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June 24, 2024 | |

German Intelligence Agency Classifies BDS Campaign as ‘Extremist’ Threat

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April 6, 2024 | |

Bulgarian Police Uncover Hamas Weapons Stash

Bulgarian police uncovered a stash of weapons that Hamas-affiliated terrorists intended to use against Jewish institutions in Europe, Agence France-Presse reported on April 4. Authorities...

September 29, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Congress Joins European Allies in Targeting Erdogan’s Far-Right Partners

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on September 23 that includes an amendment requiring the secretary of state to submit a report assessing whether Turkey’s Grey Wolves — a far-right militant...

May 13, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European intelligence agencies reveal Iran sought nuclear weapons technology in Europe

Four agencies publish reports into Iranian attempts

October 17, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

IAEA Mum On Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Activities In Germany

Material in a batch of German intelligence documents on Tehran’s illegal nuclear conduct in the federal republic as late as 2018 necessitate “confronting Iran with the intelligence and asking hard questions,”...

January 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: PayPal Closes Nazi Party Account Linked to Hezbollah, Assad, BDS

A range of German and American politicians over the years have urged PayPal to terminate the The Third Way account.

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...

October 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran Tried 30+ Times to Buy Illegal Nuclear Technology in 2016

Iran tried to secure illegal technology that can be used for its nuclear and missile weapons programs, intelligence reports from German states covering 2016 reviewed by The Jerusalem Post reveal....

October 9, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran attempted to buy nuclear technology illegally 32 times, German agency says

Iran tried to obtain illicit technology that could be used for military nuclear and ballistic missile programs, raising questions about a possible violation of the 2015 agreement intended to stop...

July 10, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Seeking Nuclear Weapons Technology, German Intel Says

Damning German intelligence reports emerged in June and July revealing the Iranian regime’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and missile technology in defiance of international sanction...

July 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Still on the Hunt for Nuclear Weapons Technology Across Germany

Startling new evidence from German intelligence reports shows the Tehran regime is working to illegally obtain technology and know-how to advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs, despite...

July 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran illegally seeking weapons tech from German firms, according to report

Iran is targeting German companies in its bid to advance its missile program, in possible violation of an international agreement, and at least on occasion with the aid of a Chinese company, acco...

June 5, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

US, German Politicians Urge PayPal to Close Neo-Nazi Party’s Account

American and German politicians called on PayPal to close the account of Germany’s neo-Nazi Der Dritte Weg (“The Third Way”) party. “Congressman Zeldin supports t...

May 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Deso Dogg, the rapper who cheated death, humiliated the Pentagon and seduced an FBI translator

A B-list German rapper who found stardom when he joined ISIS, cheated death and embarrassed the Pentagon topped himself when he got the girl – an FBI translator who set out to catch him and...

January 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Weaponizing Refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Willkomenskultur (“Welcome culture”) refugee policy of last year has screeched to a grinding halt. Delivering an early December speech at her C...

July 7, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel report charges Iran seeking illegal nuke, missile tech

With the ink barely dry on the deal between the U.S. and Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from securing nuclear weapons, a new German intelligence document charges that Iran continues to flou...

July 7, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Merkel says Iran violating UN missile regulations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Thursday that Iran has run afoul of UN Security Council regulations to stop its illicit military rocket program. Her comments follow a startling report f...

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...

January 28, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Berlin grapples with Islamists, ISIS vets amid refugee wave

Hundreds of potentially violent Islamic radicals, including at least 50 who have traveled to and from the Islamic State where they took up arms for ISIS, now live in Berlin, a top German law enfo...

December 28, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Islamic State Has Tens of Thousands of Blank Passports

Islamic State obtained tens of thousands of blank passports in Syrian, Libyan and Iraqi towns since 2014, according to Western intelligence agencies. The Welt am Sonntag paper cited inte...