Bundestag

June 3, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

NATO chief: Alliance won’t defend Israel in war with Iran

NATO will not side with Israel if the Islamic Republic of Iran attacks the Jewish state, the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization told a German magazine on Saturday NATO Secretary-Gener...

May 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Young Germans protest BDS conference

The youth organization of the German-Israel Friendship Society in Heidelberg protested on Friday against an "anti-Israel" conference filled with speakers who allegedly demonize and call for a boy...

April 30, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German Jewish owner of bank demands bank stop enabling BDS

The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany – a part owner of the Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy – called on its management to end all business relations with groups that supp...

April 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank enabling ‘antisemitic BDS’ banned from business with Frankfurt

The Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy will be forbidden to conduct business with the city of Frankfurt – Germany’s financial capital – because of the bank’s accounts f...

February 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Pro-BDS Pastor and German Green Party Figure Speaks at Nazi Event

Friedrich Bode, a Protestant pastor and co-founder of the Green Party branch in Bremen, Germany, delivered a talk at a neo-Nazi party event in Karlshöfe, Lower Saxony, on Saturday....

January 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Slams German Foreign Minister for Comparing Jewish State to Apartheid

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan blasted German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday for comparing the Jewish State's policies in the disputed West Bank territory to the former rac...

December 19, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

PFLP Celebrates Jubilee Year in Berlin

Supporters and a senior official of the internationally designated terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held a celebration in Berlin of 50 years since the grou...

December 8, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Bill Against Israel – Boycott Advances in Munich

Legislators from the two main parties in the Munich City Council voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in a committee meeting to approve a bill that would outlaw municipal funding and public space fo...

November 17, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Banks Close Accounts For Marxist-Leninist Party With Ties To Palestinian Terrorists

The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany announced on Thursday that the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank shut down all of the party's bank accounts in Germany.  The anti-Israe...

November 15, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politicians Under Fire For Rolling Out Red Carpet For Iranian Business

A German forum to promote business and banking in the Islamic Republic of Iran, featuring politicians and government bodies, slated to begin on Wednesday, faced sharp criticism from human rights...

October 9, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Bavaria’s Green Party: BDS Same As Nazi ‘Don’t Buy From Jews’ Slogan

The Green Party in the southern German state of Bavaria on Saturday passed a resolution rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign because of antisemitism, at the same time urging i...

October 2, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

NY State Probes Deutsche Bank For Link To Palestinian Terrorist Group

The Office of the New York State Comptroller on Friday opened an investigation into accounts Deutsche Bank holds for a German political party that allegedly provides organizational support to the...

September 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

What Does Today’s German Election Mean For Israel?

The German federal election on Sunday has tremendous significance for Israel, largely because the Federal Republic is one of Israel’s most important allies within the European Union....

September 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

As Antisemitism Rises, Germany Labels Hezbollah Right-Wing Extremist Group

The German government reported to Green Party deputy Volker Beck on Friday an increase in the number of criminal antisemitic acts in the country. This includes Israel-related antisemitism, and th...

August 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany To Permit Palestinian Terror Group To Run For Parliament

The German Interior Ministry declined on Tuesday to bar the Popular Front for the Liber...

August 29, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Palestinian Terrorist Group Campaigns For Bundestag

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, an EU and US classified terrorist entity responsible the murders of scores of Israelis, seeks to enter the German Bundestag in the September 24...

August 10, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Green Party Probes Iran’s Activity Against Israel And Dissidents

The expansion of Iranian regime institutions in Germany has prompted the opening of an inquiry by the Green Party in the Bundestag on Friday to assess Tehran’s anti-Israel and espionage act...

July 18, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Suspends Submarine Deal With Israel Amid Corruption Probe

Co-written by Anna Ahronheim. Amos Gilead, a decorated retired IDF general and defense official, testified on Tuesday before the police’s Lahav 443 investigative unit amid...

June 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Allows Hezbollah to March in ‘Zionists out of Israel’ Rally

Posters with anti-Israel slogans and Israeli flags with crossed out Stars of David blanketed the streets of Berlin on Friday. Mayor Michael Müller permitted nearly 600 Hezbollah sup...

June 22, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Activists Launch Tirade Against MK and Holocaust Survivor in Berlin

Anti-Israel activists disrupted on Tuesday a talk by MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) at Humboldt University in Berlin, in what appears to be a second antisemitic attack at one of Germany’s most...