Frankfurter Rundschau

April 11, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

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?”

October 25, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Probes Kuwait Airways For Discrimination Against Israelis

Germany is investigating whether Kuwait Airways, in violation of air traffic laws, has refused to sell tickets to Israelis. The probe, launched Tuesday by Transport Minister Alexan...

June 12, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germans Demonstrate Against Frankfurt Anti-Israel Event

An estimated 200 activists, including politicians from several German parties, protested on Friday near an anti-Israel conference in Frankfurt. The demonstrators, under the banner of &ld...

May 3, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: German FM Fishes for Antisemitic Vote in Row with Israel

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s ongoing assaults on the legitimacy of the Israeli government may actually be about winning the federal election in September. In the latest...

March 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Frankfurt Mayor Urges Cancellation of BDS ‘Dont Buy From Jews’ Event

Frankfurt Mayor Uwe Becker hammered a pro-Palestinian group on Monday and Wednesday for promoting a Nazi-style boycott against Israel and told a local center to cancel a June event with the organ...

May 28, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews in Frankfurt Reject Religious Panel for Hatred of Israel

The Jewish community of Frankfurt rejected a re-affiliation with the Council of Religions in the city because of anti-Israel comments from the group’s Muslim members. “The co...

May 4, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why Are Germans so Quick to Remove Israeli Flags?

The police removal of an Israeli flag unfurled at a soccer match in Berlin last week to preempt Palestinian anger is part of a longstanding practice of shunning the Jewish state’s flag in G...

November 13, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German-Arab Trade Group Under Fire for Boycott of Israel

Volker Beck, a senior Green Party deputy in the Bundestag, called for an inquiry into the practices of the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry because they enable the boycott of Israel.B...

July 15, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Neo-Nazis, Islamists declare ‘You Jews are beasts’ during protest of Israeli Operation

A demonstration in Frankfurt against Operation Protective Edge erupted into violence, with protesters tossing stones at the police. According to the Frankfurter Rundschau...

June 23, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Are Germany And Austria Undercutting The Potency Of Iran Sanctions?

Austrian and Jewish NGOs sounded serious warnings in June about Germany and Austria’s apparent retreat from the Western sanctions regime to pressure Iran to end its illicit nuclear program....

January 28, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

Dangerous Mix of Anti-Semitism, Anti-Americanism

Even in the supposedly redemptive days of Barack Obama, Americans and Israelis traveling abroad have grown sadly accustomed to outbursts of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism and worse. But...

March 16, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Weekly Standard |

German Chancellor Candidate Calls Israel an ‘Apartheid Regime’

While Iran’s terrorist proxies in the Gaza Strip fired rockets on Israeli cities, the head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party called Israel an “Apartheid regime.”...

November 1, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Lip Service is Not Enough

Pro-Israel conference in Frankfurt seeks to change the Merkel administration’s Iran policies.