Antisemitism

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 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Activists Disrupt Israeli Author’s Book Event in Germany

The same BDS supporters who interrupted the book reading have previously crashed a Holocaust survivor's speech. Author Arye Sharuz Shalicar had been speaking about antisemitism in Germany.

May 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Largest Paper Says Yair Netanyahu Right About Berlin’s Anti-Israel Funding

Bild, Germany’s largest newspaper, wrote: “Yair says what many in the Israeli government think” about Germany’s well-funded anti-Israel NGOs that promote boycotts against the Jewish state.

April 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German MP becomes first to urge banks to shut accounts of BDS group

The Green Party politician Volker Beck tweeted on April 8: “Hello Bank for Social Economy. Boycott the boycotts! Close the account of BDS supporters!”

April 11, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German paper compares Netanyahu to Nazi film ‘The Eternal Jew’

”What's going on in a German editorial office that plays the title of its editorial with antisemitic Nazi language?”

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.

March 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s ambassador to U.N. compares Israel to Hamas

Germany’s best-selling paper slams UN ambassador for anti-Israel attacks.

March 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Antisemitism Official ‘Must Resign, Compared Jew to Nazi’

Commissioner against antisemitism in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, Michael Blume compared German Jew to Adolf Eichmann.

March 14, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US ambassador condemns convicted Palestinian terrorist’s speech in Germany

BERLIN – The U.S. ambassador to Germany has condemned the presence of a convicted Palestin...

February 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German President Lauds Iran on Revolution that Seeks Israel’s Destruction

The congratulatory note to a regime that seeks the destruction of the Jewish state and the United States of America has raised eyebrows and unleashed criticism on social media.

January 30, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Ireland’s surprise attack

New Irish legislation threatens Israelis, Palestinians and the Irish economy.

January 12, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German City Removes Antisemitic BDS Event Notice from its Website

“Israel has systematically violated international law for more than 70 years, with more or less open support from the US and Europe."

January 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: PayPal Closes Nazi Party Account Linked to Hezbollah, Assad, BDS

A range of German and American politicians over the years have urged PayPal to terminate the The Third Way account.

January 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Official Deletes Antisemitic Tweet Equating Jesus with the Palestinians

The director of Germany’s Near and Middle East department at the foreign ministry deleted a tweet widely criticized as antisemitic because it compared the repression of Jesus to the Palestinians.

December 24, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, John Lechner

Erdogan’s Anti-Semitism Will Sink Turkey’s Economy

The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability.

October 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German center for antisemitism research hires alleged ‘antisemite’

“You would imagine something like this would be done in Iran. Set up an institute to study antisemitism and invite antisemites to work there.”

October 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German city promotes boycott-Israel group on its website

The city’s promotion of the pro-BDS group comes in stark contrast to the anti-BDS resolution passed on Sunday by the state’s Green Party at its conference.

October 1, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German state commissioner against antisemitism wants BDS account closed

“Because the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg rejected the BDS campaign, I would like to speak to the state's bank" he said

September 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Berlin-financed NGO Cancels Talk with ‘Antisemitic’ Activist Manal Tamimi

An Iranian refugee NGO that is financed by the capital municipality canceled an event with the allegedly antisemitic Palestinian and pro-BDS activist Manal Tamimi, Berlin’s cultural senator...