Christoph Heusgen

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Making sense of German electorate’s shift to the Left

Israel should not be under any delusion that the Social Democratic Party has its back. If anything, the slide to the Left, as it is being called in Germany, has serious implications for the Jewish state.

August 25, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s ‘anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools’ enters a third century

The Social Democrats need to reverse their pro-Iranian regime and pro-Palestinian terrorism policies, or it will be business as usual.

June 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Merkel needs to end support for terrorist Iran’s regime

Germany’s next government (elections are set for September) must break from its unsavory romance with Tehran and start to show a little more love towards Israel.

November 18, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The world order is being hijacked

Despots now call the shots at the U.N. and other international organizations

February 11, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany stays mum over anti-Israel UN resolution

The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Germany “to declare its opposition to a draft UN Security Council resolution that would demand Israel’s return to its pre-June 1967 borders."

February 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution

The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.

May 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Largest Paper Says Yair Netanyahu Right About Berlin’s Anti-Israel Funding

Bild, Germany’s largest newspaper, wrote: “Yair says what many in the Israeli government think” about Germany’s well-funded anti-Israel NGOs that promote boycotts against the Jewish state.

March 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s ambassador to U.N. compares Israel to Hamas

Germany’s best-selling paper slams UN ambassador for anti-Israel attacks.

March 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s parliament favors Merkel’s anti-Israel U.N. voting pattern

Political representatives in Germany’s Bundestag overwhelmingly rejected a resolution by the Free Democratic Party to urge Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to reverse its anti-Israel voting r...

February 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Ambassador Urges Germany to Change Anti-Israel Stance at U.N.

Normally tight-lipped ambassador told 'Post' he holds private discussions with the German government regarding its support for evading US sanctions against Iran

August 10, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Does Germany’s Pro-Iran Deal Diplomatic Offensive Endanger Israel?

Germany's diplomatic corps has embarked on a pro-Iran deal lobbying campaign, attempting to sway Americans by invoking Berlin’s guarantee of Israel’s security. The No. 2 German d...

December 3, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer, Benjamin Weinthal

How Israel Lost Europe

How Benjamin Netanyahu lost friends and Mahmoud Abbas influenced people.

April 8, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post |

Iran, Settlements Overshadow Netanyahu-Merkel Talks

Diplomatic fissures between Israel and Germany over Berlin's pro-Iran trade and bank policies, peace talks with the Palestinians, and Germany's endorsement of an anti-Israel UN resoluti...

March 31, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post

German Gov’t, Iranian Bank EIH Circumvent Sanctions’

BERLIN – New disclosures earlier this week have catapulted the scandal-plagued Hamburg-based Europäisch- Iranische Handelsbank (EIH), the German Foreign Ministry and Germany's Cen...

February 28, 2011 | Jerusalem Post |

Deciphering German Foreign Policy Toward Israel and Iran

BERLIN – In the span of 48 hours last week, the German Foreign Ministry supported a Lebanese sponsored UN Security Council resolution which condemned Israeli settlement construction as "illegal,"...

February 21, 2011 | |

Forget Arab Democracy, Let’s Pretend It’s about Israel

 It is no coincidence that the Hezbollah-dominated Lebanese government, a non-standing member of the U.N. Security Council and an Iranian subsidiary, sponsored a resolution last Friday conde...

December 8, 2010 | The Jerusalem Post |

Wikileaks: Merkel Adviser Asked US to Pressure Netanyahu

A senior adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the US to tone down its opposition to the UN’s Goldstone Report in order to force Israel to freeze settlement construction, accordi...

December 3, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

German Chancellor’s Top Mideast Advisor Indicates Support for Goldstone Report

The German equivalent of Charles W. Freeman Jr. has surfaced in a WikiLeaks cable from the U.S. embassy in Berlin. His name is C...

December 2, 2010 | |

WikiLeaks: Top Merkel Adviser Told U.S. to Crack Down on Israel

Berlin - A senior adviser to German chancellor Angela Merkel urged the U.S. to water down its opposition to the U.N.'s anti-Israel "Goldstone Report" in order to force Israel to fre...