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September 5, 2024 | |

Islamist Gunman Shot by German Police Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German police shot and killed a gunman in Munich on September 5 after he opened fire near the Israeli consulate in the Bavarian capital. The gunman — identified as an 18-year-old Austrian national —...

June 4, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Alireza Nader

Good time for a timeout in the Iran nuclear talks

The EU and US must take heed of European intelligence that shows Iran’s intention to develop nuclear weapons.

May 13, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European intelligence agencies reveal Iran sought nuclear weapons technology in Europe

Four agencies publish reports into Iranian attempts

May 5, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Merkel worse than Hitler, envoy Israeli spy,’ says antisemitic Iran paper

German commissioner to combat antisemitism tells 'Post': "There is no space for Iran-backed terror in our country'

October 17, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

IAEA Mum On Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Activities In Germany

Material in a batch of German intelligence documents on Tehran’s illegal nuclear conduct in the federal republic as late as 2018 necessitate “confronting Iran with the intelligence and asking hard questions,”...

June 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel: Iran buying illegal technology for weapons of mass destruction

New report also confirms Iran's purchase of missile technology to manufacture "nuclear, biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction."

May 30, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Neo-Nazi Parties Aggressively Push Boycott of Israel

The party Die Rechte (The Right) used an election poster for the weekend's EU parliament vote stating: "Boycott Israel. Stop ethnic cleansing."

May 29, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Intel: Iran Wants To Expand To Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Iran was termed a "risk country" in the 335-page document outlining serious threats to the security and democracy of the state of Bavaria.

February 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Slams Germany for Refusal to Extradite Turkish Terrorist to America

Germany's legal system, according to critics, has earned a reputation over the years as being overly lenient toward terrorists involved in the murder of US officials and Israelis.

December 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German court upholds Munich’s ban of antisemitic BDS campaign

Munich's city council passed in December 2017 a law outlawing BDS events in public facilities due to the antisemitic nature of the campaign against the Jewish state.

December 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: German gov’t will ban Iran’s ‘terror’ Mahan Air

BILD reported that American politicians and security officials told the German government that American citizens are endangered at airports because of Mahan Air's activities in the Federal Republic.

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?

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."

August 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s central bank imposes rule to stop cash delivery to Tehran

Germany’s powerful central bank – Deutsche Bundesbank – passed a new financial policy that will effectively bar the transfer of nearly $400 million in cash to the Iranian regime...

July 30, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German police who attacked Israeli professor used Nazi slogan

A German police officer who assaulted US-based Israeli professor&nbs...

July 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German meddling in U.S. politics and Trump foreign policy triggers sharp rebuke from GOP Senators

German interference in the U.S. political system as means of countering President Trump’s foreign policy agenda has sparked sharp criticism from Republican senators. There has been...

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...

July 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel report: Iran seeks to shatter states’ stability with WMD

The German intelligence agency of the state of Hesse published a new document on countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, singling out the Islamic Republic of Iran as one of two stat...

July 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany charges Iranian diplomat in Paris bomb plot

Germany’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday charged Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat based in Vienna, with hiring a Belgium couple of Iranian origin to bomb a Paris- based conference of...

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Germany considers Iranian bid to withdraw 300 million Euros cash

Tehran’s regime plans to use the European-Iranian trade bank in the northern German city of Hamburg – with the approval of the German government – to transfer 300 million euros...