Baden-Württemberg

February 8, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its ban of Hezbollah terror activities

To great fanfare, Berlin announced in April 2020 that it outlawed all activities of the Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah within the territory of the Federal Republic. However, the ban remains a...

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.

June 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel Endangering Jewish Life?

Vicious, often Muslim-animated antisemitism—including violence—has engulfed German cities.

June 24, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Iran’s rulers (still) seek nuclear weapons

Yet more evidence that those who despise us can’t be bought off

June 17, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran still works to obtain weapons of mass destruction tech – German intel

Iran, along with Pakistan, North Korea and Syria, aims to complete and improve existing arsenals and develop new weapons through illegal procurement efforts in Germany.

June 16, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel report lays bare Iran’s attempts to obtain nuclear proliferation technology

Iran remains hell-bent on developing the deadliest weapons on the planet, according to a damning German intelligence service report released Monday. In a section titled “Proliferation,” the 181-page...

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.

February 12, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Crack Down on BDS? Three Anti-Israel Events Cancelled Recently

The first event, featuring pro-BDS activist Shir Hever who was slated to speak on “Israel’s Right-Wing Friends in Europe and in the US,” was scheduled to take place in January in the city of Bonn.

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.

October 9, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal, Asaf Ramirowsky

For Merkel, Israel’s security is negotiable

Will Angela Merkel honor her pledge and follow up her Knesset address with concrete action at a critical juncture for Israel?

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 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel slams German academy hosting of Hezbollah, Hamas, BDS supporters

"It is quite clear that is an event whose aim and purpose is Israel hatred under guise of a pseudo academia."

September 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Festival Kicks Out Pro-BDS Musician Brian Eno

The Electricity Conference in the city of Düsseldorf disinvited the anti-Israel British musician and producer Brian Eno on Tuesday from its slated October event because of his advocacy of th...

July 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence contradicts Merkel on Iran’s nuclear drive

A German intelligence report from the city-state of Hamburg said Iran’s regime is continuing to seek weapons of mass destruction, delivering another intelligence agency blow to Chancel...