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.
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Students at large German university condemn BDS as antisemitic
The University of Cologne, located in the state North Rhine-Westphalia, has a student body of nearly 49,000.
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U.S. ambassador slams German gov’t for celebrating Iran’s revolution
“No one should confuse the desire to have dialogue with a celebration marking 40 years of brutality" — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell.
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US Ambassador Grenell blasts Germany for celebrating Iranian Islamic Revolution anniversary
Germany's foreign ministry has been slammed by the U.S. ambassador after it emerged diplomats in Berlin celebrated the 40th anniversary of the ...
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U.S. Slams Germany for Refusal to Extradite Turkish Terrorist to America
Germany's legal system, according to critics, has earned a reputation over the years as being overly lenient toward terrorists involved in the murder of US officials and Israelis.
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German court upholds Munich’s ban of antisemitic BDS campaign
Munich's city council passed in December 2017 a law outlawing BDS events in public facilities due to the antisemitic nature of the campaign against the Jewish state.
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Report: German gov’t will ban Iran’s ‘terror’ Mahan Air
BILD reported that American politicians and security officials told the German government that American citizens are endangered at airports because of Mahan Air's activities in the Federal Republic.
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Public Security Minister Erdan urges German bank to close BDS accounts
Bank provides account to NGO that promotes website comparing Israel with Nazis
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German bank holds account for soon-to-be-sanctioned Iran Air
Iran Air has been accused of aiding Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his war against Syrian opposition groups.
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Post Exposé causes German city to remove BDS advertisement
When the Post clicked on the link to the now-defunct Palestine Committee entry, the page reads "Page not found."
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German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution
The parliament of Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as ...
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Turkish Teenager Who Plotted to Blow Up Gay Club in Frankfurt Arrested
German police in the state of Hesse arrested a teenager earlier this month for plotting an Islamic terror attack on a ...
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Prominent German Jews want JNF to close account with BDS-enabling bank
The German branch of the Jewish National Fund has been swept up in a widening antisemitism scandal because it won’t immediately close its account with the Bank for Social Economy that enabl...
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‘Arab-looking’ men attack Jewish Israeli in night club in Germany
Two men who have been described as having an Arab appearance attacked a Jewish Israeli man on September 7 in the city of Frankfurt, according to German media reports on Monday. The assoc...
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Why is Germany Silent on Corbyn’s Praise of Munich Terrorists?
The barn-burning revelations in the British newspaper Daily Mail in August that ...
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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...
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German Bank Accused of Opposing Israel’s Existence
A German Green Party politician and religious studies academic slammed the Bank for Social Economy on Monday for failing to match its rhetoric with action regarding Israel’s right to exist....
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German Bank’s Anti-Semitism Leads United Israel Appeal to Shut Account
The German branch of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal – the prominent Israeli public fund-raising global organization to advance the security of the Jewish state – has closed it...
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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...
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Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination
Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to ...