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Germany to Send More Weapons to Israel

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on October 9 that Germany will continue to supply Israel with weapons. “We have delivered arms and we will deliver arms,” Scholz stated...

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...

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.'

August 11, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ellie Cohanim

German Appeasement Of Khamenei Endangers Iranians And The World

Back in 2008, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial titled “Germany Loves Iran” and a piece headlined “Berlin ♥ Iran III” that covered workshops designed to help companies boost trade with...

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 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its anti-BDS policy

Pro-boycott sentiments are present in many federal ministries and state governments.

July 4, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German Green Party’s Antisemitism Problem

With German federal elections set for September 26, the center-left German Green Party is polling well, and has a solid chance to be part of the next government. For many German Jews and Israel, and...

June 17, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

California man imprisoned in Iran is blocked from legal counsel as health worsens, daughter says

The 66-year-old man has been detained by the Iranian government since July 2020

June 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel Endangering Jewish Life?

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

October 28, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

See No Evil: Europe Supports Genocidal Regime in Iran

Swiss and German economic deals might be aiding Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program…. The Swiss firm Ceresola TLS reached an agreement [in 2010] with the Rahab Engineering Establishment...

July 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Antisemitism commissioner slams German parliament for anti-Israel bias

"The decision of the German parliament towards Israel was wrong and might help by weakening the role and position of the Jewish state."

June 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German–Iranian dissidents urge MP to resign from antisemitic BDS NGO

Nouripour should quit due to "his Iranian identity: there is only one dictatorship in this world that has an antisemitic state doctrine, namely the Islamic Republic.”

June 15, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

American actor James Woods urges Congress to pass anti-BDS resolution

He seeks resolution based on Austria's anti-BDS measure.

May 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

50,000 scholar NGO slams ‘antisemitic’ BDS prof., supports German rep.

“For cosmetic and political reasons BDS groups try, albeit unsuccessfully, to draw a distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism to soft peddle their racist policies."

May 5, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Antisemitic’ academic pushed for boycott of Israeli professors in 2018

Mbembe and another academic took the lead to boycott Prof. Shifra Sagy, a psychology professor at Ben-Gurion University, who was disinvited from the South African Stellenbosch University’s conference in 2018.

May 3, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Paper of Iran’s leader accuses Germany of terrorism in antisemitic tirade

“Holocaust was a fraud,” screams Khamenei paper

April 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany outlaws Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah

Germany’s interior ministry on Thursday outlawed all of Hezbollah activities within the Federal Republic, boosting the chances of a European-wide ban on the U.S.-designated Lebanese terrorist entity. “The...

February 17, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Female Imam: ‘Does German FM have an antisemitism problem?’

The Foreign Ministry on Heiko Maas’s watch has faced allegations of stoking Jew-hatred.

February 12, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German university hosts pro-BDS event with alleged antisemite

Humboldt University expelled Jewish students and academics in 1930's

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.