Bonn

February 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews urge Green Party MP to resign from ‘antisemitic’ BDS group

Last year, the Bild paper in Germany said Green Party member Claudia Roth made “antisemitism socially respectable” by enthusiastically meeting with the head of Iran’s quasi-Parliament Ali Larijani.

April 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Museum Cancels ‘Antisemitic’ Event With BDS Advocate

BDS supporter Martin Breidert was slated to speak at the city-funded Übersee-Museum on Thursday on the topic: "Is criticism of the policies of the state of Israel antisemitic?"

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 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Protest Leads to Cancellation of BDS Event in Germany

“BDS is a serious enemy that contains lying criticism of Israel packaged as Jew-hatred. We have to face it with all our might and it turns out that we are successful."

January 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Head of German Jewish Community Demands Bank Shut Account of Pro-BDS Group

Jewish Voice supports the BDS campaign against Israel.

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."

September 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Governor Opens Israel Office, Refuses to Ban Hezbollah, Iran Trade

Armin Laschet, the powerful governor of the largest German state North ...

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Foreign Minister in Hot Water Over Effort to Bypass Iran Sanctions

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is under fire for seeking to circumvent powerful pending US financial sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, betraying his country’s pledge to combat...

August 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany accused of betraying pledge to combat anti-Semitism by ignoring Iran sanctions

The German government is under fire for betraying its pledge to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, in light of Berlin’s efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran. The cr...

August 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Jewish Council Urges End of Iran- Germany Trade

The president of Germany's roughly 100,000 member Central Council of Jews called on Thursday for an immediate end to Iranian-German business relations, alleging that the trade benefits the I...

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 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Group of men attacks German Jew wearing Israeli pin and kippa

A large group of men attacked a 17-year-old German Jew who wore an Israeli pin and kippah on Friday night in what the police believe was an antisemitic attack. Media in the German city...

July 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘No Jew in Germany’: German police assault Israeli professor

The police in the West German city of Bonn allegedly mistakenly beat an Israeli philosophy professor after a German of Palestinian origin attacked him because he was wearing kippah. Acco...

April 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German students protest anti-Israel policy of former foreign minister

Students at the University of Bonn in Germany demonstrated against a talk delivered by former German foreign minister ...

April 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

NGO Monitor urges Germany to halt antisemitic aid arm in Gaza, West Bank

The Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor called on the German government on Friday to immediately halt the activities and funding of its Corporation for International Cooperation operating in Jordan, the...

October 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Report: Hezbollah Militants Entered Germany Among Refugees

Hezbollah combatants have entered Germany since mid-2015 as part of the wave of refugees from the Middle East, according to a German intelligence report reviewed by The Jerusalem Post. T...

August 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt Seeks To Ban ‘Deeply Antisemitic’ BDS

The deputy mayor of Frankfurt, Uwe Becker, submitted a bill on Wednesday that would ban municipal funds and space being used for activities that aim to boycott Israel. Becker, a leading...

March 21, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German BDS Events Canceled in Frankfurt and Bonn

After a wave of objections to a boycott-Israel event scheduled for next week in Bonn, Germany, the Jewish community there on Monday announced its delight with cancellation of the gathering and a...

March 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Frankfurt Mayor Urges Cancellation of BDS ‘Dont Buy From Jews’ Event

Frankfurt Mayor Uwe Becker hammered a pro-Palestinian group on Monday and Wednesday for promoting a Nazi-style boycott against Israel and told a local center to cancel a June event with the organ...

March 14, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Event Triggers Outrage in German City

The German Jewish community in the city of Bonn and a leading social democratic MP on Friday called on a foundation to pull the plug on an event propagating a boycott against the Jewish state....