges on NATO defense pledge, causing friction with U.S.
In 2014, Merkel’s government committed her country's defense budget at a NATO conference in Wales to increase its expenditure to 2% by 2024. Her broken promise has created intense friction.
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Angela Merkel ignores NATO defense pledge, snubbing U.S. demands to spend more GDP
The leader of Germany, Europe’s wealthiest country, has once again rejected U.S. requests to keep a promise to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense to ensure the continued viability of the NATO alliance. Chancellor...
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German exports to Iran drop by half in first 6 months due to U.S. sanctions
The collapse in business suggests companies are scaling back business ties with Tehran to avoid trouble with the United States after Washington reimposed sanctions.
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German amb. set to run EU-Iran trade resigns, linked to Holocaust denier
Germany’s top-selling paper, Bild, reported on Thursday about the latest antisemitism scandal that is consuming Germany’s foreign ministry.
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Jewish Historian Accuses Three German MPs Of Countering Anti-BDS Act
Trittin, along with 15 Green Party MPs, spoke against the May anti-BDS resolution because, they claim, it endangers free speech. The resolution is non-binding.
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Calling Out the UN Human Rights Council’s Anti-Israel Bias
The pro-Israel community is rarely shy about lambasting the profoundly invidious UN Human Rights Council, which year after year singles out the J...