Free Democratic Party

July 24, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

America held hostage

Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response

February 8, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its ban of Hezbollah terror activities

To great fanfare, Berlin announced in April 2020 that it outlawed all activities of the Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah within the territory of the Federal Republic. However, the ban remains a...

July 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Asaf Romirowsky

Germany needs legislation to punish companies for pro-BDS activity

German regional governments and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration continue to ignore the federal parliament’s 2019 resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign targeting...

June 17, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

California man imprisoned in Iran is blocked from legal counsel as health worsens, daughter says

The 66-year-old man has been detained by the Iranian government since July 2020

July 14, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German gov’t removes Taiwan flag, permits Palestinian flag

"The foreign ministry representative claimed the change was in keeping with Germany's ‘one China policy.'"

July 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Antisemitism commissioner slams German parliament for anti-Israel bias

"The decision of the German parliament towards Israel was wrong and might help by weakening the role and position of the Jewish state."

February 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews urge Green Party MP to resign from ‘antisemitic’ BDS group

Last year, the Bild paper in Germany said Green Party member Claudia Roth made “antisemitism socially respectable” by enthusiastically meeting with the head of Iran’s quasi-Parliament Ali Larijani.

November 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison

The U.S. ambassador to Germany chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economics affairs minister for drawing an insulting parallel between communist China and America. Richard Grenell did not mention...

September 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mainstream Parties Vote For Neo-Nazi As Community Leader

Stefan Jagsch is a member of the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany that supports a boycott of the Jewish state.

June 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German educational center sides with BDS, sabotages Israel event

The German-Israel Society of Aachen issued a statement on its Facebook page: "We don't understand the behavior of the representative of our co-organizer, the Aachen Adult Education Center."

June 2, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Merkel allows al-Quds Day march amid rising Jew-hatred

Hezbollah participates in event calling for Israel’s destruction.

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Minister Helped Reverse Berlin’s Anti-Israel UN Voting Record

Jens Spahn, a prominent member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, played a critical part in rolling-back Germany's anti-Israel voting record.

May 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Largest Paper Says Yair Netanyahu Right About Berlin’s Anti-Israel Funding

Bild, Germany’s largest newspaper, wrote: “Yair says what many in the Israeli government think” about Germany’s well-funded anti-Israel NGOs that promote boycotts against the Jewish state.

April 23, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Political Party Proposes Bill to Ban State Support of BDS

“We want to prevent state support for organizations that challenge Israel's right to exist."

April 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany to end Funding of Extreme Pro-Iran-Regime Group After Media Exposés

Merkel refuses to shut down Hezbollah centers

March 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s parliament favors Merkel’s anti-Israel U.N. voting pattern

Political representatives in Germany’s Bundestag overwhelmingly rejected a resolution by the Free Democratic Party to urge Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to reverse its anti-Israel voting r...

February 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Ambassador Urges Germany to Change Anti-Israel Stance at U.N.

Normally tight-lipped ambassador told 'Post' he holds private discussions with the German government regarding its support for evading US sanctions against Iran

October 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German politician who said Israel executes Palestinians urged to resign

Social Democratic Union legislator accused of ‘making Jew-hatred respectable’.

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

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...

July 11, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calls for German Festival director to resign over BDS support

The artistic director of a music festival in the west German city of Bochum is facing growing pressure to resign because of her intense defense of a boycott campaign targeting the Jewish state....