Why the Polisario Front Threatens Morocco—and the Region
An independent Western Sahara run by the Polisario Front would likely turn into another source of regional insecurity.
Die Welt
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...
Op-eds
Turkey is Collateral Damage in Erdoğan’s Hostage Diplomacy
His erratic policies scare away tourists and foreign capital.
Op-eds
Boykott
Germany’s Battle Against the Delegitimization of Israel
Monographs
COVID-19 and Erdogan’s Power Consolidation
Since the rise to power of the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey in 2002, its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used successive crises as pretexts to consolidate power that has...
Op-eds
Washington’s Muted Response Emboldens Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy
A Turkish court on June 11 convicted Metin Topuz, a Turkish national and liaison officer for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, to eight years and nine months...
Policy Briefs
Exile Iranians, Reporters without Borders want cleric arrested for torture
Kaveh Moussavi, an exile Iranian, told the German Die Welt paper that Mansouri was involved in a crime operation that caused “the murder and ultimately the torture of at least one person.”
Op-eds
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."
Op-eds
EU should sanction Iranian airlines exporting coronavirus and terror
Amid a global coronavirus pandemic, two Iranian airlines sanctioned by the United States for “secretly ferrying operatives, weapons, and funds” to Syria have flown dozens of times between China,...
Op-eds
US debunks Berlin leaders’ allegations that it seized 200,000 face masks amid coronavirus pandemic
The U.S. government and German commentators sharply criticized officials in Berlin for manufacturing a scandal, alleging that the Trump administration improperly seized 200,000 face masks destined for...
Op-eds
After US envoy criticism, German president will not honor Iran’s regime
German Foreign Ministry still slated to celebrate ‘antisemitic’ regime
Op-eds
US envoy urges Germany not to celebrate Iran’s Holocaust-denying regime
The US government and the Anti-Defamation League have concluded that Iran’s regime is the leading international state-sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
Op-eds
U.S. Ambassador: German Law Permits Ban of Hezbollah
Grenell debunks Merkel’s excuses in blistering commentary
Op-eds
Jewish Historian Accuses Three German MPs Of Countering Anti-BDS Act
Trittin, along with 15 Green Party MPs, spoke against the May anti-BDS resolution because, they claim, it endangers free speech. The resolution is non-binding.
Op-eds
Kippah Belongs to Germany, Declares Leading German Paper ‘BILD’
“Bild printed a kippah to cut out” because “it should not be allowed” that Jews in Germany have to hide after the Holocaust in order to be safe.
Op-eds
U.S. Ambassador Urges Jews In Germany To Wear Kippot And Not Conceal Identity
Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, tweeted: "The opposite is true. Wear your kippa. Wear your friend’s kippa. Borrow a kippa and wear it for our Jewish neighbors."
Op-eds
No Future For Jews In Germany,’ Says German Jewish Teenager
German Jews explain why they are relocating to Israel.
Op-eds
German paper compares Netanyahu to Nazi film ‘The Eternal Jew’
”What's going on in a German editorial office that plays the title of its editorial with antisemitic Nazi language?”
Op-eds
Head of German Jewish community revealed to be non-Jewish
The case of Wolfgang Seibert’s alleged fake Jewish identity is not the first instance of non-Jewish Germans falsely depicting their religious background.
Op-eds
Israel slams German academy hosting of Hezbollah, Hamas, BDS supporters
"It is quite clear that is an event whose aim and purpose is Israel hatred under guise of a pseudo academia."