European Foundation for Democracy

July 5, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany harbors 300 Hamas, 950 Hezbollah members and activists

Some 300 Hamas members and supporters – as well as 950 Hezbollah activists and members – are operating in Germany, the country’s domestic intelligence agency said in its annual...

November 5, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

German TV: How Anti-Semitic is Germany?

The German public television station ARD broadcasted last week a documentary film about modern anti-Semitism at the heart of German society. Close observers of contemporary anti-Se...

July 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

For a Total Ban on Hezbollah

On Monday, the European Union foreign ministers discussed in the context of their meeting in Brussels on an EU-wide ban on the military wing of Hezbollah. And for good reason: In the sum...

July 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe’s Assist to Hezbollah

The new Syrian war death toll of over 100,000 coincided last week...

June 27, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Permits Hezbollah ‘Suicide Bomber’ Charity to Operate

German authorities remained largely mum on Tuesday about the continued operation of a reportedly Hezbollah-controlled NGO in the state of Lower Saxony. According to reports, the organiza...

June 24, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mosque Groups Raising Funds for Hezbollah

The head of Germany’s federal agency for domestic intelligence and the country’s Interior Ministry have recently presented a report showing Hezbollah’s use of German based mosqu...

June 10, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Report: Berlin a Hub of Hezbollah Activity

Hezbollah has 950 members in Germany, including 250 in the capital, a reported released by Berlin’s domestic intelligence agency released last week showed. A Hezbollah-contro...

May 28, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Key to Berlin Hezbollah Terror Label

Israeli diplomats traveled recently to Berlin and presented court documents showing Hezbollah’s role in terrorism within the European Union. The meticulous documentation coll...

May 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Time for the EU to Outlaw All of Hezbollah

The European Union moved closer on Monday to sanctioning the Lebanese te...

May 13, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

EU Moving Toward Ban of Hezbollah Military Wing

Co-authored by Jonny Paul The European Union has moved toward a consensus on outlawing the armed wing of Hezbollah, with its inclusion on the EU terror list slated to take place...

April 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Iran Agent Monitoring Chabad Arrested in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed an...

April 15, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

German Event with Iran Envoy ‘Legitimizes Evil’

A German government ministry and an evangelical church academy provoked outrage in the US and Germany by inviting the Iranian ambassador – allegedly involved in the massacre of Kurds &ndash...

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’

US think tank: Qods Forces monitored synagogue in Sofia suggesting it's a possible target for terror attack.

March 18, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

UN Report Reveals Iranian Violence Against Bahais

Two new studies have disclosed state-sponsored violence directed at the Bahai religious minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rapporteur on human righ...

February 11, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Green Party Head High-Fives Iran’s Envoy

BERLIN – Claudia Roth, chairwoman of the large Green Party in Germany, is facing a storm of criticism from media outlets, Iranian dissidents and pro-Israel advocates because she greeted Ira...

January 15, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian Capital ‘Filled with Iranian Spies’

The Austrian capital is a main European hub for Tehran’s spy network, the US-based Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress concluded in December in a comprehensive report on Ir...

January 14, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

American Pastor Jailed in Iran Faces Torture

The family of American-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini released a letter from him on Thursday stating that Iranian authorities have threatened him with death because of his belief in Christianity....

November 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Analysis: German-Iranian Trade Booming

Myth of impossibility of unilateral sanctions persists.

July 30, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

Analysis: Why Won’t EU Call Hezbollah Terrorists?

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s diplomatic push last week in Brussels to convince the EU to designate the Lebanese-based Hezbollah group as a terror entity was met with robust resistanc...

April 3, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi The Commentator |

Iran’s March for ‘Martyrs’ in Jerusalem

Co-authored by Wahied Wahdat-Hagh Every year since 1976, on March 30, Israeli Arabs commemorate clashes with Israeli police over Israel’s land policy that left six de...