When a Nazi comparison makes sense: The BDS movement against Israel
An excerpt from the op-ed follows: The proliferation of pro-BDS activities in Germany prompted Felix Klein, the German government commissi...
Die Welt
Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support
Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...
Op-eds
Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy
Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons
Monographs
Saudi Arabia stops new business with Germany over its pro-Iran policy
Riyadh pulled the plug on awarding government contracts to German companies, in a possible response to Berlin’s pro-Iranian regime polices and its accusation that the kingdom’s foreig...
Op-eds
German CEO: Israel should no longer rely on Germany for its existence
In an eye-popping commentary in the Die Welt newspaper last week, Mathias Döpfner, the pro-Israel CEO of the Axel Springer media conglomerate in Berlin, wrote that the Jew...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Vienna Hotel Cancels BDS Talk By South African Terrorism Financier
The Hotel Arcotel pulled the plug on a BDS event last week with Farid Esack, a South African Islamic theologian, who has raised money for a Palestinian terrorist. The planned talk titled...
Op-eds
Was a Hezbollah Commander Really Killed by His Own Organization?
Two weeks ago, Israel Defense Force Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot took the unusual step of confi...
Op-eds
Turkey’s bizarre witch hunt against the media
Turkey, the world’s worst offender of press freedom according to the Committee to Protect Jour...
Op-eds
German Party Condemns BDS, Compares Movement to Pre-WWII Antisemitism
German politicians from the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) in Hamburg submitted a resolution in early February calling on the state senate to take decisive action against the anti-Israel...
Op-eds
Remove Terror Sponsor From German University, Says Israel Ambassador
Israel's Ambassador to Germany Ya’acov Hadas-Handelsman urged the University of Hamburg to dismiss South African Islamic theologian Farid Esack, who has been accused of antisemitism, p...
Op-eds
Palestinian Terror Group Backer Teaching at German University, Sparks Row
University of Hamburg appoints as guest professor Farid Esack, who is the chairman of BDS South Africa
Op-eds
Munich’s Schmock restaurant closes due to Israel-hate
The Jewish owner of Munich's Schmock Israeli restaurant announced on its website its closure after 16 years because of rising anti-Semitism in the Bavarian capital. Florian Gl...
Op-eds
German University students declare BDS anti-Semitic
Students at one of the world’s oldest universities – Leipzig University in the German state of Saxony – passed a resolution this month opposing the Boycott, Divestment and...
Op-eds
Anti-Israel reporter loses case at German Press Council
The Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) newspaper falsely claimed that tens of thousands of Israelis fled to Germany because of the policies of the Netanyahu administration, the German Press Council confirm...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Euro Maccabi Games Marred by Anti-Semitism in Berlin
Two youths taunted six Jewish men with anti-Semitic insults and tossed an object at the group, police in the German capital said on Friday. The attackers fled and are being sought for alleged att...
Op-eds
Why Does Germany’s Young Generation Hold Negative Views of Israel?
The peerless Middle East historian Bernard Lewis wrote nearly 30 years ago in his groundbreaking book Semites and Anti-Semites that German guilt after the Holocaust contributed to the positive re...
Op-eds
Germany’s Jewish Problem
With anti-Semitism on the march, Germany's politicians and opinion makers are grappling with what went wrong with the country's seven-decade-long struggle to come to terms with its past...
Op-eds
Has Angela Merkel Weakened Her Security Pledge To Israel?
A little over three months ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Israel that Germany works “shoulder to shoulder” with the Jewish state and seeks “to secure the future of the St...