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June 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel Endangering Jewish Life?

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

June 3, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German antisemitism commisioner seeks end of tax breaks for BDS groups

“If associations in our country support the work of antisemitic organizations, then these may not be privileged fiscally,” Uwe Becker said.

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Antisemitism Officer: Don’t Wear Kippot In Public

Felix Klein urges training for police on how to fight anti-Jewish activity

May 15, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Antisemitism Commissioner Calls On Bank To Shut BDS Account

“In past years, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin decided to deny financial support and municipal rooms, in the future, to the BDS campaign that is hostile to Israel.”

February 25, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Weisenthal Urges Germans to Stop Business with Bank that Enables BDS

The bank was classified number 7 on the Wiesenthal Center’s 2018 top 10 list of worst outbreaks of antisemitism.

September 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Bank Shuts Account of Group Sympathetic to Palestinian Terrorists

The German bank Sparkasse last week closed the account of the International Alliance – an organization that  sympathizes with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) t...

September 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Festival Kicks Out Pro-BDS Musician Brian Eno

The Electricity Conference in the city of Düsseldorf disinvited the anti-Israel British musician and producer Brian Eno on Tuesday from its slated October event because of his advocacy of th...

August 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Tuesday that he will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival because it has n...

June 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Frankfurt Deputy Mayor Declares Bands that Support BDS are not Welcome

Uwe Becker, the deputy mayor and city treasurer for Frankfurt, announced on Tuesday that artists who support the boycott campaign targeting the Jewish state are not welcome in...

June 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Munich Mayor Accuses Roger Waters of Antisemitism, Sparking Legal Action

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter slammed Roger Waters, co-founder of the British band Pink Floyd, for his stoking of antisemitism against Israel, triggering an angry reaction from the singer on Friday....

May 18, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Antisemitism czar slams German cartoon as ‘Nazi propaganda’

The federal commissioner for combating antisemitism in Germany, Felix Klein, blasted Germany’s largest broadsheet paper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) on Wednesday for publishing an antisemi...

February 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: PayPal Closes Second Illegal French BDS Account

For the second time in 30 days, the US-based online payment service giant PayPal shut down the account of a French organization advocating for the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign ta...

November 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

German TV Pulls Plug On Roger Waters Concert Due To Antisemitism

The German public television outlet WDR canceled its slated cooperation concert with the former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters on Saturday because of a wave of protest against the singer&rsq...

October 6, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews Cut Ties With Local Turkish Group Due to Antisemitism

The Jewish community in the city of Mannheim broke off talks and exchanges with the Turkish Ditib religious association because its headquarters in Ankara spreads antisemitism, the Mannheimer Mor...

June 8, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Franco-German TV Network Drops Film on Antisemitism Because it is ‘Pro-Israel’

Editors from the Franco- German TV network ARTE have reneged on showing a widely acclaimed documentary on the explosion of lethal antisemitism in Europe, because the film is considered pro-Israel...

May 1, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Court Stops Anti-Israel ‘Cologne Wailing Wall’ Exhibit

A Cologne city court shut down an anti-Israel exhibit on Cathedral Square. The prosecutor argued on Friday that the exhibit, which shows 15 pictures of dead and injured Gazan children wh...

September 3, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Is *Really* Good at Evading Sanctions

Ever since Iran’s clandestine nuclear weapons program was first exposed in 2002, efforts to convince Tehran to abandon the program have focused on two strategies. One is diplomacy and dialo...

June 20, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Long War Journal

Germany Starts to Clamp Down on Salafists

BERLIN, Germany - Last week the German interior ministry stepped up its efforts against a growing Salafist network in the Federal Republic, stating that "[t]he organization acts in opposition to...

January 4, 2011 | National Review Online |

An End to ‘Critical Dialogue’ with Iran?

Berlin — Europe in general and Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in particular have traditionally pursued a dual strategy of “critical dialogue” and “change throu...